World Tuberculosis Day

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World Tuberculosis Day in United Nations in 2024
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Dates of World Tuberculosis Day
2025 United Nations Monday, March 24thWorld Tuberculosis Day
2024 United Nations Sunday, March 24thWorld Tuberculosis Day
2023 United Nations Friday, March 24thWorld Tuberculosis Day
2022 United Nations Thursday, March 24thWorld Tuberculosis Day
2021 United Nations Wednesday, March 24thWorld Tuberculosis Day
Summary
A day to raise awareness of the world’s deadliest infectious killer.

World Tuberculosis Day in United Nations in 2024

The theme of World TB Day 2024 - ‘Yes! We can end TB!’ – conveys a message of hope that getting back-on-track to turn the tide against the TB epidemic is possible through high level leadership, increased investments and faster uptake of new WHO recommendations.

Each year, the World Health Organization (WHO) holds World Tuberculosis Day on March 24th to raise public awareness about the devastating health, social and economic consequences of TB, and to step up efforts to end the global TB epidemic.

The date marks the day in 1882 when Dr Robert Koch announced that he had discovered the bacterium that causes TB, which opened the way towards diagnosing and curing this disease.

TB remains one of the world’s deadliest infectious killers. Each day, over 4000 people lose their lives to TB and close to 30,000 people fall ill with this preventable and curable disease. Global efforts to combat TB have saved an estimated 58 million lives since the year 2000.

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