• Tuberculosis in Singapore

      Tuberculosis, commonly known as TB, is an infectious disease caused by the Mycobacterium tuberculosis bacterium. It spreads from person to person via airborne respiratory droplets from an infected person, and primarily affects the lungs. In the 19th century, Singapore’s ...

    • Singapore Anti-Tuberculosis Association

      The Singapore Anti-Tuberculosis Association (SATA) was a charity organisation established to detect, treat and eradicate tuberculosis in Singapore. It was officially registered on 23 August 1947. Following the decline in tuberculosis cases over the years, SATA ...

    • Vaccination

      Infectious disease outbreaks were prevalent in Singapore since pre-independence. Then, infectious diseases, such as cholera, typhoid fever, tuberculosis, smallpox, polio and measles, were often associated with unsanitary and overcrowded living conditions. Today, ...

       

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