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World Tuberculosis Day – March 24
March 26 , 2020
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- It is designed to build public awareness about the global epidemic of tuberculosis (TB) and efforts to eliminate the disease.
- Dr Robert Koch announced the discovery of the bacterium causing Tuberculosis on the very same day.
- It is one of eight official global public health campaigns marked by the World Health Organization (WHO), along with World Health Day, World Blood Donor Day, World Immunization Week, World Malaria Day, World No Tobacco Day, World Hepatitis Day and World AIDS Day.
- The theme for World TB day 2020 is "It's time to End TB!".
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