Facing the Challenge of Tuberculosis in an Era of Multidisciplinary and Multisectoral Collaboration: Towards “End TB in China by 2035”

The Clock is Ticking" is the theme of 2021 World Tuberculosis (TB) Day. Each year, we recognize on March 24 the important date in 1882 when the German scientist Dr. Robert Koch announced his discovery of the causes of tuberculosis, that is Mycobacterium tuberculosis, which has caused billions of the death in the past. The fight against TB, one of the threats to global public health, needs to be people-oriented, follow sustainable development principles, and encourage knowledge sharing and policy exchange in the world that was endorsed by the World Health Organization's (WHO) End-TB Strategy (1-2). In addition, the United Nation (UN) leader's summit call for further emphasis on TB control and prevention urged the global community to provide treatment to all those with TB in developing countries, to reduce the threat to global public health, and to reduce the economical and labor losses caused by TB (3). World TB Day raises awareness of the challenges that hinder our progress toward the elimination of this devastating disease.