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  NEWS ALERT February 22, 2023 | Geneva, Switzerland Yes! We Can End TB World TB Day 2023 Campaign Toolkit February 22, 2023 – The Stop TB Partnership today is releasing the campaign toolkit for this year’s World TB Day, 24 March 2023 “Yes! We Can End TB.” The theme brings attention to tuberculosis (TB) and our collective power to end TB by 2030 and therefore reach the SDG goals. It brings hope and builds on the amazing work done in 2022 by many TB High Burden Countries and TB Champions around the world to recover from the impact of COVID-19 while ensuring access to TB treatment and prevention. It also centers on the increased engagement of those affected by TB, communities and civil society who are leading the movement towards ending this disease. It is also a great moment to highlight the progress made in research and development – many new TB diagnosis tools, shorter, more efficient treatment and preventive regimens as well as few vaccines already in phase 3 clinical trials. Tod...

  February 1, 2023 – The Stop TB Partnership today announced the theme for this year’s World TB Day: “Yes! We Can End TB . ” The theme brings attention to tuberculosis (TB) and that it is in our collective power to end TB by 2030 and therefore reach the SDG goals. We decided to choose a theme that brings hope and builds on the amazing work done in 2022 by many TB High Burden Countries to recover from the impact of COVID epidemic and to ensure access to new diagnostics, new treatment regimens, digital technology and artificial intelligence (AI) for the TB response. It also centers on the increased engagement of those affected by TB, communities and civil society who are leading the movement towards ending this disease.  This year is going to be critical for all of us engaged in TB work and should be championed as the ‘year of hope’ to get full support, attention, and energy for a collective ‘YES! We can End TB’.  The 2023 theme is very generous with the possibility of inc...