One of the major outputs that we have to produce is an online social marketing project. Fortunately, I’ve been a part of like-minded individuals who are interested to spread awareness and information on health issues. Being a part of a TB campaign, I shared to them the need for TB information to reach more audiences, specifically on the topic of TB in Children as detecting and treating this disease is harder with children.
After several months of brainstorming, write-ups and designing, our online social marketing project, Project Blue Balloons, was born.
Tuberculosis is an infectious disease that is CURABLE. Still a lot of people have the misconception and people who carry the disease are still frowned upon.
How a person can contract or develop TB?
TB is passed on from one person to another. The bacteria is put on to the air when a person with tuberculosis disease of the lungs coughs or sneezes. People nearby breathe in the air and can become infected. Any one can contract the infection but do not feel sick at all and may develop TB sometime in the future. Any one in our family, friends, co-workers, and people we meet everyday might be exposed to TB. Early detection and proper treatment is the cure and people who are already sick and symptomatic must seek help immediately.
This is a short video developed by a friend of my team mate for the project:
Help us spread the word on TB. TB is curable, and prevention is the key.
