#endtb World TB Day is celebrated on March 24 each year to raise public awareness and understanding about the world’s deadliest infectious killer -tuberculosis (TB) and it’s the devastating health, social and economic impact on people around the world. March 24 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. However, TB still claims 4100 people lives each day and close to 27000 people fall ill with this preventable and curable disease. The emergence of drug-resistant TB poses a major health threat that could put at risk the gains made to end the global TB epidemic. World TB Day is an opportunity to focus on the people affected by this disease and to call for accelerated action to end TB suffering and deaths. WORLD TB DAY CAMPAIGN THEME – “IT’S TIME!” World TB Day 2020 follows a year which generated concerted high-level commitment for the fight against TB. Heads of State came together at the first-ever UN high-level meeting on TB (UNHLM on TB) in New York last September, and agreed to bold targets and urgent actions to end TB. This is the momentum behind this year’s World TB Day theme: ‘It’s time’! It’s time! – means there is not a moment to lose to achieve the promises made during the UNHLM on TB, and endorsed by the UN General Assembly, which could save millions of lives. It’s Time!- stresses on the need to close gaps in care as part of WHO’s overall drive towards universal health coverage, and urges countries to work together with WHO, Stop TB and the Global Fund to realize their joint initiative “Find. Treat. All. I miss you di😭😭😭....... #endtb2030 #endtbnow #tuberculosis #worldtuberculosisday2020 #publicawareness #disease #becteria #who #worldhealthorganization #worldhealthorganisation https://www.instagram.com/p/B-H1UUoHE0S/?igshid=19xy5cecrbria
