CURRENT AFFAIRS: IMPORTANT DAYS
World Tuberculosis (TB) Day – Observed on Mar 24
- World Tuberculosis Day, observed on 24 March each year, is designed to build public awareness about the global epidemic of tuberculosis and efforts to eliminate the disease.
- The Theme for World TB Day 2021 is ‘The Clock is Ticking’ which conveys the sense that the world is running out of time to act on the commitments to end the deadly disease, made by global leaders.
- In 2018, 10 million people fell ill with TB, and 5 million died from the disease, mostly in low and middle-income countries.
