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First Breakout
One out of every four people in Europe and America are killed by TB -
Discovery of TB
Robert Koch discovers tuberculosis -
The Housing act
The Housing Act is enacted in the UK, leading to slum clearance and a gradual improvement of living standards as new housing stock is built. Household overcrowding and transmission of TB is reduced. -
NEW STRAINS
First outbreak of drug-resistant TB in the US. The medications were not able to cure the disease -
WORLD TB DAY
the UK’s national tuberculosis charity, launches on World TB Day, March 24th. -
TB At its peak
the nuber of deaths is at its peak with 2 million deaths -
TB PREVENTION
The Department of Health launches TB prevention and treatment -
TB Is still in UK
TB reaches new peak in Uk 8,963 cases -
TB in 2014
In 2014 there were 1.5 million TB related deaths -
TB VACCINE
The first human trials of the vaccine Bacille Calmette-Guérin start
