TB Notes Newsletter
No. 1, 2007
World TB Day “TB Awareness Walk”
DTBE’s first TB Awareness Walk is being planned for World TB Day, Saturday,
March 24, 2007,
in Grant Park in Atlanta. The
lead organization for this event is the National Tuberculosis Controllers Association
(NTCA), and DTBE is grateful for their leadership and support. Other planning
committee members represent various partner organizations including the American
Lung Association - Southeast Region, the Georgia Division of Public Health’s
TB Program, the Fulton County Health Department, RESULTS, and the Watsonian
Society.
This event is not a fundraiser; rather, it is an awareness-raising effort.
We are working to engage the Atlanta
community in this event by sending letters of invitation to a number of churches
and selected community organizations. On behalf of NTCA, we have been sending
public service announcements about the walk to local radio stations; some stations
have carried the announcements on their radio websites as well. We are
providing write-ups about the awareness walk in local community publications
and sending out flyers electronically to many e-mail groups.
We will be glad to share our experience regarding this walk with other areas
that are interested in pursuing such an event. For additional information, please
contact Carol Pozsik at NTCA or Vic Tomlinson in DTBE.
—Submitted by Vic Tomlinson
Div of TB Elimination
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