09/12/2009
MARCCH INITIATES NEW TB PROJECTS
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Continuing to focus its efforts and resources on the war against TB in Chechnya, MARCCH implemented the following new projects in this field:
• Funded the provision of UV lamps, which like regular sunlight kill TB bacilli in the air, in TB wards in the different TB dispensaries.
• Funded the building of a playground, in the grounds of a TB dispensary in Grozny.
• Supplied paediatric patients and staff with masks, which are badly needed in ordinary hospital wards, where cross infection is very common.
• Supplied toys that are being used to allow children in a mental health facility in Ingushetia to participate in activities forming part of a psycho-social programme to stimulate children and help their recovery
MARRCH could not have carried out this programme without the involvement and support of Medecins sans Frontieres, to whom it would like to express it warm thanks. |