World TB Day: UCL’s response to the disease

24 March is World TB Day. It commemorates the date in 1882 when Robert Koch announced the discovery of Mycobacterium tuberculosis , the bacterium that causes tuberculosis (TB), and provides an opportunity to describe problems and solutions related to the TB pandemic and to support worldwide TB control efforts. The UK is experiencing one of the fastest rises in active TB cases in Europe. Below a selection of UCL staff and students explain how they are helping fight the disease. At-risk populations in London. The number of cases of active TB in the UK has increased by almost three-quarters over the last 20 years. This outstrips the rise of the disease in almost every other European country.