Monitoring the progress achieved towards ending tuberculosis in the European Union/European Economic Area, 2018 to 2021
Cristea V, Ködmön C, Rosales-Klintz S, Pharris A, van der Werf MJ
Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin · 2023-03
Abstract
We report progress in the European Union/European Economic Area (EU/EEA) towards the Sustainable Development Goal target for tuberculosis (TB) and for the associated global/regional targets. The TB notification rate and the number of TB deaths declined since 2015 but, if current trends continue, the EU/EEA will not reach the 2030 targets. Performance on treatment initiation targets declined sharply during 2020-2021, while the percentage of TB cases with successful treatment outcomes remains low, at 47.9% of the multidrug-resistant TB cases.
MeSH terms
- Humans
- Tuberculosis
- Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant
- Antitubercular Agents
- Population Surveillance
- European Union
- Europe