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The childhood tuberculosis remains a hidden epidemic in most countries, argued Saturday Mbacke the Secretary, Ministry of Health and Action
social, noting that this situation is even worse than infants and children are most vulnerable to severe forms of the disease.
"To a large extent, children have been forgotten since the childhood tuberculosis remains a hidden epidemic in most countries," said Moussa Mbaye who presided Mbacke, in Diourbel, the World Day to Combat against Tuberculosis.
This year's Day celebration held on March 24 of each year has been postponed due to the holding of the second round of presidential elections on the same date.
BCG, the only currently available vaccine for tuberculosis, are not protected for life against the pulmonary form and can be used safely in children living with HIV / AIDS, according to Moussa Mbaye who represented the Minister of Health and Social Action at the ceremony held in the public square of the city.
Thus, the general secretary of the Department of Health and Social Action, "it is time to act and therefore aggressively tackle this disease."
Level of Senegal, the number of cases reported each year in health facilities remained stable since 2002, and close in 2011, 12,000 cases all forms combined with infectious pulmonary cases of 7772, or 67% of cases.
For the year 2011 the NTP has reported 403 cases have been reported in children under 15 or 3% of the cases.
Now, for the Minister's representative, "it is established that for the management of this vulnerable faces in a screening and an insufficient prevention especially for children in contact with relatives with the disease."
"It is therefore fitting that this year's campaign calls on health authorities to focus their actions on child protection through a proactive approach to end the suffering and deaths from tuberculosis in this segment of the population," Moussa Mbaye pleaded.
Before the governor of the region, religious, health and local, he stressed that the theme of this year (growing up without tuberculosis), launched by the Partnership "Stop TB" of the World Health Organization, invites to act so that children can live in a mode without tuberculosis.
What constitutes "a major challenge because the current situation is very worrying," he added. Launched globally, the global partnership indicates that a third of the population is infected with TB and every year nearly a million cases are recencés in children under 15.
According to the WHO Representative, Dr. Domingo Bacaray Sambou, at least one million children will die of this disease over the next 5 years. This number could increase if the concrete and effective actions are not taken from now.
In Africa, the disease is gaining ground and becoming more deadly with at least 600 deaths per day, with 80% of victims aged 15 to 45 years.
World Day of fight against tuberculosis commemorates the presentation by Dr. Robert Koch discovered the bacillus in 1882 in Berlin.
This phase coincided with an important period in efforts to diagnose and treat this disease. But it's also a day to "raise awareness of the global TB epidemic and efforts to overcome the disease."
Progress has been made with the mortality rates fell by 40% over 1990. Millions of lives were also saved as the Head of "Stop TB" WHO, according to his representative.
The choice of Diourbel, health district and the city of Mbacke to hold this ceremony was not done randomly because Day is both a time to celebrate success and an opportunity to revive and strengthen actions against the disease, according to district health authorities.
social, noting that this situation is even worse than infants and children are most vulnerable to severe forms of the disease.
"To a large extent, children have been forgotten since the childhood tuberculosis remains a hidden epidemic in most countries," said Moussa Mbaye who presided Mbacke, in Diourbel, the World Day to Combat against Tuberculosis.
This year's Day celebration held on March 24 of each year has been postponed due to the holding of the second round of presidential elections on the same date.
BCG, the only currently available vaccine for tuberculosis, are not protected for life against the pulmonary form and can be used safely in children living with HIV / AIDS, according to Moussa Mbaye who represented the Minister of Health and Social Action at the ceremony held in the public square of the city.
Thus, the general secretary of the Department of Health and Social Action, "it is time to act and therefore aggressively tackle this disease."
Level of Senegal, the number of cases reported each year in health facilities remained stable since 2002, and close in 2011, 12,000 cases all forms combined with infectious pulmonary cases of 7772, or 67% of cases.
For the year 2011 the NTP has reported 403 cases have been reported in children under 15 or 3% of the cases.
Now, for the Minister's representative, "it is established that for the management of this vulnerable faces in a screening and an insufficient prevention especially for children in contact with relatives with the disease."
"It is therefore fitting that this year's campaign calls on health authorities to focus their actions on child protection through a proactive approach to end the suffering and deaths from tuberculosis in this segment of the population," Moussa Mbaye pleaded.
Before the governor of the region, religious, health and local, he stressed that the theme of this year (growing up without tuberculosis), launched by the Partnership "Stop TB" of the World Health Organization, invites to act so that children can live in a mode without tuberculosis.
What constitutes "a major challenge because the current situation is very worrying," he added. Launched globally, the global partnership indicates that a third of the population is infected with TB and every year nearly a million cases are recencés in children under 15.
According to the WHO Representative, Dr. Domingo Bacaray Sambou, at least one million children will die of this disease over the next 5 years. This number could increase if the concrete and effective actions are not taken from now.
In Africa, the disease is gaining ground and becoming more deadly with at least 600 deaths per day, with 80% of victims aged 15 to 45 years.
World Day of fight against tuberculosis commemorates the presentation by Dr. Robert Koch discovered the bacillus in 1882 in Berlin.
This phase coincided with an important period in efforts to diagnose and treat this disease. But it's also a day to "raise awareness of the global TB epidemic and efforts to overcome the disease."
Progress has been made with the mortality rates fell by 40% over 1990. Millions of lives were also saved as the Head of "Stop TB" WHO, according to his representative.
The choice of Diourbel, health district and the city of Mbacke to hold this ceremony was not done randomly because Day is both a time to celebrate success and an opportunity to revive and strengthen actions against the disease, according to district health authorities.
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