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World TB Day 2005  
   
Frontline TB Care Providers: Heroes in the Fight Against Tuberculosis

The Stop TB Partnership has proposed that World TB Day 2005 focuses on the theme of frontline TB care providers and their crucial role in stopping TB.

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Every year the 24th of March is observed the world over as World TB day (WTBD). In 1882 on this day Robert Koch (click the link for Robert Koch's bio) had announced the discovery of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the bacteria, which cause tuberculosis (TB) in humans.
 
 

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