World TB Day 24th March, 2018

                                         World TB Day 24th March, 2018

“Wanted: Leaders for a TB-Free World You can make history. End TB”

Each year, on 24 March, the world marks World TB Day. TB remains the world’s leading infectious

killer, being responsible for the deaths of nearly 1.7 million people each year and representing

the ninth leading cause of death globally. The day is an occasion to mobilize political and social

commitment for further progress towards eliminating TB as a public health burden.

World TB Day is an opportunity for people everywhere to join this fight by helping to educate

others about TB and by urging governments to take action. It mobilizes the political and social

authorities for further progress towards the disease prevention for the effective reduction in the

TB cases and death rate in the coming years. Now is the time to join the global movement in

making a powerful statement and show solidarity.

The theme and key messages of World TB Day, 2018

Wanted: Leaders for a TB-Free World You can make history. End TB

Tuberculosis Scenario in Bangladesh (2017)

 Total TB case notified and treated: 244,201

 Child TB case notification was 10189

 Treatment success rate of the detected new smear positive cases was 95% in 2016

 National case detection - 67%

 Missing cases – 33%

 Treatment success rate of MDR- TB is 77% (2015) where global success rate is 54%.

 Total XDR TB patients- 12

According to WHO Global TB Report 2017

• Incidence rate of TB