TB Alert

Every day more than 23,000 people across the world fall ill with Tuberculosis (TB) and 3,500 people die from it. The debilitating effects of the disease stop people working, and their deaths leave children orphaned.

TB is a treatable disease. However, deep-rooted stigma, lack of awareness, limited access to healthcare and a rise in antibiotic-resistant TB mean people continue to catch it, spread it and, in developing countries, die from it.

In India and southern Africa the charity supports community healthcare and awareness raising projects, which reduce the number of people dying of TB.

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In the UK, TB Alert work with people who are most vulnerable to catching the disease to get them into treatment early and reduce contagion. For more information or to make a donation visit the website at www.tbalert.org.