World Tuberculosis Day 2020

Today is World Tuberculosis day and the MEG would like to support the WHO in raising awareness for this global epidemic.

March 24 marks the day in 1882 when Dr. Robert Koch announced that he had discovered the bacterium that causes TB, which opened the way towards diagnosing and curing this disease.  TB remains the world’s deadliest infectious killer. Each day, over 4000 people lose their lives to TB and close to 30,000 people fall ill with this preventable and curable disease. Global efforts to combat TB have saved an estimated 58 million lives since the year 2000.

Please take a moment to read about World Health Organizations campaign on www.who.int/news-room/campaigns/world-tb-day/world-tb-day-2020