Rukaya Hamid on TB Awareness & Sensitization to mark World TB Day
TUBERCULOSIS is a public health problem and according to the MoH, National Tuberculosis Control program (NTCP) which was launched in 1994 aims at reducing the transmission of the disease to a level that is no longer a major public health problem and emphasized that tuberculosis has been and still is one of the leading causes of death in our country meanwhile it is curable and preventable. In 1993 the WHO declared tuberculosis a global emergency. Rukaya Hamid is a student at the Tamale community health nurse school. The 22yr old is in her final year at the Tamale Nursing Community Training School and usually spends her leisure time educating children at the funky readwrite clinic on basic health practices. Rukaya Hamid also once in a while is a guest on radio interviews and programs concerning health issues. As part of the world TB day , the young community nurse throws more light into the awareness and Sensitization of Tuberculosis. Tu...