# National Assembly speaker, Thoko Didiza, has signed the Barcelona Declaration on Tuberculosis. This marks South Africa’s formal commitment to a renewed global parliamentary movement to eradicate TB within a generation. The signing ceremony coincided with the official launch of the South African TB Parliamentary Caucus. TB has killed more people than any other infectious disease in human history. Didiza says that with TB remaining a health challenge globally despite it being a treatable disease, parliamentarians across the globe are advocating for better investments to address the disease.
SA Parliament joins global effort to eradicate TB