Every year, days referred to as international health days are set aside to commemorate different public health issues. This draws the public’s attention to these public health issues improving awareness and information dissemination to these areas of concern.
Each year we commemorate World Tuberculosis (TB) Day to raise public awareness about the devastating health, social and economic consequences of TB and to step up efforts to end the global TB epidemic.
Fun fact: The date marks the day in 1882 when Dr. Robert Koch announced that he had discovered the bacterium that causes TB paving way for diagnosis and cure.