The article “Weavers’ villages in India suffer TB epidemic”
is about the vast amount of people from Lohata, India affected by Tuberculosis.
The article states that the disease kills about 300,000 people every year. It
also states that, according to the World Health Organization, India has the
highest rate of Tuberculosis in the world. This disease affects many different
people. Tuberculosis is an air borne disease, so anyone that is in the same atmosphere
as someone with Tuberculosis can get the disease. The article talks about a
man, Mumtaz Ali, and he says that he cannot help his 4-year-old grandson, Anwar.
He coughs all throughout the day and ends up spitting up blood. Doctors say
that it is because he is malnourished, but Ali cannot help because he cannot afford
food for him. Not only are finances a problem, but he could potentially get
Tuberculosis too. India is in dire need of a medicine/strict enforcement of
treatment so that people can overcome the disease quicker.
I think it is very important to touch on this disease in
Lohata, India because it is affecting many people. I think the main reason that
all of this is happening in India is because of two reasons. One reason is that
the country is in a financial downfall, so they do not have the money or resources
to treat this disease. The country itself is not financially stable enough to
purchase treatments and medicines, but even if they were the people do not make
enough money to buy these things. Their jobs are declining, so there income is
too. The second reason that the country is affected by tuberculosis is because
they do not have strict and strongly enforced treatment plans for its people.
So even if people could afford the treatments, there is no strict plan to
enforce on its people so that they get better. But, it is important to fix this
problem so that Tuberculosis does not continue to increase and kill people in
Lohata, India. I think that they should enforce stricter rules for the
treatment of this disease and provide financial assistance so that they can
afford to be treated.
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