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World TB Day March 24, 2009

WORLD TB DAY 2009 TOOLKIT

SLOGAN: I am stopping TB

TAGLINE: You can stop TB. Join us.

CONCEPT:

  • I am stopping TB is more than slogan. It is a two-year campaign that began in 2008.
  • I am stopping TB is a message of empowerment. All people can do their part to stop TB.
  • Patients can stop TB by becoming active participants in their own cure and taking all their anti-TB drugs as prescribed.
  • Possible personal message: I am stopping TB. I take all my anti-TB drugs as prescribed.
  • Health workers can stop TB by staying alert to the symptoms of the disease and providing prompt diagnosis and treatment.
  • Possible personal message: I am stopping TB. The TB clinic where I work has a 90% cure rate.
  • Scientists can stop TB by engaging in needed research to develop new diagnostics, new drugs and new vaccines.
  • Possible personal message: I am stopping TB. I am helping develop a new vaccine against TB that could save millions of lives.
  • Teachers can stop TB by educating their students about this age-old scourge.
  • Possible personal message: I am stopping TB. My sixth-grade students have just completed essays showing they understand how to fight TB.

HOW YOU CAN CONTRIBUTE TO THE GLOBAL WORLD TB DAY CAMPAIGN
INSPIRE:

Share success stories on fighting TB. Using the slogan I am stopping TB plus your own personal message, create an electronic poster you can post on the web; or a printed poster you can hang where many people will see it.

Call editors and journalists at your local newspaper and radio and TV stations and encourage them to cover TB. Or write a letter to the editor.

Write to government representatives and encourage them to do more about stopping TB -- by funding high-quality TB programs and investing in TB research.
INNOVATE:

Start a letter campaign to the most important medical research institution in your country, urging scientists there to demand more resources for TB research.

Brainstorm with people in your community about new ways of finding resources to fight TB – for example, asking everyone who comes to a movie theatre to donate 10 percent of the cost of the ticket – or running a bake sale through a local school.

If you have not discovered social media – blogging, RSS feeds, and other new ways of forming electronic communities--now is the time. Publish a blog about how TB care can be improved. Upload your stories and photos on the World TB Day 2009 Blog, www.worldtbday.org. Share your videos on the Stop TB You Tube Web site.

COLLABORATE

Invite people from your community to a meeting to discuss what they can do
to stop TB.

Make a donation to a non-profit group that is fighting TB. No amount is too
small. $US 20 will pay for one person’s TB treatment.

Share your expertise with a group or organization focused on TB control.B test.
 
 
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