World Tuberculosis Day, observed on 24 March each year, builds public awareness of the global tuberculosis epidemic and the efforts underway to eliminate the disease. First proposed in 1982 by the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, it is now coordinated by the Stop TB Partnership, whose secretariat sits within the World Health Organization in Geneva, with annual campaigns built around different themes addressing TB prevention, treatment and control.
Facts
Sponsoring Body Health GoalTo build public awareness about the global epidemic of tuberculosis and efforts to eliminate the disease 1 Geographic Scope Program status (class) Classification
Program KindDisease Surveillance Program 1 Connections
Delivers Practice
Entity-backed identity for the program-kind enum value this public health program already carries, resolved to a health practice by an explicit value-to-entity map (phase 3 bucket conversion, docs\design_entity_backed_browse_buckets_20260928.md). The program-kind fact itself stays on the program unchanged.
Sources
1. World Tuberculosis Day, Wikipedia
History section
In 1982, on the one-hundredth anniversary of Robert Koch's presentation, the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (IUATLD) proposed that 24 March be proclaimed an official World TB Day.
History section, closing paragraph
Today the Stop TB Partnership, a network of organizations and countries fighting TB, organizes the Day to highlight the scope of the disease and how to prevent and cure it.
Lead section
is designed to build public awareness about the global epidemic of tuberculosis (TB) and efforts to eliminate the disease.
Observance section
one of eleven official global public health campaigns marked by the World Health Organization (WHO)
- Wikipedia 'World Tuberculosis Day': annual observance, present tense, data through 2018; checked 2026-09-27.
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