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One out of every four people in Europe and America are killed by TB
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Robert Koch discovers tuberculosis
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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.
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First outbreak of drug-resistant TB in the US. The medications were not able to cure the disease
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the UK’s national tuberculosis charity, launches on World TB Day, March 24th.
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the nuber of deaths is at its peak with 2 million deaths
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The Department of Health launches TB prevention and treatment
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TB reaches new peak in Uk 8,963 cases
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In 2014 there were 1.5 million TB related deaths
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The first human trials of the vaccine Bacille Calmette-Guérin start
