NEWS ALERT - 12 March 2025 | Geneva, Switzerland
Dear partners and friends!
Every year, the World TB Day (24 March) campaign features an exciting and engaging “social media challenge” through which we have successfully leveraged the power of various partners to increase awareness about TB at global, national and community levels.
Stop TB Partnership is organizing a “Photo Contest” for the first time ever. The contest will award 10 individuals with US$ 600 each for the best photo!
We call on everyone to help us raise awareness on TB (the world’s deadliest infectious disease) by actively participating in our photo competition for World TB Day 2025 - that will run for two weeks from 15th -31st March.
The rules are simple. Here’s what you need to do:
1. Take a photo - whether it’s via your mobile phone or camera, we want you to capture an image or strike a pose depicting any of these themes:
#YesWeCanEndTB
#YesWeCanEndTB Commit!
#YesWeCanEndTB Invest!
#YesWeCanEndTB Deliver!
2. The image should be in high resolution with a short caption explaining the photo.
3. Select your best photo image and post it on any social media platform (Instagram, Facebook and X), tag us on @StopTB and email it to us on communication@stoptb.org before 31st March.
Some things for you to note:
- The 10 best images will win a cash prize of US$600 each.
- A Jury comprising five members will select the winners.
- Some of the selected photos will be considered for the planned photo exhibition at Fujifilm Square, Tokyo during the TICAD 9 in August 2025.
- All winners will be notified directly when the awards are announced in April and will become an integral part of our Stop TB family.
We also invite you to download and share the World TB Day 2025 toolkit. Don’t forget to tag us.
What else can you do:
A) Light Up for TB
Every year, the Stop TB Partnership invites cities across the world to #LightUpforTB. We encourage you all to write to the local and national authorities to light up landmarks or buildings in RED on 24 March 2025 to show their commitment to ending TB.
On the night of 24th March 2025, Jet d'Eau, the water fountain on the shore of Lake Geneva, will be lit up in red.
B) Place your event on the Map
Whether you are lighting up a building or organizing an event, pin it on our map and let the world know!
Click here to fill the form and it will appear on our events map.
C) Follow us on Blue Sky
This World TB Day, we are also launching our account on Blue Sky, a microblogging website which is growing very quickly. We invite you to follow us on Blue Sky.
Our handle is stoptb.bsky.social.
