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Event to raise TB awareness
BY NORA WARREN
STAFF WRITER
University researchers want to
raise student awareness about a
global epidemic that kills more
than 2 million people each year
and infects more than 8 million
others: tuberculosis.
The UNC Schools of Medicine,
Pharmacy and Public Health are
sponsoring an event from 2 to 4
p.m. Wednesday in the Pit in
honor of World Tuberculosis Day,
which commemorates the discov
ery in 1882 of the bacteria that
cause the disease.
Officials planning the event said
they will put up posters to inform
students about the disease and will
be on hand to answer questions.
Researchers said they hope to
teach students about the world
wide threat the disease poses and
about research at UNC that is try
ing to eradicate it.
Tuberculosis bacteria, which
attack the lungs, are spread
through the air. The disease is fair
ly uncommon in the United States,
but researchers said it is a serious
problem in Russia, India and
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“If TB in other parts of the world
is not controlled, we will never get
rid of TB in the U. 5.,” said Annelies
Van Rie, a professor in the School
of Public Health.
Van Rie said 90 percent of people
infected with the disease show no
symptoms and will never know they
have it. But it is among the leading
causes of death in AIDS patients,
whose immune systems are not
strong enough to suppress it
While vaccines and drugs do
exist to combat the disease, infect
ed people often do not complete
the medicinal regimens required to
cure it. Researchers said patients
start to feel better and stop taking
medications before the bacteria are
fully destroyed.
“Tuberculosis is a treatable dis
ease,” said Anthony Hickey, pro
fessor of drug delivery and disposi
tion in the School of Pharmacy.
“It’s just that people need to com
ply with the medication.”
But failure to complete the
treatment is creating a larger prob
lem that could extend the threat of
the disease despite medication.
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A mutated form of the bacteria
that is less responsive to medica
tion can develop in patients who
stop treatment.
“If those bacteria strains start
spreading in the U.S., it would be a
really big problem for us,” said
Miriam Braunstein, a professor in
the School of Medicine.
UNC researchers are exploring
inhalation methods to encourage
patients to finish their medication
regimen. “We’ve been working on
aerosol-delivery systems to deliver
the drug to the lungs,” Hickey said.
He said aerosol drugs would
allow a smaller dose of medication,
reducing side effects.
Researchers also emphasize that
even though tuberculosis is not
prominent in the U.S. now, it is
important to recognize it as a
threat to the world population.
“We don’t live in an isolated
society” Van Rie said. “If we want a
better life in the U.S., we have to
improve the living situations of
other people in the world.”
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News
Merit-based program
could boost Pell Grants
Rewards students
in tough courses
BY TRISTAN SHOOK
STAFF WRITER
Some college-bound students
could see more financial aid money
under a program that would
increase the amount of funds in
federal Pell Grants given to stu
dents who take more difficult
courses in high school.
President Bush’s 2004 budget
includes $45 million for expanding
the Texas-based State Scholars
Program, which now operates in 14
states, to provide aid to 36,000
students nationwide.
Participants who graduate from
the program would get an extra
SI,OOO annually from Pell Grants.
Currently, the maximum award is
$4,050.
“We like to call it a preparation
based system,” said Adrienne Lallo,
director of marketing and commu
nications for the Center of State
Scholars. “We try to provide stu
dents with the tools to succeed.”
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encourages career preparation by
requiring students to take high
level math courses and two years of
a foreign language, among other
courses.
The program relies on volun
teers from businesses in local com
munities to speak with students
about the importance of challeng
ing coursework. Businesses also
cooperate with the program to lead
education initiatives and lobby
state governments.
Bush intends to retain the pro
gram’s voluntary participation
model, which means that states
and school districts would not be
required to participate if they see a
need to opt out. Only Texas has
implemented fully a pilot version.
Steve Brooks, executive director
of the N.C. State Education
Assistance Authority, said he’s not
necessarily opposed to the merit
based program, although he does
not think it would help the seg
ment of North Carolina’s college
going population that needs finan
cial aid most.
“If you think about someone
who never planned to attend col
lege in the first place, it’s pretty
clear that that person has never
taken those (advanced) courses,” he
said.
He said the program would ben
efit those already receiving Pell
Grants but doesn’t necessarily
reach out to other groups.
“To the extent that it would not
benefit that Pillowtex worker that
got laid off, I think it’s a bad idea.”
If the program comes to North
Carolina, it will be a decision made
by the state government and indi
vidual school districts.
That decision could raise issues
of fairness if the program is chosen
by some districts but not others.
Two students with identical
grades and course selections in
high school could receive different
Pell Grant awards based solely on
their school’s participation in the
State Scholars Program.
Brooks said it’s important that
the Pell Grant program resolve its
problems as well. “I’d like to get the
Pell Grant program to live up to its
promise of giving money to needy
students before we have an add-on.”
Contact the State £1 National
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