CDC Around the World: March 24 is World TB Day

CDC Around the World: March 24 is World TB Day

PHOTO OF THE WEEK

March 24 is World TB Day.

Spotlighted Topic of the Week: World TB Day

CDC Ebola Updates

In the News

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Blog of the Week

A CONSEQUENCE OF CONFLICT: THE SPREAD OF MULTIDRUG-RESISTANT TUBERCULOSIS For more than 20 years, Kenya has been providing asylum to people fleeing civil war and conflict from Somalia. Many first reach Dadaab refugee camp, located in Garissa County, Kenya, about 50 miles from the Somali border where the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and partners provide humanitarian relief and protection assistance. In recent years, Dadaab has experienced a new arrival trend – in addition to those fleeing insecurity, persons with a diagnosis of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR TB) have crossed the border to seek treatment…read blog

Infographic of the Week

DRUG-RESISTANT TB WORLDWIDE View full-sized infographic

Video of the Week

TB UNMASKED - IN SEARCH OF SOLUTIONS US CDC Director Dr. Tom Frieden knows the global TB crisis from firsthand experience. With perspectives from Dr. Frieden, Uvi, Shelly, Susheela and Vivian, we examine the urgent need to protect our healthcare workers from the diseases they work to treat…watch video

Story of the Week

IMPROVING TB/HIV SERVICE DELIVERY AND HEALTH OUTCOMES IN ETHIOPIA: A PROFILE OF DR. BENIAM FELEKE Dr. Beniam Feleke has played an integral part in Ethiopia’s response to its TB and HIV epidemics during the course of his career, both in his role as a clinician and as a CDC Technical Officer. Below he relates some of his observations on improvements in TB and HIV service delivery in Ethiopia and his work with CDC…read story

CDC Ebola Updates

Latest Outbreak Info The World Health Organization has reported 24,788 cases of Ebola and 10,251 deaths worldwide…read more Q & A on Ebola Sierra Leone Trial to Introduce a Vaccine against Ebola (STRIVE)

In the News

World Tuberculosis Day 2015: 9 million cases a year is too many. Here's how to change TB's future Fox News March 24, 2015 Ebola, Thief of Rituals Leaves No Graves to Decorate The New York Times March 12, 2015 Liberia's Ebola hunters are trying to strike a death blow to the epidemic Global Post March 9, 2015 CDC helps keep Radisson Blue Safe - Nuno Neves Sierra Leone Times March 9, 2015

On the Calendar

March 26: Purple Day for Epilepsy AwarenessApril 2: World Autism Awareness Day