CDC Around the World: Today is World TB Day

CDC Around the World: Today is World TB Day

PHOTO OF THE WEEK

March 24 is World TB Day. View full-sized photo

Spotlighted Topic of the Week:World TB Day

CDC Zika Updates

In the News

On the Calendar

Blog of the Week

WORLD TB DAY  Today on World TB Day, more than a century after the bacteria that causes tuberculosis was discovered, TB continues to be one of the world’s most deadly infectious diseases and among the greatest health threats worldwide. The numbers tell a tragic story. An astonishing 2 billion people – or one third of the world’s population – are infected with TB, with nearly 10 million new cases occurring each year…Read blog

CDC'S FIGHT AGAINST GLOBAL TUBERCULOSIS View full-sized infographic

Video of the Week

TB UNMASKED - SEARCHING FOR 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. There is more that we can do now, but the only permanent solution is the creation of an effective TB vaccine…Watch video

Story of the Week

A LIFETIME COMMITTED TO ELIMINATING ONE OF THE WORLD'S DEADLIEST DISEASE The quest to cure tuberculosis (TB) is more than 15,000 years old. On World TB Day each year, we celebrate the discovery of the tubercle baccilus by Robert Koch, MD, in 1882. From that initial discovery we have made dramatic strides in the diagnosis and treatment of this ancient disease. But it has only been in the past 70 years that we have developed effective anti-TB drugs to treat the nearly 10 million people around the globe who still fall sick to this disease every year…Read story

CDC Zika Updates

More resources on the CDC Zika website »

Latest Outbreak Info

On January 22, 2016, CDC activated its Incident Management System and, working through the Emergency Operations Center (EOC), centralized its response to the outbreaks of Zika occurring in the Americas and increased reports of birth defects and Guillain-Barré syndrome in areas affected by Zika. On February 1, 2016, the World Health Organization declared a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) because of clusters of microcephaly and other neurological disorders in some areas affected by Zika. On February 8, 2016, CDC elevated its response efforts to a Level 1 activation, the highest response level at the agency.

CDC is working with international public health partners and with state and local health departments to

• Alert healthcare providers and the public about Zika.
• Post travel notices and other travel-related guidance.
• Provide state health laboratories with diagnostic tests.
• Monitor and report cases of Zika, which will helps improve our understanding of how and where Zika is spreading.

Zika and Sexual Transmission

Areas with Zika

In the News

This lab is ground zero in the U.S. fight against Zika
KTN News KenyaMarch 20, 2016

Newly developed Malaria Vaccine yet to be approved
KTN News KenyaMarch 17, 2016

Dr. Myron G. Schultz, Who Helped Identify AIDS Crisis, Dies at 81
The New York TimesMarch 5, 2016

Thailand – CDC’s Partnership toward Global Health Security
Royal Thai EmbassyMarch 1, 2016

Photos: Disease Detectives Seek Zika Answers in Brazil 
PBSFebruary 29, 2016

Spotlight on Zika Helps Neglected Tropical Diseases 
VOAFebruary 26, 2016

On the Calendar



March 24: World TB Day 
March 26: Purple Day for Epilepsy Awareness
April 2: World Autism Awareness Day
April 7: World Health Day
April 17: World Hemophilia Day 
April 22: Earth Day