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Africa-Press – Namibia. <\/strong><\/span>The East, Central and Southern African Health Community says more should be invested in treating tuberculosis, specifically contact tracing with the inclusion of miners, ex-miners and the communities they live in.<\/p>\n

This was stated by Dr Mariam<\/p>\n

Urasa, ECSA-HC\u2019s senior programme officer in the family health and infectious diseases\u2019 department at a media sensitisation workshop focusing on the mining sector in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis type of workshop is important for a country like Namibia because it has a large mining sector that\u2019s both formal and informal, where we get a lot of diamonds and other precious stones. We need to put emphasis on the role of the media to spread the word to the large audience so that those who have been exposed to such environments can be tested and put on treatment, and that requires more investment,\u201d she told New Era.<\/p>\n

Urasa said Namibia is one of the countries in the world where 40% of TB cases are not notified.<\/p>\n

\u201cChild and adolescent TB is often overlooked by health providers, and can be difficult to diagnose and treat. What we should know is that 30 high TB burden countries accounted for 86% of new TB cases, and eight of them are members of SADC (Angola, DRC, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania and Zambia),\u201d she added.<\/p>\n

Tuberculosis (TB) in the mining sector has long been recognised as a problem in southern Africa. To address this issue, SADC heads of state<\/p>\n

signed a Declaration on TB in the Mines in 2012. This declaration directed SADC ministers responsible for health and ministers responsible for finance, migration, local government, labour and mining to initiate the implementation of the declaration and monitor progress.<\/p>\n

Tanzania\u2019s senior programmes officer for TB and communicable diseases Charles Sandy said globally, the burden of TB remains high, and deaths from TB remain the biggest cause of deaths from an infectious agent in the last five years.<\/p>\n

\u201cSocial determinants and financing of TB need to be addressed. Sustainable responses require central government to increase its allocations for health. A healthy population is a necessary catalyst for economic and social development. Hence, member states work collaboratively to address<\/p>\n

common issues across sectors,\u201d stated Sandy. The country\u2019s health ministry\u2019s spokesperson Julius Mtemahanji observed that there is a need to strengthen TB services to the population of miners, ex-miners, their families and surrounding communities by 2025.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe sixth Strategic Operational Plan for the National Tuberculosis and Leprosy Programme foresees a Tanzania free of TB and Leprosy. To us, the mining sector is key in the fight against TB in our country,\u201d stated Mtemahanji.<\/p>\n

He added: \u201cThe media is a large and by far important tool to be used in this fight, whereby issues of community rights and gender barriers in accessing TB services and stigma to people suffering from TB is still high. It\u2019s only through objective reporting and the creation of awareness on issues relating to TB among community members that we will be able to address these challenges.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mtemahanji feels it\u2019s evident that more media practitioners must be reached to make this intervention more relevant.<\/p>\n

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