Show L Yes TB Is Still Here I Tuberculosis in the United j States is declining but declining but much too slowly a OTHER RESPIRATORY diseases diseases diseases dis dis- eases are Increasing increasing far far too tact fesL Those were the observations eons Thursday of Mason W W. W SD Smith th Salt Lake City presIdent president president pres pres- ident of the Utah Tuberculosis and Health Association CHRISTMAS Seal boos te-is from coast to coast have drawn up a broad new battle plan pian to attack tl this s dual health f problem Mr Smith said l 4 The plan is designed to meet r the tte requirements of both kinds l of continuing warfare against dung lung disease the disease the h e strategy Deeded 8 to wrap-up wrap the TB fight ud ad the broadly developing at- at but bet on other respiratory dis dis- I. I hes e 1 f THE UNIFIED Christ Christmas mas Seal Sul strate strategy y is known as the po Four Program Emphases Plan and Is described In the just- just released annual report of the National Tuberculosis Association Association Association tion Mr Smith said The first program emphasis Is the battle of the pills Mr Smith said of tuberculosis Is the new on a sue successful c e s s f u 1 anti anti- tuberculosis anti tuberculosis drug w when hen given to infected individuals those with TB germs in their body but do not have the active TB Is up to 75 per cent ef effective effective effective ef- ef In preventing disease AS MANY as may benefit from this preventive preventive preventive pre pre- drug treatment Mr Smith estimated The drugs are available from the Utah State Division 0 of f Health EMPHASIS NO Two Is in the psychosocial arena out arena outpatient arena outpatient patient services TB is no longer a matter of long hospitalization treatment Including medical supervision Laboratory tests and education education education tion can be given on an outpatient outpatient outpatient out out- patient basis but the treatment is long THE TASK IS first providing the service and secondly getting getting getting get get- ting the patient to use the service service service ice over a long period of time The third emphasis is on laboratory laboratory laboratory lab lab- oratory services They are ab absolutely absolutely absolutely ab- ab essential to modern TB treatment and to the di diagnosis diagnosis diagnosis di- di and of chronic respiratory disease Mr Smith said But It Is necessary to have modern lab methods Some labs have been slow to adopt recent improvements EMPHASIS NO Four is an action program in air pollution control The National Air Conservation Conse Con- Con se r va tion Commission was created by the National Tuberculosis Tuberculosis Tuberculosis Tuber Tuber- Association to stimulate grass roots action in each state to clean up the nations nation's air We are pleased that Christmas Christmas Christmas Christ Christ- mas Seal funds and volunteers have advanced these Four Program Program Program Pro Pro- gram Emphases to a marked degree in Utah Mr Smith said Contributions to the current current current cur cur- rent Christmas Seal campaign will finance tl this s work in 1968 |