Advocacy meeting was held in Naogaon with the promise of tuberculosis eradication. Bangladesh National Tuberculosis Prevention Association Naogaon district branch organized the meeting on Thursday morning at Naogaon Parimohan General Library auditorium. Naogaon District Branch General Secretary Kazi Ziaur Rahman Bablu presided over the exchange meeting and Naogaon Deputy Civil Surgeon Dr. Munir Ali Akand was present as the chief guest. Also, Medical Officer of Sadar Upazila Health Complexes, Dr. Kakali, members of Executive Council of District Committee of Natab and journalists of print and electronic media working in the district.
In the speech of the chief guest, Deputy Civil Surgeon Dr. Munir Ali Akand said, we have a target to reduce the death rate of tuberculosis to zero by 2030. Bringing those identified as tuberculosis patients to the hospital for examination and treatment. TV disease can be controlled if it is brought into medical care. You know what TV simtoms are. Such as evening fever, night sweats, cough for more than two weeks, weight loss, nausea. If you think suspicious then bring him under examination. He said, if we all work together, we can complete the target by 2030. Otherwise, it is not possible for the doctors of health department or tuberculosis department alone. 13 thousand 396 people have been tested in the district from last quarter September to December 2022. Among them, 772 people have been diagnosed with tuberculosis. Government treatment continues to be provided to them.