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WORLD TUBERCULOSIS DAY 2024
March 26
On March 24, 2024, the world will commemorate World TB Day; this annual event is targeted at raising public and political awareness of tuberculosis (TB), a preventable and treatable disease. World TB Day commemorates the day in 1882 when Professor Robert Koch announced his discovery of the microbial cause of tuberculosis, the TB bacillus Mycobacterium tuberculosis. It is estimated that 1.3 million people die from TB each year, the majority of them in low- and middle-income countries, despite the fact that a viable therapy for TB for more than 65 years. Please click here to register