North B Rolls Out Fight TB Program
The North B MMF Core Groups will be rolling out their salvo for 2005 through the Fight TB Program (the T in TWIN-RP 6 point program of Gawad Kalusugan). Please note the following dates:
Feb 20 (Sunday) (Venue- Phil Heart center) - The National GKal TB task force will orient and train all North B doctors, dentists,nurses and other paramedical CFC members including all our HCVs (Health Care Volunteers from the Kapitbahayan) how to screen for TB among the SIBOL and SAGIP age group using PPD skin tests injections. All those positive for PPD reaction will be included in the Anti-TB program.
Feb 27 (Sunday) - All SIBOL-SAGIP kids in all North B GKs will be screened for TB (PPD skin test injection + standard clinical parameters). Reading of any skin reaction will be done 2-3 days later. Those identified for TB will be registered for treatment. Their parents and kasambahay will be assisted in consulting the local health center for sputum testing.
In all, the Gawad Kalusugan aims to effect empowerment of our GK beneficiaries by involving them in the Fight TB Program. The healthcare volunteers (who are residents of the GK sites) will be very much involved in the 'tutok-gamutan' as treatment partners, a requirement of long-term treatment of tuberculosis. Gawad Kalusugan complements the government adult DOTS program by focusing on the children. However, by identifying the children affected, it is, in effect, already active case finding for the adults -- a task difficult for the local health center to perform given their limited manpower. Common sense dictates that the most common source of TB infection in children are their parents. Therefore, to completely cure the child, we need to make sure the affected parents are cured themselves. The Fight TB Program therefore is integrated and complementary with available public health services.
Feb 20 (Sunday) (Venue- Phil Heart center) - The National GKal TB task force will orient and train all North B doctors, dentists,nurses and other paramedical CFC members including all our HCVs (Health Care Volunteers from the Kapitbahayan) how to screen for TB among the SIBOL and SAGIP age group using PPD skin tests injections. All those positive for PPD reaction will be included in the Anti-TB program.
Feb 27 (Sunday) - All SIBOL-SAGIP kids in all North B GKs will be screened for TB (PPD skin test injection + standard clinical parameters). Reading of any skin reaction will be done 2-3 days later. Those identified for TB will be registered for treatment. Their parents and kasambahay will be assisted in consulting the local health center for sputum testing.
In all, the Gawad Kalusugan aims to effect empowerment of our GK beneficiaries by involving them in the Fight TB Program. The healthcare volunteers (who are residents of the GK sites) will be very much involved in the 'tutok-gamutan' as treatment partners, a requirement of long-term treatment of tuberculosis. Gawad Kalusugan complements the government adult DOTS program by focusing on the children. However, by identifying the children affected, it is, in effect, already active case finding for the adults -- a task difficult for the local health center to perform given their limited manpower. Common sense dictates that the most common source of TB infection in children are their parents. Therefore, to completely cure the child, we need to make sure the affected parents are cured themselves. The Fight TB Program therefore is integrated and complementary with available public health services.
posted by Alvin Marcelo @ 9:25 AM
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