THEME OF THE DAY
"UNDERSTANDING TUBERCULOSIS"
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[/caption]- One third of the world's population is currently infected with the TB bacillus.
- Every year, a total of 100 million people get infected with the TB bacilli worldwide, some 8 million develop active (infectious) TB and 2 million will die.
- TB is the leading killer among infectious diseases. It accounts for 1 in 4 of adult preventable deaths. ~World Health Organization
What are the forms of TB?
Susceptible Age-Groups?
What does the treatment strategy DOTS imply?
This Monday, 15th March 2010, let us know more about TB with the following speakers:
"Primary and Post Primary Pulmonary Tuberculosis" - Sakthiswaran Rajasekar
"Treatment of Pulmonary Tuberculosis" -Alan Na
(Based on WHO Guidelines on Treatment of Tuberculosis, 4th Edition, 2009)
Venue:
Reading Hall, 5th Hostel (Ground floor)
5.00-7.00pm
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