{"id":7369,"date":"2023-10-10T10:29:08","date_gmt":"2023-10-10T07:29:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.reachoutmbuya.org\/?p=7369"},"modified":"2023-10-11T08:18:38","modified_gmt":"2023-10-11T05:18:38","slug":"did-you-know-about-the-tb-mobile-chest-x-ray-find-out-why-early-detection-is-important-in-tb-treatment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.reachoutmbuya.org\/?p=7369","title":{"rendered":"Did you know about the TB Mobile Chest X-ray? Find out why early detection is important in TB treatment."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>While TB is currently spreading like wildfire, ROM with support from the Ministry of Health has intensified efforts to eliminate the disease. ROM carried out the first-ever TB Mobile Chest X-ray outreaches in different Kampala communities such as Port Bell Luzira landing site and Butabika Hospital communities, making a positive impact on the health and well-being of the community members. A total of <strong>213<\/strong> people were screened for tuberculosis, <strong>84<\/strong> of them received free chest X-ray imaging, and <strong>15<\/strong> underwent TB diagnoses.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-7370 size-full\" style=\"font-weight: inherit;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.reachoutmbuya.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/2023-NR-JS-29.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"814\" height=\"550\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.reachoutmbuya.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/2023-NR-JS-29.jpg 814w, https:\/\/www.reachoutmbuya.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/2023-NR-JS-29-300x203.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.reachoutmbuya.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/2023-NR-JS-29-768x519.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 814px) 100vw, 814px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>A woman with her children enters the Mobile TB Van for testing and a man undergoing a chest X-ray inside the van during an outreach at Portbell Luzira.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-7371 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.reachoutmbuya.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/2023-NR-JS-26.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"814\" height=\"550\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.reachoutmbuya.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/2023-NR-JS-26.jpg 814w, https:\/\/www.reachoutmbuya.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/2023-NR-JS-26-300x203.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.reachoutmbuya.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/2023-NR-JS-26-768x519.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 814px) 100vw, 814px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>ROM staff attend to community members who turned up for the TB outreach at Luzira.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>\u201cIt is important for everyone to r<\/em><\/strong><strong><em>aise their voice and join the fight against tuberculosis! TB is a preventable and treatable disease yet it still affects millions worldwide. Together, we can create a world where TB is no longer a threat. Let&#8217;s spread awareness, encourage early detection, and support those affected to ensure a TB-free future for all<\/em><\/strong><strong><em>\u201d <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Advised Isaiah Aryatuha, the TB Project Lead at ROM<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While TB is currently spreading like wildfire, ROM with support from the Ministry of Health has intensified efforts to eliminate the disease. ROM carried out the first-ever TB Mobile Chest X-ray outreaches in different Kampala communities such as Port Bell Luzira landing site and Butabika Hospital communities, making a positive impact on the health and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7372,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[85],"class_list":["post-7369","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-newsletter-issues","tag-news-letter-september-2023"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reachoutmbuya.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7369","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reachoutmbuya.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reachoutmbuya.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reachoutmbuya.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reachoutmbuya.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7369"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.reachoutmbuya.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7369\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7374,"href":"https:\/\/www.reachoutmbuya.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7369\/revisions\/7374"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reachoutmbuya.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/7372"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reachoutmbuya.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7369"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reachoutmbuya.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7369"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reachoutmbuya.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7369"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}