World TB Day 2027
Wednesday 24 March 2027
The day celebrates the day in the year 1882 when Dr Robert Koch shocked the scientific community by making an announcement to a small scientist group that he had discovered tuberculosis cause, the TB bacillus.
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Dates and event details
Wednesday 24 March 2027. Held every year on 24 March.
| Where | International |
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About World TB Day
The day celebrates the day in the year 1882 when Dr Robert Koch shocked the scientific community by making an announcement to a small scientist group that he had discovered tuberculosis cause, the TB bacillus. During the announcement by Koch in Berlin, tuberculosis was raging through the Americas and Europe. In every seven people that died, one of them had died because of TB. The discovery of Koch paved the way toward diagnosing as well as curing tuberculosis.
Bill Clinton, the former U.S president, marked World TB Day in 2000, by administering the DOTS (Directly Observed Therapy, Short-Course) recommended by WHO to patients at the Hyderabad, India-based Mahavir Hospital. Clinton stated that these are economic calamities, human tragedies, and much more than crises for anyone, they’re crises for the whole world. The spread of TB is a worldwide problem and no nation is immune.
Today, a network of organisations, the Stop TB Partnership and nations fighting tuberculosis organises the World TB Day to highlight the disease scope and how it can be prevented and cured.
When is World TB Day 2027?
| Year | Date |
|---|---|
| 2026 | Tuesday 24 March |
| 2027 | Wednesday 24 March |
| 2028 | Friday 24 March |
