2021 World TB Day
World TB Day Virtual Congressional Briefings
These online briefings are held in cooperation with Representatives Ami Bera (D-CA) and Don Young (R-AK) and Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH).
Ending Tuberculosis: How to Save Lives at Home and Abroad
Monday, March 22, 2021 — 11:30 AM–12:45 PM Eastern Time
RSVP is requested by March 19. This briefing is co-hosted by the American Thoracic Society, RESULTS, National Tuberculosis Controllers Association, Treatment Action Group, We Are TB, and TB Alliance. For more information and to register for this webinar, see the event invitation.
COVID-19 and Tuberculosis:How the Pandemic Has Impacted TB Elimination Efforts
Wednesday, March 24, 2021 — 12:30 PM–1:30 PM Eastern Time
This briefing is co-hosted by the American Thoracic Society, Infectious Diseases Society of America, International AIDS Vaccine
Initiative, National TB Controllers Association, RESULTS, Treatment Action Group, University Research Co., and We Are TB. For more information and to register for this webinar, see the event invitation.
World TB Day Events and Resources
Resources and Challenges
- Division of TB Elimination: Read Personal TB Stories: View the video, print, and social media content for each story by visiting CDC’s TB Personal Stories website.
- California TB Controllers Association: The Magic Wand Video Challenge: ake a short TikTok video answering the question: if you could make any fact about TB common knowledge to the public, what would you choose? Read more about how you and your staff can join this challenge here.
Events
- March 19 – NYC World TB Day Conference: Back to the Future: Threats and Opportunities for TB Prevention and Control hosted by the Rutgers Global TB Institute
- March 22 – World TB Day Virtual Congressional Briefing: Ending Tuberculosis: How to Save Lives at Home and Abroad co-sponsered by Reps. Bera and Young, Sen. Brown, ATS, RESULTS, NTCA, TAG, We Are TB, and TB Alliance
- March 22 – 270 Doses: Patient Perspective hosted by the Washington State Department of Health, Firland Northwest TB Center, UW School of Medicine, Washington TB Collaborative Network, University of California San Francisco, and Curry International TB Center
- March 23 – Integrating TB and Mental Health Services to End the Epidemic Webinar, hosted by UCI Infectious Disease Science Initiative and the Tuberculosis and Mental Health Working Group of the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
- March 24 – World TB Day Virtual Congressional Briefing: COVID-19 and Tuberculosis: How the Pandemic Has Impacted TB Elimination Efforts co-sponsored by Reps. Bera and Young, Sen. Brown, ATS, IDSA, International AIDS Vaccine Initiative, NTCA, RESULTS, TAG, University Research Co., and We Are TB
- March 24 – Inaugural Thomas Garvey Public Health Lecture hosted by the Rutgers Global TB Institute
- March 24 – World TB Day Webinar hosted by the Virginia Department of Health
- March 24 – Zoom Roundtable with guest speakers from Alameda County Public Health Department and the Baltimore City Health Department hosted by emocha Health
- March 24 – World TB Day Virtual Event hosted by the Indiana Department of Health
- March 24 – World TB Day – What’s Heartland Talking About? webinar hosted by the Heartland National TB Center
- March 24 – World TB Day Webinar hosted by the Curry International Tuberculosis Center and the UCSF Center for Tuberculosis
- March 24 – State of Tuberculosis in Los Angeles County hosted by the Los Angeles County Department of Health
- More Events – See the CDC listing.
