U.N.’s Ban Encourages Governments To Increase Efforts To End TB By 2035
U.N. News Centre: U.N. chief urges governments intensify efforts to end tuberculosis by 2035
“With some 37 million lives saved between 2000 and 2013 through the diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis, it is possible to end the epidemic by 2035, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on World Tuberculosis Day, urging leaders to recommit to ending one of humanity’s top killers. ‘Victory is not guaranteed,’ Mr. Ban said in his message for the day, observed each year on 24 March…” (3/24).
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