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World Tuberculosis Day (WTD), 2017
World-Tuberculosis-Day-(WTD),-2017
Friday marks the United Nations’ World Tuberculosis Day, aimed at raising awareness of a disease that kills an estimated 1.8 million people every year. Six countries account for nearly two-thirds of the cases: India, Indonesia, China, Nigeria, Pakistan and South Africa.
 
The date commemorates the day in 1882 when German scientist Dr. Robert Koch announced that he had discovered the cause of the disease, the TB bacillus. It remains the most deadly infectious disease in the world.
 
Every single day 5,000 people lose their lives because of tuberculosis. TB hits particularly those vulnerable populations that include migrants, refugees, prisoners, people who are marginalized in their societies, said Mario Raviglione, the World Health Organization’s Global Tuberculosis Program Director.

 

: 2017-03-24 13:18:18 | : 1525

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