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MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY WEEKLY REPORT

Different studies reported 2-14 times higher risk of TB for the healthcare workers than the general populations. This poses a serious challenge to the healthcare workers involved in TB control worldwide. BRAC has been using services of thousands of community-based health workers (CHW) known as shasthya shebikas for TB control all over the country. Their continuous exposure to infectious pulmonary TB (PTB) patients might have increased the risk of disease transmission. This concern led RED to implement a pilot study in Trishal upazila to (i) assess the operational feasibility of using CXR (chest X-ray) as a tool for PTB diagnosis, and obtaining and testing sputum samples; and (ii). | Please note An erratum has been published for this issue. To view the erratum please click here. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention MMWR Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report Weekly I Vol. 61 I No. 11 March 23 2012 World TB Day March 24 2012 March 24 is World TB Day which commemorates the date in 1882 when Dr. Robert Koch announced his discovery of Mycobacterium tuberculosis the bacillus that causes tuberculosis TB a leading cause of death from infectious disease worldwide. World TB Day provides an opportunity to raise awareness about TB-related problems and solutions and to support worldwide TB control efforts. The U.S. slogan for the 2012 observance is Stop TB in My Lifetime. Despite the continued decline in U.S. TB cases and rates since 1993 the 2011 rate of 3.4 per 100 000 population has not achieved the 2010 goal of TB elimination less than one case per 1 000 000 established in 1989 1 . Although TB cases and rates decreased among foreign-born and U.S.-born persons in 2011 foreign-born persons and U.S.-born racial ethnic minorities continue to be affected disproportionately 2 . CDC is committed to a world free of TB. Progress toward TB elimination in the United States will require ongoing surveillance and improved TB control and prevention activities. Sustained focus on domestic TB control activities and further support of international TB control initiatives are needed to address persistent disparities between whites and nonwhites and between U.S.-born and foreign-born persons. Additional information about World TB Day and CDC s TB elimination activities is available at http www.cdc.gov tb events worldtbday. References 1. CDC. A strategic plan for the elimination of tuberculosis in the United States. MmWR 1989 38 No. SS-3 . 2. CDC. Trends in tuberculosis United States 2011. MMWR 2012 61 181-5. Trends in Tuberculosis United States 2011 In 2011 a total of 10 521 new tuberculosis TB cases were reported in the United States an incidence of 3.4 cases per .