World TB Day 2018 Campaign Advocacy and Communication Toolkit

Each year we commemorate World TB Day on March 24 to raise public awareness about the devastating health, social and economic impact of tuberculosis (TB) and urge acceleration of efforts to end the global TB epidemic. The aim of this campaign, starting on 19 March, the week of the World TB Day date, is to build overarching commitment and leadership at the highest level to End TB.

Despite significant progress over the last decades, TB continues to be the top infectious killer worldwide, claiming over 4500 lives a day. The emergence of drug-resistant TB (DR-TB) poses a major health threat and could put at risk gains made in efforts to end TB.