March 21, 2016
Caraga joins the celebration of World TB Day which is held every year on the 24th day of March. A TB-HIV Symposium is conducted and attended by Religious Leaders in Caraga with the theme "Sama-samang Hanapin, Gamutin at Pagalingin LAHAT on March 21, 2016 at Almont Inland Resort, Butuan City. On this day, we commemorate Dr. Robert Koch's discovery of TB bacillus in 1882 that cause this tuberculosis that through his researched it paves a way towards diagnosing and curing this disease.
World TB Day is an opportunity for every people everywhere to join this fight. It aims to build a public awareness for tuberculosis, a disease that remains a destructive epidemic in the world despite of being curable.
So let's unite and raise awareness by helping to educate others about TB and by urging our governnent to take action. Let's END TB now!
