WHO Press conference
Press Conference Announcement
[World TB Day is observed on March 24 each year to raise public awareness and understanding about the world’s deadliest infectious killer -tuberculosis (TB) and it’s devastating health, social and economic impact on people around the world. World TB Day 2019 follows a year which generated concerted high-level commitment for the fight against TB. Heads of State came together at the first-ever UN high-level meeting on TB in New York last September, and agreed to bold targets and urgent actions to end TB. TB remains the top infectious killer in the world claiming nearly 4500 people lives each day. The emergence of drug-resistant TB poses a major health threat that could put at risk the gains made to end the global TB epidemic. At the press briefing WHO will present a special End TB Accelerator package. More information and communications material can be found at this link: https://www.who.int/news-room/events/detail/2019/03/24/default-calendar/world-tb -day-2019
] Tereza Kasaeva, Director, Global TB Programme, WHO Steve Otieno, TB advocate and musician, Kenya Madhusudan Kaphle, Youth Advocate, Nepal
