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World TB Day

Awareness Campaign
March 24, 2024

World TB Day is commemorated annually on March 24, signifying the anniversary of Dr. Robert Koch’s announcement in 1882 of his discovery of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the bacterium that causes tuberculosis (TB). When he made his discovery, tuberculosis was responsible for one in every seven deaths globally, and Dr. Koch’s breakthrough was a pivotal advancement in understanding, diagnosing, and eventually treating the disease. This day serves as a chance to increase public awareness regarding the severe health, social, and economic consequences of TB, and to galvanize political and social commitment to hasten global efforts in eradicating the disease. Even though it is preventable and treatable, TB continues to be one of the leading causes of death from infectious diseases.

Active Case Finding (ACF) Camp

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Enlightenment to the Clinic Executive Committee Meeting (Local Project Advisory Committee Meeting) LPAC

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Review Urban TB Control Program including Public/Private Hospital in Kathmandu Metropolitan City

August 13, 2024
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Central Project Advisory Committee meeting (CPAC)

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I see that the program has been more effective because work has been done with people’s representatives and in close coordination. One indication of this is the large number of people’s representatives who are involved in this program. I wish to thank them for this effort.

Sunita Dangol

Deputy Mayor, KMC

If both those seeking treatment and those providing services undertake their responsibilities honestly, we can be free of tuberculosis, or any disease for that matter. What we want to build is a healthy metropolitan city.

Nucche Kaji Dangol

Ward Chairperson, KMC-18

The program has been launched in Kathmandu, because the urban-centered results will provide us a basis for extending it outside the capital, and in all seven provinces of the country.

Dr. Prajwol Shrestha

Associate Professor, Director, National Tuberculosis Control Centre

In the first phase, we have organized the screening camps targeting populations in eight wards, where there are unsafe settlements and slum areas. We have plans to do screenings in other wards in the second phase.

Sajina Maharjan

Head of Health Division, Kathmandu Metropolitan City

Nepal has been undertaking efforts in TB control in accordance with its international commitments to end the tuberculosis pandemic by 2035 and to eradicate the TB by 2050. For attaining this goal, the program of active TB case finding in communities and bringing those diagnosed under treatment is very important. The campaign is also important in terms of bridging the notification gap.

Dr. Prajwol Shrestha

Director, National Tuberculosis Control Centre

We estimate about age of 20 in Nepal most probably about half of them is already infected with TB. That means if they have problem of stress or change of the nutrition whatever they may develop TB. In total if you infected 10 percent of them develop lifetime.

Dr. Akira Shimouchi

Project Director, JATA-Nepal

People need health and education. First, we need health, without health education is not very useful. If we are unhealthy, there is no benefit of having wealth. The main need is good health. That is why this program of yours is very good.

Khenpo Pema Sherpa

PhD, DI, Ngagyur Memorial School, Kathmandu

COVID infections took an alarming turn after one case was discovered at Teku Hospital. It had led to lockdowns. Here we have 69,000 people with tuberculosis every year. So, you can make your own estimates, think about how many people with TB we are adding every day. And if we do not give enough attention on time, this could result in another alarming situation. This is why (the program) is very important to ensure timely detection of infections and to bring people under treatment.

Ram Sharan Gopali

Country Director, JATA-Nepal