United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Mission Director Derrick S. Brown has launched USAID’s flagship tuberculosis (TB) activity Alliance for Combating Tuberculosis in Bangladesh (ACTB) in Sylhet Division as part of the US government’s commitment to end TB globally.

Tuberculosis, a highly infectious disease, remains a major public health threat in the country with 99,000 cases reported in the first six months of this year, data show while an estimated 247 cases per day remain undetected due to asymptomatic condition or lack of access to screening of the disease, icddr,b said.