World Tuberculosis Day - marked each year on 24 March – is an occasion to raise awareness and advocate for efforts to eliminate TB.

World Tuberculosis Day, marked each year on 24 March, is an occasion to raise awareness and advocate for efforts to eliminate TB. It is high time to end TB.

For World TB Day 2014, ECDC was focusing on multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR TB), particularly on MDR TB treatment and treatment outcomes.

For World TB Day 2015, ECDC focused on the specific challenges that Europe faces on the road to elimination.

​Tuberculosis is a persistent public health threat but it could be eliminated if specific action is taken. In Europe, most countries have low TB rates. The disease tends to concentrates among the marginalised, the poorest and most vulnerable groups.

World Tuberculosis Day - marked each year on 24 March - gives the occasion to raise awareness about TB and to advocate for efforts to eliminate it.