Each year, we recognize World TB Day on March 24, often with a
variety of activities leading up to the official day. This
annual event commemorates the date in 1882 when Dr. Robert Koch
announced his discovery of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the
bacillus that causes tuberculosis (TB). TB is one of the world’s
deadliest diseases: One third of the world’s population is
infected with TB, in 2010, nearly 9 million people around the
world became sick with TB, and, there were around 1.45 million
TB-related deaths worldwide, says CDC US. TB is a leading killer
of people who are HIV infected. World TB Day provides an
opportunity to raise awareness about TB-related problems and
solutions, and to support worldwide TB-control efforts. CDC and
other organisations are committed to a world free of TB. In
their lifetimes, today’s children should expect to see a world
where no one gets sick with TB. In their lifetimes, women and
men should expect to see a world where no one dies from TB. All
of us can have different hopes, su