El Paso, TX, March 24, 2011 (PAHO/WHO) – The purpose of World TB Day is to generate a higher level of awareness of the global TB epidemic and the efforts to end the disease. Currently, one third of the world population is infected with tuberculosis. The global Stop TB Partnership, a network of organizations and countries fighting to stop tuberculosis, is organizing World TB Day to publicize the extent of the disease and ways to prevent and cure it.