World Tuberculosis Day

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World Tuberculosis Day
By Dr Arvind Kumar
World Tuberculosis Day (also called World TB Day) is commenced on 24 March every year. This day is structured to build community awareness about tuberculosis. It was on 24 March 1882 when German scientist Robert Koch, a pioneer in Microbiology, identified Mycobacterium Tuberculosis as the causative agent of this dreaded disease. Koch estimated that tuberculosis killed one-seventh of prevailing world population. He received a Nobel Prize in 1905. The World Tuberculosis Day was announced on24 March 1982, on the 100th centenary of Dr Koch's appearance, by the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (IUATLD) and IUATLD was joined with World Health Organization in 1996. IUATLD & WHO both are prepare an extensive assortment of other concerned organizations to raise the crash of World Tuberculosis Day.
The 2012 World TB Day campaign will allow people all over the world to make an individual call to stop TB in their lifetimes.
Some hopes people of different ages and living in different countries may have for stopping TB in their lifetimes…
· Zero deaths from TB
· Faster treatment
· A quick, cheap, low-tech test
· An effective vaccine
· A world free of TB
This is your space to share stories about what people in your country are doing to stop TB in their lifetimes. Please post announcements and news about upcoming events, photos, artwork, calls to action and more.
1. World Tuberculosis Day 2012 Theme “Stopping TB in My Lifetime."
2. World Tuberculosis Day 2011 Theme "On the move against TB: Transforming the fight towards elimination"
3. World Tuberculosis Day 2010 Theme "On the move against TB: Innovate towards action"
4. World Tuberculosis Day 2009 Theme "I am stopping TB"
5. World Tuberculosis Day 2008 Theme "I am stopping TB"
6. World Tuberculosis Day 2007 Theme "TB anywhere is TB everywhere"
7. World Tuberculosis Day 2006 Theme "Actions for life – Towards a world free of TB"
http://www.worldtbday.org/

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