TB is a particularly dangerous disease, especially for pregnant mothers, newborns and infants. See the message below from WHO about the focus for this year’s World TB Day.
“World TB Day 2023, with the theme ‘Yes! We can end TB!’, aims to inspire hope and encourage high-level leadership, increased investments, faster uptake of new WHO recommendations, adoption of innovations, accelerated action, and multisectoral collaboration to combat the TB epidemic. This year is critical, with opportunities to raise visibility and political commitment at the 2023 UN High-Level Meeting on TB. The spotlight of World TB Day will be on urging countries to ramp up progress in the lead-up to the 2023 UN High-Level Meeting on TB. WHO will also issue a call to action with partners urging Member States to accelerate the rollout of the new WHO-recommended shorter all-oral treatment regimens for drug-resistant TB. World TB Day is observed annually on March 24 to raise awareness about TB and efforts to end the global epidemic, marking the day in 1882 when the bacterium causing TB was discovered.” -WHO
Key Resources:
- Diagnosis and Management of Tuberculosis in Children and Adolescents: a Desk Guide for Primary Health Care Workers -Africa Region
- Diagnosis and Management of Tuberculosis in Children and Adolescents: a Desk Guide for Primary Health Care Workers -Asia Region
- Management of Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis in Pregnant and Peripartum People: A Field Guide
- Presentation | Setting the Scene on Research and Development Related to Tuberculosis for Pregnant and Postpartum Women
- Management of Tuberculosis in Children and Adolescents
- Video | Maternal TB – The challenges of DR-TB in pregnancy