Tuberculosis (TB) kills around 4 000 people every day worldwide. Around 700 are children. This means three people die of TB every minute. These were remarks of Health and Social Services Deputy Minister, Dr Esther Muinjangue at the commemoration of World TB Day held at Helao Nafidi in Ohangwena Region today. The commemoration was held under the theme ‘The Clock is Ticking’. She says one in four people in the world has latent TB infection and 10 million people fall ill with TB disease mostly in less developed countries. ‘The Clock is Ticking’ conveys a message that the world is running out of time to act on the commitments made by global leaders to end TB. TB is curable but 1,4 million people die every year from the airborne disease globally which is 160 deaths every hour. A number of 564 people on TB treatment died in 2020 as compared to 605 in 2019. Member of Parliament and Chairperson of the Namibia Parliament Tuberculosis, Elma Dienda says TB is among the top infectious killer disease in the world. It’s one of the most common causes of death among people living with HIV worldwide. Namibia needs to commit more resources and political will to the fight against TB. She says TB can infect anyone and she was diagnosed with the same disease and cured. The deputy minister then concluded the event with the launch of the National guideline of drug resistance for TB and TB patient catastrophic cost survey results.