Today is World TB Day: Lesson from COVID 19
If we want to eradicate TB by 2025, we need to have lessons from COVIOD
19
Dr KK Aggarwal
President CMAAO, HCFI and Past national President IMA
· Act early before it
is too late
· Create public awareness
at grass root level
· Have PM give
National Appeals
· Test Test and Test
all close contacts and symptomatic cases
· Detect asymptomatic
cases
· Trace all close
contacts
· Trace all household
contacts of TB patients, people living with HIV and other people at
risk with lowered” immunity or living in crowded settings.
· Self-quarantine all
infected and infectious cases for 14 days
· Do not ignore any patient
with cough
· Notify every case
of TB
· Protect high risk
cases ( uncontrolled diabetics, immune suppressant)
· Invoke section 270
of IPC and treat every MDR and XDR case
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