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Tuberculosis
World TB Day 2025

Tuberculosis (TB) remains one of the deadliest infectious diseases globally, yet it is preventable and curable. Every year, millions of lives are affected due to lack of awareness, delayed detection, and stigma.

 

🌍 The time to act is NOW! Youth Against TB is a movement empowering students, volunteers, and changemakers to take action against tuberculosis through awareness, education, and community engagement.

Youth Against Tuberculosis

  • Raise Awareness – Educate the public on tuberculosis (TB) symptoms, early diagnosis, and TB treatment adherence.

  • Community Education – Conduct workshops on infection prevention, cough hygiene, and medical intervention.

  • Support & Outreach – Distribute educational materials and essential supplies to TB-affected individuals.

  • Impact – Reduce TB stigma, improve treatment adherence, and promote healthier communities.

What is World TB Day 2025?

World TB Day observed annually on March 24, amplifies the urgency of ending tuberculosis—the world’s deadliest infectious disease. TB continues to devastate millions globally, inflicting severe health, social, and economic consequences. This year’s theme, Yes! We Can End TB: Commit, Invest, Deliver, is a bold call for hope, urgency, and accountability. 

About World TB Day - Background

  • TB remains one of the world’s deadliest infectious killers.

  • Each day, close to 3425 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 79 million lives since the year 2000. There was a significant worldwide recovery in the scale-up of TB diagnosis and treatment services in 2022. It shows an encouraging trend starting to reverse the detrimental effects of COVID-19 disruptions on TB services.

  • In its latest Global Tuberculosis Report, WHO highlighted that more than 8.2 million people with TB received access to diagnosis and treatment in 2023 up from 7.5 million in 2022 and far above the levels of 5.8 million in 2020 and 6.4 million in 2021. There is still a large global gap between the estimated number of people who fell ill with TB and the number of people newly diagnosed.

  • In addition, the UN General Assembly High-Level Meeting agreed on new targets to end TB, and we launched the TB Vaccine Accelerator Council, to facilitate the development, licensing, and equitable use of new TB vaccines.

  • However, progress was insufficient to meet global TB targets set in 2018 with disruptions caused by the pandemic and ongoing conflicts being major contributing factors.

What is Tuberculosis

Tuberculosis (TB) is a bacterial infection caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis. It primarily affects the lungs (Pulmonary TB) but can spread to other parts of the body.

Incidence

99 cases per lakh population (28.2 lakh total cases).

Global Impact

India bears 26% of the world’s TB cases, the highest globally.

Mortality

23 deaths per lakh population (3.2 lakh total deaths).

🚨 How is TB Transmitted?

✅ TB spreads through airborne transmission when an infected person coughs or sneezes.
✅ TB is NOT spread by sharing food, shaking hands, or touching surfaces.

🚀 The good news? TB is treatable with anti-tuberculosis drugs, and early detection can save lives!

🚨 Symptoms of TB Include:

  • Persistent cough (lasting more than 2 weeks)

  • Fever, night sweats & fatigue

  • Unintentional weight loss

  • Coughing up blood (in severe cases)

📌 Take action today & help stop the spread of TB!

How Can you Get Invovled

Join the Youth Against TB movement and take action today! Enroll in our free TB awareness course to learn about TB causes, symptoms, and transmission, explore national initiatives like NTEP and Nikshay Portal, and develop advocacy skills to support TB prevention. Take the next step by signing the Youth Against TB Pledge, committing to educating others, encouraging early detection, and fighting TB stigma.

Want to do more? Become a TB Awareness Volunteer and engage in community education, online campaigns, and awareness drives.  Earn a TB Volunteer Certificate and be a part of the movement for a TB-free future.

India will become TB-free, and it is the duty of every citizen to contribute towards this goal.

— Prime Minister Narendra Modi, 2018 Independence Day speech.

Learn about TB

Can India eliminate TB by 2025? | Watch This Special Report On Health 360
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Can India eliminate TB by 2025? | Watch This Special Report On Health 360

In a resolute stride towards achieving the sustainable development goal of eliminating Tuberculosis (TB) worldwide by 2030, India has set an even more ambitious target of accomplishing this feat by 2025. While India remains the largest contributor to global TB cases, encouragingly, the nation has witnessed a notable decline in the number of cases reported in 2021. Although India's status as the largest contributor to global TB cases highlights the immense challenges faced, the recent decline in the number of cases brings a ray of hope. This downward trend signifies that India's efforts to control the spread of TB are yielding positive results. #tb Subscribe to India Today for NEW VIDEOS EVERY DAY and make sure to enable Push Notifications so you'll never miss a new video. All you need to do is PRESS THE BELL ICON next to the Subscribe button! India Today TV is India's leading English News Channel. India Today YouTube channel offers latest news videos on Politics, Business, Cricket, Bollywood, Lifestyle, Auto, Technology, Travel, Entertainment and a lot more. Stay tuned for latest updates and in-depth analysis of news from India and around the world! Download App: https://indiatoday.link/wHaj Follow us: Official website: https://www.indiatoday.in/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/IndiaToday Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/IndiaToday
What makes tuberculosis (TB) the world's most infectious killer? - Melvin Sanicas
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What makes tuberculosis (TB) the world's most infectious killer? - Melvin Sanicas

Learn why tuberculosis, TB, is the world’s most infectious disease and how medical advancements are improving treatment. -- In 2008, two 9,000-year old skeletons were found with their bones infected by an all too familiar bacterium. The ancient Greeks knew its effects as phthisis; the Incans called it chaky oncay; and today we call it tuberculosis, or TB. TB is still one of the world’s most infectious killers, causing more deaths than malaria or even HIV. How has it persisted for so long? Melvin Sanicas investigates. Lesson by Melvin Sanicas, directed by Augenblick Studios. Sign up for our newsletter: http://bit.ly/TEDEdNewsletter Support us on Patreon: http://bit.ly/TEDEdPatreon Follow us on Facebook: http://bit.ly/TEDEdFacebook Find us on Twitter: http://bit.ly/TEDEdTwitter Peep us on Instagram: http://bit.ly/TEDEdInstagram View full lesson: https://ed.ted.com/lessons/what-makes-tb-the-world-s-most-infectious-killer-melvin-sanicas Thank you so much to our patrons for your support! Without you this video would not be possible! Christophe Dessalles, Janie Jackson, Dr Luca Carpinelli, Heather Slater, Yuh Saito, Quentin Le Menez, Mattia Veltri, Fabian Amels, Sandra Tersluisen, PnDAA, Hugo Legorreta, Zhexi Shan, Gustavo Mendoza, Bárbara Nazaré, Josh Engel, Natalia Rico, Andrea Feliz, Eysteinn Guðnason, Bernardo Paulo, Victor E Karhel, Sydney Evans, Latora Slydell, Oyuntsengel Tseyen-Oidov, Noel Situ, Elliot Poulin, emily lam, Juan, Jordan Tang, Kent Logan, Alexandra Panzer, Laura Cameron Keith, Jen, Ellen Spertus, Cailin Ramsey, Markus Goldhacker, Leora Allen, Andras Radnothy, Chris, Arpita Singh, Vijayalakshmi, Marc Bilodeau, Peng, Tzu-Hsiang, paul g mohney, Maya Toll, Sebastian Regez, Bruno Hannud, Andreas Voltios, Shubham Arora, Ugur Doga Sezgin and Akinola Emmanuel.
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