World TB Day: Reach, Treat, Cure Everyone_The Post_2-8 April 2015

Name of article:World TB Day: Reach, Treat, Cure Everyone

Name of publication: The Post

Date: 2-8 April 2015

Country: Lesotho

Theme: Health

GEM Classification: Gender Awareness

Genre: News

Skill: Language

Analysis

Description: The article World TB Day: Reach, Treat, Cure Everyone brings awareness to people about the prevention about TB not as a once off thing but on a daily basis. As the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) is, an annual thing then serves to remind people that healthy living is a habit. Especially for people infected with HIV and AIDS as they are mostly exposed to many sicknesses.

This is Gender Awareness article as it covers both men and women and their living and health. It looks at how the factors which makes them to be vulnerable to contact TB and gives them a way to create a healthy living for themselves and those around them.

• The article looks at the activities which PEPFAR focuses on in terms of HIV/AIDS associated TB and its effort to reach and cure people from 2015 and beyond.
• Highlights that TB is the leading cause of death for people leaving HIV/AIDS and also family members and their entire community.
• It looks at the statistics of people infected people who are also defenseless in contacting TB.