World TB Day 2026

Today is World TB Day.

At Children for Health, we don’t approach health through single diseases.

We start with what children can understand, practice, and share.

Through simple, practical messages on coughs, colds, and lung health, developed and tested with children, teachers and communities, through our work in Kenya last year, children learn to:

• Stop the spread of illness by covering coughs and washing hands
• Recognise when a cough or breathing problem needs attention
• Keep homes smoke free and air clean
• Encourage care seeking when something isn’t right

These may seem like small actions, but they matter.

Not only for everyday illnesses, but also for conditions like TB.

When children understand how illness spreads and what to do to slow or stop that spread, that knowledge travels. Into homes. Into habits. Into communities.

This World TB Day is a reminder that prevention doesn’t always start in clinics it often starts with simple knowledge, shared early.