File photo of a Rohingya refugee camp in Cox's Bazar Syed Zakir Hossain/Dhaka TribuneBrac to implement the program under National Tuberculosis Control Programme’s supervisionThe National Tuberculosis Control Programme (NTP) of the government and Brac have jointly taken an initiative to detect tuberculosis (TB) among Rohingyas in Cox’s Bazar through a high-tech mobile X-ray van. To speed up the TB control program, Brac will implement the program under the supervision of NTP, a press release said. The inaugural ceremony for providing medical services through the mobile van was held on the Cox’s Bazar Civil Surgeon Office premises on Thursday. About 100 Rohingyas from different camps in Ukhia and Teknaf will get necessary health services free of cost daily through the van equipped with X-ray and GeneXpert. Brac earlier took the TB detection program among the displacing Rohingyas but it launched the mobile X-ray van for the first time amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Source: Dhaka Tribune September 04, 2020 16:52 UTC