TB Prevalence in Bangladesh Assignment
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Running head: TB PREVALENCE IN BANGLADESHImpact of High Burden of TB in Garment Factory Workers, Bangladesh.Student’s NameInstitution AffiliationDate
Running head: TB PREVALENCE IN BANGLADESH2Impact of High Burden of TB in Garment Factory Workers, Bangladesh.The Population of Bangladesh as of July 2018 was 23,545,963 (Bangladesh Demographics Profile, 2019). The country's majority population consists of middle-aged citizensof between 25 – 54 years, comprising about 46% of the entire country's population. In terms of male versus female population, the ratio was 0.98 male for every female. With these facts, it is evident the male-female population in Bangladesh is very well balanced. The statistics, however,show that the proportion of older adults (>55 years) is higher compared to the young generation (0-24 years). This fact should point to a nation with an industrious population since its bulk is composed of energetic middle-aged people, followed by older people entering their retirement ages. Bangladesh is a hub of clothing manufacturing companies since it provides cheap labor compared to other countries. A staggering 3.5 million citizens are workers in over 4,000 clothe manufacturing factories. The clothes are exported to western countries such as America and Europe. This industry makes up for ¾ of the entire country’s export revenue. The workers there used to survive on a minimum wage of $63, which was later raised to $95 every month (van Elven, 2018). On top of this, the country has a very high prevalence of Tuberculosis (TB). The incidence of TB in Bangladesh was reported to be about 360,000 cases in 2015 alone.The poverty rate in Bangladesh is devastating, with the percentage of people living belowthe poverty line at a staggering 31.5% in 2010. This figure dropped to 24.3% in 2016, but it is still very high. Before 2010, living in Bangladesh was difficult as 73% of the employed population with a daily Purchasing power parity of $1.90 as of 2010 (Asian Development Bank, 2019)
Running head: TB PREVALENCE IN BANGLADESH3A study done by the National Institute of Diseases of the Chest and Hospital in Bangladesh shows that patients were reporting symptoms of unsuspected TB, and the study found that they ran the risk of developing a multi-drug resistant strain of TB bacteria. Bacteria tend to develop resistance when they are under the pressure of extinction. About 11% of the 4800 workers who participated in the survey were knowledgeable about ways of preventing TB (Islam, Islam, Islam, & Ahmed, 2015). According to the CDC, one of the risk factors for TB is the aging population. As seen in the population demographics, the majority of the people in Bangladesh are above 25 years of age. The Bangladeshi CDC has had a plan in place from 2006 to reduce the incidence of TB in Bangladesh. The project involves 15 steps that have been undertaken in Bangladesh to prevent and control TB. An evaluation of some of these methods that have been implemented would run for a span of 10 years, from 2006 to 2016. Some of the strategies included BCG evaluation, Mandatory Isolation implementation, and air travel control, to mention a few. After ten years of putting effort to fight TB in Bangladesh, they committed more time to enhance the fight and ensure they got the upper hand by extending the “Mobilization Plan to Halve Tuberculosis Incidence in Ten Years” to 2035. Other methods of combating TB must complement one particular strategy that has provento be useful, but, is the Latent TB Infection treatment strategy. People with latent tuberculosis will usually not show symptoms of the diseases, and while in this stage, they cannot infect or transmit the mycobacteria to others. The pathogen becomes dangerous if it becomes active in the body and begins to replicate, at which point, TB symptoms will start to manifest.As Bangladesh continues its campaign to raise awareness and end TB, citizens have been called to have a Latent TB Infection (LTBI) screening to get early treatment and prevent the
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