All the employees and officers of State Health Department should dedicate themselves in Tuberculosis (TB) control programme and also ensure public participation. The Director Medical health department Dr Ajit Gairola said this while speaking at an awareness programme organised on the occasion of World TB day here on Friday.
He said that the menace of TB could be controlled in a better way if all the departments concerned work in tandem with one another. Dr Gairola asserted that the medicines and other resources required to control the disease are available in sufficient quantity with the department. He exhorted the schools, colleges, social organisations, youths, NCC, NSS, self help groups and Mahila Mangal Dals to participate in TB control programme.
In his address, the Director Health directorate, Dr N H Jangpangi said that regular training programmes for ASHA and ANM workers should be organised so that the government programmes reach at grass root level.
The district TB control Officer, Dr Abhishek Gupta gave a detailed presentation about the programmes initiated by the government to control TB and DOTS project. large number of students, volunteers of National Service Scheme (NSS), National Cadet Core (NCC), Scouts and Guides, members of social organizations like HOPE and VIHAN participated in the programme. The members of the cultural group Sambhav Kala Manch presented a skit on TB control on the occasion.
Earlier in the day the Dr Gairola flagged off a rally on TB awareness from Gandhi Park. The rally passed through Rajpur road, Clock tower, Tehsil Chowk, Doon hospital and culminated near the town hall on Friday. large number of students and social activists participated in the rally holding placards and banners displaying TB control measures.