Of the 100 people who took advantage of this service, 53 had chest X-rays; and the sputum of 46 was examined. One person needed fine needle aspiration cytology. Four people were identified as having TB.
PICTS' mobile chest X-ray team travels around every three months to provide medical services to each township in the Mandalay Division.
The free TB clinic in Mahar Aung Myay was covered by MRTV (Myanmar Radio and Television) and a news story that included interviews with the township medical officer, TB field supervisor and local ward authority was broadcast nationally.
PICTS is a project of The Union carried out in collaboration with the Myanmar NTP, Ministry of Health and the community, with funding from TB-REACH.
Story and photo by Lwin Lwin Thant (The Union Office in Myanmar)