CDH Celebrates World TB Day
By: MARLON C. RUNAS, GPC-CDH | Photos By: Maricar T. Agpasan | Date: March 24, 2021
STOP TUBERCULOSIS. In celebration of World Tuberculosis (TB) Day, Caba District Hospital (CDH) Nurse and Tuberculosis Directly Observed Treatment Short Course Coordinator, Maricar T. Agpasan, discusses to Outpatient Department (OPD) patients on the tuberculosis prevention, management and control during the Information Education Campaign held at the OPD waiting Area, CDH, Caba, La Union on March 24, 2021.
She highlighted the need to stop the transmission of TB from one adult to another through identifying people with active TB and curing them through the provision of drug treatment. The world Tuberculosis (TB) Day is celebrated every 24th day of March to raise public awareness about the devastating health, social and economic consequences of TB, and to step up the efforts to end the global TB epidemic.
