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Propaganda and Publicity.— The chief aim of the Fund being the
organisation of an educational campaign against tuberculosis, the head-
quarters prepares and publishes a variety of material for distribution through
various agencies engaged in prevention and control of tuberculosis. This
includes charts, picture posters, pamphlets, leaflets, slides and films.
Education is further helped by lectures, talks and broadcast through various
agencies and institutions. Maternity and Child Welfare organisation and
various social organisations like all India Women Association have helped
us to carry this education to larger and appreciative audiences.
Training of Tuberculosis Workers.— Field work which is an important
part of tuberculosis control, requires workers trained in up-to-date methods
of diagnosis, treatment and prevention. Post-graduate courses have
been organised since 1935 at Calcutta, Madras and Bombay with the help
of the All-India Institute of Hygiene and Public Health at Calcutta and
the Tuberculosis Association of Bengal and the Principals of the Madras
and Bombay Medical Colleges and with the close co-operation from the
authorities of the Special Tuberculosis Institutions in these Provinces.
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doctors have so far been trained at these courses. The Fund Committee
recommends post-graduates for special study in Rome through the help
of the International Union against Tuberculosis, Paris.
A few health visitors have also been trained in tuberculosis work at
sanatoria.
Tuberculosis Dispensaries. —The Fund Committee is now giving its
attention to the proper organisation of these field units, on which the whole
control of the disease largely depends, and has helped in the starting of
tuberculosis dispensaries in Bengal, Bombay, Punjab, Central Provinces,
Bihar, Assam and Mysore State and is helping their continued activities
in spite of the Fund's slender resources.
Surveys. —These are very expensive undertakings, but the Fund has
financed tuberculosis surveys in selected areas, to study the relationship
of environmental, social and economic factors to tuberculosis which have
yielded valuable information.
Special Tuberculosis Number of the "Indian Medical Gazette". —The
Fund with the help of the editor of the "Indian Medical Gazette" produced
a special Tuberculosis Number of the Gazette in April 1937. This special
issue proved very popular amongst medical men in the country and has
helped to concentrate attention on the clinical and social problems of tuber
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culosis. It has been decided to publish in September 1938 another special
number of the "Indian Medical Gazette" devoted mainly to the preventive
aspects of tuberculosis.
Hassan Masud Suhrawardy Anti-Tuberculosis Challenge Shield
Competition. —The Fund awards a silver Challenge Shield annually to any
corporation, municipal council or municipal committee or any other organi
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sation, association or committee doing anti-tuberculosis work in British
India, or an Indian State for showing the best anti-tuberculosis activities
during the year. Consequent on the growth of anti-tuberculosis activities
as the result of seven years' propaganda and preventive campaign every
year brings entries showing improved plan and extended scope of work.