TB AWARENES

RC Roxas’ Campaign Against TB in Children

Our club’s proposed project is to disseminate information regarding TB in children. The main objective is to enhance public awareness and encourage health seeking behaviours of mothers/caretakers to bring their children for consult in the different public health centers of the province of Capiz that offer free diagnostic tests (e.g. X-ray, PPD) and TB medications.

This project is principally concerned with a series of messages about the disease (e.g. cough for >2 weeks, when to seek treatment, etc) and informing the community about what services are already in place (e.g. for treatment and diagnosis) to empower the community to take action.

The TB information dissemination will utilize these different medium:

Educational Material	Objective/s	Target Audience
1. TB pamphlets in Hiligaynon · To be distributed to the 17 different public health centers	Highlights the signs/symptoms of TB in children and encourage consultation	Mothers/caretakers taking their children for check-ups at these provincial health centers
2. Large Tarpaulins (w/ brief messages) · To be placed in strategic areas/ 17 municipalities in Capiz to capture public interest	Highlights the global burden and seriousness of TB as a disease entity	General public traversing these locations in the different municipalities
3. Infomercials	Highlights the Free laboratory tests and medications that are available in the different health centers	To be flashed/announced during the airing of a local cable news and radio shows
4. Poster making contest · The chosen works may be reproduce and use for the TB campaign	Encourages creativity among the different high school students in Capiz while imparting to them TB awareness	Educational sectors/high schools that are interested in participating
5. Fun Run for TB · Invites to the different sectors will be distributed to increase participation	Create a day to raise awareness and possible funds to further TB cause ( e.g. solicitation letters to the different sectors, different booths possibly from the pharmaceutical companies, other anti-Tb paraphernalia such as bands or shirts)	All members of the community that may join or plain bystanders /witnesses to the event

Furthermore, as a club, we plan to coordinate with the local health centers and conduct lectures on TB to supplement the above information materials. In addition, we plan to help improving the TB detection rates in children by setting aside a day to do TB (i.e. PPD) screening through our Rotarian doctors at our adopted barangays.