Editor's Note

Dear Colleagues,

World Tuberculosis Day is commemorated every year on March 24. Its main aim is to raise public awareness about the devastating health, social and economic consequences of the disease.

The event also serves to step up efforts to end the global TB epidemic and advocate for more research. This date too marks the day in 1882 when German Bacteriologist Dr. Robert Koch announced the discovery of a bacterium that causes TB. This milestone eventually opened the way for the diagnosis and curing of the disease.

A call for action to end the epidemic is anchored in this year’s theme “yes we can end TB”, an invitation to the public to unite and rally together towards a common objective of preventing the disease.

Kenyatta National Hospital has been at the centre of disease management and control in the country. KNH runs a dedicated five days a week TB management center that handles drug-sensitive and drug-resistant TB cases. The hospital also runs a multi-drug resistant tuberculosis isolation center with a 15-bed capacity.

KNH through the Respiratory Disease Unit participates in the formulation of TB policies and management programs and it endeavors to further research efforts in compliance with the dynamics of the epidemic.

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Godfrey Ekisa Osang’ir

Senior Customer Care Officer 1

Marketing & Communication

Kenyatta National Hospital