World Tuberculosis Day Observed on 24 March 2025.

Important Days

World Tuberculosis (TB) Day is annually observed across the globe on 24th March to raise awareness about tuberculosis (TB) and mobilize efforts to eliminate the disease.


      - The theme for World Tuberculosis Day 2025 is "Yes! We Can End TB: Commit, Invest, Deliver."

      - On 24 March 1882, German Doctor and Microbiologist Dr. Robert Koch announced his discovery of the tubercle bacillus (later named Mycobacterium tuberculosis or M. tb) at the University of Berlin's Institute of Hygiene in Berlin, Germany.

      - In 1982, on the centenary of Koch's discovery, the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (IUATLD) and the World Health Organization (WHO) proposed designating 24 March as World TB Day under the campaign "Defeat TB: Now and Forever."

Main Point :-   (i) The first World TB Day was officially observed on March 24, 1983.

      (ii) On World TB Day 2025, Solna (Sweden)-based European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) and Copenhagen (Denmark)-based WHO Europe released the "Tuberculosis Surveillance and Monitoring in Europe 2025" report.

(iii) On World TB Day 2025, Union Minister of State (MoS) Dr. Jitendra Singh, Minister of Science and Technology (MoS&T), announced the completion of 10,000 genome sequences of Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates, marking progress toward India's goal to eliminate TB by 2025—five years ahead of the World Health Organization (WHO)'s 2030 target.

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