World Tuberculosis Day, falling on March 24 each year, is designed to build public awareness about the global epidemic of tuberculosis and efforts to eliminate the disease. Today tuberculosis causes the deaths of about 1.7 million people each year, mostly in the Third World.
March 24 commemorates the day in 1882 when Dr Robert Koch astounded the scientific community by announcing to a small group of scientists at the University of Berlin's Institute of Hygiene that he had discovered the cause of tuberculosis, the TB bacillus.
World Tuberculosis Day Themes (2000 to 2016) are :
2000 : Forging new partnerships to Stop TB
2001 : DOTS: TB cure for all
2002 : Stop TB, fight poverty
2003 : DOTS cured me – it will cure you too!
2004 : Every breath counts – Stop TB now!
2005 : Frontline TB care providers: Heroes in the fight against TB
2006 : Actions for life – Towards a world free of TB
2007 : TB anywhere is TB everywhere
2008 : I am stopping TB
2009 : I am stopping TB
2010 : On the move against TB: Innovate towards action
2011 : On the move against TB: Transforming the fight towards elimination
2012 : Stop TB in my lifetime Call for a world free of TB.
2013 : Stop TB in my lifetime Call for a world free of TB.
2014 : Reach the three million A TB test, treatment and cure for all.
2015 : Gear up to end TB.
2016 : Unite to end TB.
March 24 commemorates the day in 1882 when Dr Robert Koch astounded the scientific community by announcing to a small group of scientists at the University of Berlin's Institute of Hygiene that he had discovered the cause of tuberculosis, the TB bacillus.
World Tuberculosis Day Themes (2000 to 2016) are :
2000 : Forging new partnerships to Stop TB
2001 : DOTS: TB cure for all
2002 : Stop TB, fight poverty
2003 : DOTS cured me – it will cure you too!
2004 : Every breath counts – Stop TB now!
2005 : Frontline TB care providers: Heroes in the fight against TB
2006 : Actions for life – Towards a world free of TB
2007 : TB anywhere is TB everywhere
2008 : I am stopping TB
2009 : I am stopping TB
2010 : On the move against TB: Innovate towards action
2011 : On the move against TB: Transforming the fight towards elimination
2012 : Stop TB in my lifetime Call for a world free of TB.
2013 : Stop TB in my lifetime Call for a world free of TB.
2014 : Reach the three million A TB test, treatment and cure for all.
2015 : Gear up to end TB.
2016 : Unite to end TB.
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