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World TB Day
World Tuberculosis (TB) Day is held every year on 24th March. On this date in 1882, the bacterium that causes TB was first discovered. World TB Day has since become a global rallying point to raise awareness of the impacts of TB, as well as challenges and solutions on the journey towards ending TB.
For Results, World TB Day is an annual highlight for our advocacy. TB is a disease of poverty that kills more than 1.5 million people every year, mostly in low-income and middle-income countries in the Asia-Pacific region. We have the solutions to end TB, all we need is the political will.
We are proud to partner with the Burnet Institute, TB Alliance and QIAGEN to deliver our 2024 World TB Day events.
Our parliamentary event was once again held at 7:30am on Monday 25th March, at the Dame Dorothy Tangney Alcove in Parliament House, Canberra.
This year, we released our Ending TB in Asia and the Pacific snapshot at Parliament House, and welcomed an announcement of $17m for our partners, TB Alliance.
Listen to the full audio recording of the event here!
2024 World TB Day Parliamentary Breakfast
Light Up Red for World TB Day
Light up Red for TB is a global campaign to draw attention to the 1.3 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.
Dozens of locations around the world light up each year - from town halls, to clocktowers, to bridges - cities and towns everywhere turn red to show support for TB.
Our Light Up Red sites for 2024 included:
ACT
• Telstra Tower, Old Parliament House, Treasury Building, John Gorton House
NSW
• Sydney Central Station Clocktower and Grand Concourse, Manly Town Hall
QLD
• Gateway Bridge, Story Bridge, Victoria Bridge, Reddacliff Place sculptures
SA
• Adelaide Oval
TAS
• Tasman Bridge
VIC
• Melbourne Town Hall, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute, Catenary lights (Geelong)
WA
• Bell Tower, Fremantle Prison, Mount Street Bridge, Joondalup Drive Bridge, Sky Ribbon Northbridge, Perth Tunnel
2023 World TB Day Parliamentary Event
Our parliamentary event was held at 7:30am on Monday 20th March, 2023, at the Dame Dorothy Tangney Alcove in Parliament House, Canberra.
Click here to listen to the full audio recording of the event!
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2022 World TB Day Parliamentary Event
The full recording of our 2022 virtual World TB Day parliamentary event is available to watch below. For more information on our 2022 event, click here.
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