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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.

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Monitoring the progress achieved towards ending tuberculosis in the European Union/European Economic Area, 2018 to 2021
<p class="citation"> <span>Citation style for this article:</span> <span class="meta-value authors"> <a href="/search?value1=Veronica+Cristea&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Cristea Veronica</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Csaba+K%C3%B6dm%C3%B6n&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Ködmön Csaba</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Senia+Rosales-Klintz&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Rosales-Klintz Senia</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Anastasia+Pharris&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Pharris Anastasia</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Marieke+J+van+der+Werf&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">van der Werf Marieke J</a></span>. Monitoring the progress achieved towards ending tuberculosis in the European Union/European Economic Area, 2018 to 2021. <a href="/content/ecdc">Euro Surveill.</a> 2023;28(12):pii=2300154. <a href="https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2023.28.12.2300154" title="doi link" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2023.28.12.2300154</a> <span class="ES_Article_citation"> <span class="generated">Received</span>: 09 Mar 2023;&nbsp;&nbsp; <span class="generated">Accepted</span>: 17 Mar 2023 </span> </p>
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