World Tuberculosis Day is observed on 24 March each year and is designed to build public awareness about the global epidemic of tuberculosis and efforts to eliminate the disease. The date commemorates 24 March 1882, the day Dr Robert Koch announced to the Berlin Physiological Society that he had discovered the cause of tuberculosis, the tuberculosis bacillus.
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Date RuleFixed Gregorian date, 24 March, every year. 1 Observance TypeCommemoration of a person or event 1 Connections
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observed on 24 March each year...designed to build public awareness about the global epidemic of tuberculosis (TB) and efforts to eliminate the disease.
- Timing Rules: World Tuberculosis Day Observance Rule
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