TB Alert is a charity working to raise awareness about and support effective treatment of the disease tuberculosis in the UK and internationally.
[3] Projects include the establishment of microscopy centres to aid diagnosis, education programmes about TB and the increased risk in conjunction with HIV infection, training DOTS providers and supporting other NGOs with established links to local communities to help raise awareness in those communities.
Chichetekelo uses adults who have been cured of TB as outreach partners, visiting villages and speaking in centres such as schools or churches about their experience.
Recent economic turmoil in Zimbabwe has placed enormous pressure on healthcare services, as well as leaving the population more vulnerable to tuberculosis infection through lack of proper nutrition.
Emeritus Professor of Respiratory Diseases and Tuberculosis, University of Edinburgh Sir John Crofton was knighted in 1977 for his contributions to TB control.
This was the first demonstration of mass control of TB, and his no-nonsense "Edinburgh method" was subsequently instituted in 23 European countries.
Never one to slow down, to the end of his life, aged 97, Crofton continued as an inspiring worker in the field of tuberculosis and tobacco control, and fundraising tirelessly on behalf of TB Alert.