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Mar 23 • 7 tweets • 7 min read
Today is #WorldTBDay.

#Tuberculosis - also known as TB - remains one of the world’s deadliest infectious killers.
Each day, over 4,100 people lose their lives to it & close to 28,000 people fall ill with this preventable & curable disease.

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WHO is proactively supporting efforts to enable access to #tuberculosis care services for the people with TB, refugees and displaced populations at risk, including in Ukraine which has a high burden of drug-resistant TB bit.ly/36uasMm

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Over half of the children and adolescents with #tuberculosis miss out on livesaving TB prevention, diagnosis and care services bit.ly/36uasMm

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🔴 Undernutrition
🔴 Poverty
🔴 HIV
🔴 Diabetes
🔴 Tobacco
are among the key drivers of the #tuberculosis epidemic bit.ly/3IznRQk

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Ask your doctor for WHO-recommended fully-oral #tuberculosis treatment which is 2-3 times shorter so you can get well sooner, with fewer pills and no injections bit.ly/3IznRQk

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Learn the facts about #tuberculosis.
Don’t stigmatize and discriminate people with TB.
Stigma deprives people with tuberculosis of their right to quality care bit.ly/3IznRQk

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WHO calls for an urgent investment of resources, support, care and information into the fight against #tuberculosis, including for research into new more effective TB vaccines, diagnostics & medicines bit.ly/3IznRQk

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