Question: World TB Day is observed on-
(a) 23 March
(b) 24 March
(c) 26 March
(d) 25 March
Ans (b)
Related facts:
- World Tuberculosis Day (WTD) 2016 is globally observed on 24 March 2016.
- The theme World Tuberculosis Day-2016 is “Unite to End Tuberculosis”.
- In 2014, an estimated 1 million children became ill with TB and 140 000 children died.
- The day aims to build public awareness about the global epidemic of tuberculosis (TB) and efforts to eliminate the disease.
- According World Health Organistion (WHO), in 2014, 9.6 million people fell ill with TB and 1.5 million died from the disease.
- The World TB Day is annually celebrated on 24 March to commemorate the day on which Dr. Robert Koch discovered the cause of tuberculosis, the TB bacillus in 1882.
- Tuberculosis is an infectious bacterial disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
Reference:
http://www.who.int/campaigns/tb-day/2016/en/
http://www.stoptb.org/events/world_tb_day/2016/
http://www.who.int/mediacentre/news/statements/2016/tb-day/en/