World TB Day Presentation March 24th, 2011 By Ijeoma Agulefo, MPH Health Education Specialist, DTBE Bisrat Abraham, MD, MPH EIS Officer, DTBE . National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention Division of Tuberculosis Elimination
Presentation Overview Background on TB and World TB Day (WTD) Update on TB 2010 Data in the United States Summary of WTD activities
It usually attacks the lungs but it can attack any part of the body What is Tuberculosis? TB is a disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis It usually attacks the lungs but it can attack any part of the body There is a difference between latent TB infection (LTBI) and TB disease TB disease can be fatal if not treated; was once the leading cause of death in the United States.
World TB Day (WTD)-March 24 Annual event that commemorates when Dr. Robert Koch announced discovery of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Opportunity to: Communicate about TB-related problems and solutions Support worldwide TB-control efforts 2010/2011 theme-TB Elimination: Together We Can!
TB Surveillance Data, 2010 Overall TB cases and rates in the United States Breakdown of TB cases by States TB cases among U.S.-born and foreign-born persons TB cases among racial/ethnic groups
World TB Day Activities TB Walk: March 19, 2011 CDC Observance: March 24, 2011 CDC TB WTD website: information on national and international WTD activities CDC WTD resources Posters Web graphical buttons MMWR article, cdc.gov web feature, Data & Statistics web feature, CDC Connects article
Thank You For more information, please contact: Ijeoma Agulefo, MPH E-mail: iaa1@cdc.gov Phone: 404 639 8783 Bisrat Abraham, MD, MPH E-mail: ifz4@cdc.gov Phone: 404 639 6090 website: www.cdc.gov/tb