MPA Pir Amjad Hussain Jilani has said that people are not getting their children vaccinated against tuberculosis due to unawareness about the disease, and stressed the need for holding seminars, workshops and conventions in the rural areas to make people health-conscious. Speaking at a convention for TB control jointly organised by the district health department, TB Control Programme and Asia Foundation at the Sindhi Language Authority on Thursday, Mr Jilani urged participatory approach and put lady health visitors (LHVs) in the field to ensure care and cure facilities for TB patients. He said that he and the district government would recommend to the government one additional increment for the LHVs as an incentive for working for the eradication of TB from society. Mr Jilani, who is also chairman of the Hyderabad District Development Committee, said that without public support no people-oriented programme could succeed as such the management concerned should evolve effective strategy to involve people in the programmes. He emphasised trust-building measures between masses, government health organisations and medical community to be able to earn public support. The only way to earn people