Story workshop has dispelled the misconception of associating Tuberculosis (TB) with HIV/AIDS.
In an interview, Story Workshop project officer Given Chichitike said the organisation is concerned with the tendency of some Malawians who associate the two diseases a development which makes a lot of TB patients to shun going to the hospital for screening.
Chichitike said people in the country should know that TB is curable than HIV/AIDS hence they should go for screening once they notice signs and symptoms of the disease.
“We are very concerned with people relating TB with HIV/AIDS, they say once someone has TB he or she automatically has AIDS, this is not true because there are differences between TB and HIV/AIDS thus TB has cure and HIV has not.” Chichitike said.
He said research showed that people with TB were failing to seek treatment in fear of being found with HIV which prompted the organization with funding from Global fund through Action Aid Malawi to be holding awareness campaigns in 28 districts including Dedza with a target of 1.5 million people through 166 theatre for development groups (drama groups) across the country.
He added that: “As the initiative ends in December next month, at the moment more than 1.2 million people have been reached with awareness messages on the disease. What happens is that during the campaigns we record people who attend the meetings so this is how the number has been observed.”
Recently, Story Workshop held one of the sensitization meetings at Chule football ground in the area of Senior Chief Kaphuka, Dedza where various drama groups from the district performed with messages of sensitizing people to go for TB screening.
Commenting on the development, Dedza District Medical Officer Dr Gracewell Mathewe commended the Story Workshop for sensitizing people to go for TB screening in various Health facilities.
Dr Mathewe noted that the district is registering 10 cases of TB on average per month which he described as a wakeup call for health facilities in the district.
He however said “the hospital has not registered any defaulters on taking TB drugs which translate to 98% cure rate.”
Inu sumudziwa mpaka lero kuti hiv aids ndiyochita kupangidwa ndi munthu to depopulate the world.i think dziko lingotha atabwali a nac adzasowe chowilingula.wicked world.
In the first place, it is safer to accept the scientifically proven fact that these are “comorbid” conditions with a “strong” relationship. However, presence of one does not “entirely” guarantee the presence of the other. Not every HIV infected person you see coughing has TB and not every person you see battling with TB has HIV.
Not all people with tb are hiv positive. But hiv people are prone to tb since their immunity gets lowered by the virus.
EVERY ONE WAS BORN WITH TB BUT ITS WHEN SOMEONE IMMUNITY IS COMPROMISED TB GETS A LOOP HOLE ! So 90% with HIV will suffer from TB that’s why there is an integration TB/HIV
Did you tallme that everyone who sick TB, it means they hove aids???
KKKKK CHE JAFFALI NDATI NOT EVERYONE KOMA 90% chifukwa chitetezo chimakhala chotsika ndiye mudzibwera kuza yezetsa makhololo mpakaso HIV mwamva I’ve tiri lede kukuthandizani musafe chifukwa chaumbuli chonde chonde
HIV is nothing this day’s only idiots will die for it koma wanzeru atsata malangizo achipatala to live longer
101% true. my worry is on exposed infants…..
Abel Singano stay real bro free HIV generations it begins with you
The Story Workshop has to be very careful on this issue . They may distort the already existing scientifically proven information on HIV and Tuberculosis.
TB is an Optunistic Infection when one has AIDS.
Simple and straight forward.
they dont have to mislead people. story workshop is not a health related NGO. they has not to beyend their aim
Not all people with tb are hiv positive, right?
yea. n tb is cureble!!