March 24 - World TB Day

World TB Day March 24, 2019: "It's TIME to Play My Part"

Dr. Robert Koch

Each year we commemorate World TB Day on March 24 to raise public awareness about the devastating health, social and economic impact of tuberculosis (TB) and urge acceleration of efforts to end the global TB epidemic.

This year, we commemorate the 137th anniversary of Dr. Robert Koch’s announcement in 1882 of his discovery of the TB bacillus, the cause of TB. His groundbreaking research opened the way toward diagnosing and curing this disease.

Despite significant progress over the last decades, TB continues to be the top infectious killer worldwide, claiming over 4,500 lives a day. The emergence of drug-resistant TB poses a major health threat and could put at risk the gains made in efforts to End TB!

It's time to put people first in the TB response.

It's time for a world without TB. It's time to end TB.

Statement by the Private Sector Constituency on World TB Day

It was on this day in 1882 that the discovery of the bacterium responsible for TB was announced. Despite significant advances in prevention, diagnosis and treatment since then, today TB is the world’s deadliest infectious disease, claiming over 1.6 million lives and newly infecting an estimated 10 million people every year. The emergence of drug-resistant TB is threatening hard-won gains, and drug-resistant TB is now estimated to be responsible for one-third of all deaths due to antimicrobial resistance.

World TB Day 2019

Statement by the Private Sector Constituency on World TB Day

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