World TB Day 2022
The past three years have been unprecedented and devastating. We learnt the extent of the catastrophic impact COVID-19 has had on the fight against tuberculosis (TB) worldwide, with the number of people dying from TB increasing for the first time in more than a decade and cases rising globally. This brought into sharp focus the ongoing importance of our work if we are to realise the shared aspiration of ending TB by 2030.
2022 WTBD Parliamentary Event
To mark World TB Day on March 24, Results and the Australian TB Caucus once again held an annual Parliamentary Event. This virtual event featured parliamentary champions for ending TB from Australia and our region, TB survivors and healthcare workers, and a guest address from Peter Sands, Executive Director of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria.
“Australia has a very particular role in providing leadership in the Pacific region. 60% of cases of TB are actually occurring on our doorstep in the Asia-Pacific region.”
- The Hon. Warren Entsch MP, Co-Chair of the Australian Tuberculosis Caucus
Our 2022 keynote speakers
Watch the 2022 Parliamentary Event here:
See our 2022 World TB Day media coverage here:
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The Guardian: As tuberculosis resurges in the Asia Pacific, what lessons from Covid can save Australia?
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The National Tribune: $450m needed to fight deadly disease resurgent 5km from Australia’s front door: World TB Day
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News.com.au: Tuberculosis: The disease set to be deadlier than Covid once again
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The Advocate: Councils to mark World Tuberculosis Day by illuminating infrastructure
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Canberra Weekly: Carillon lights up red to mark World Tuberculosis Day
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Sky News: Government should ‘throw the kitchen sink’ at tuberculosis amid a rise in the death toll
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Daily Mail: Warning issued over a disease that's deadlier than Covid-19 and on the rise again in the Asia-Pacific region
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RN Breakfast: After years of decline, Tuberculosis deaths increase
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ABC News: COVID-19 pandemic diverts resources from tuberculosis fight, with 20 per cent drop in diagnoses
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The Australian: Tuberculosis: The disease set to be deadlier than Covid once again
Light Up Red for World TB Day
Light up Red for TB is a global campaign to draw attention to the 1.6 million deaths caused by TB each year and to show solidarity to the millions of people affected.
In our quest to build awareness of the impacts of TB, one of the biggest diseases of poverty, Results' Light Up Red for TB event attracts significant attention each year. On March 24, our staff and Advocates organise locations around Australia to be lit up bright red! Our Light Up campaign is part of a global event.
In 2022, we lit up more than 50 locations - from town halls, to clocktowers, to bridges - cities and towns everywhere turn red to show support for TB. Our staff and Advocates were on location where possible, to educate people about TB in their communities and Results' work in the fight against the disease.
Results was delighted to partner with the following organisations for World TB Day in 2022:
