WANT to learn the right coughing manners?
Come to “U-booth”, an interactive booth to be set up at the activity center of the Island City mall this March 31, when the Bohol Provincial Council Against Tuberculosis (PROCAT) spearheads the Tuberculosis Month capping activity.
Learning and doing the right coughing manners is one of the most effective ways of arresting the spread of the tubercle bacilii virus, one which causes the spread of TB, stresses Dr. Pilar Mabasa during the recent council meeting at the Jjs Dimsum.
At the booth, learning can come in many ways, it will feature have games, question and answers slots and activities aimed at teaching people the right manners in coughing, she added.
The Ubooth is also one of the identified teaching tools which the council puts up at the ICM Activity Center as it becomes becomes a virtual one day venue for the province-wide TB prevention program.
During that day, PROCAT also unveils the winning council logo after assessing the entries in the contest held last August.
On the capping day, aside from the performances pledged by council members, the Loboc Ambassador band is invited to provide live music.
“A good blow-wind instrument player needs healthy lungs, council members reasoned out as many want the day to be fully a venue for mainstreaming TB prevention.
Moreover, the place also becomes the venue for the first public presentation of the Bohol TB Prevention slogan, TAMBLOT.
In Bohol, anti-TB advocates adopted TAMBLOT, which is essentially a simple community gin TB control.
Tamblot for anti-TB advocates mean “TB Atong Masumpo Basta Lihok Tanan” or roughly we can stop TB if we all work together”.
PROCAT Chair, Dr Cesar Tomas Lopez said it is high time that Bohol gets serious with TB Control and Prevention, not just because we could save a lot on the prevention side, but also because it can be a big hindrance to community progress. (rachiu/PIA)