[Reflections on the 90 year existence of the German Central Committee for the Control of Tuberculosis].

The Deutsche Zentralkomitee zur Bekämpfung der Tuberkulose (German Central Committee on the Fight against Tuberculosis) is one of the oldest institutions of this kind in the world. Already at the end of the past century, it was the starting point of the fight against tuberculosis at the international scale. It created a cooperation between state and private initiatives, and between scientific work and management, based on voluntary congregation of all partners. In spite of considerable political and social changes, its effective work could be continued during 90 years. As future task remains the world-wide fight against tuberculosis. Its elimination has nowadays become feasible.