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Monitoring the progress achieved towards ending tuberculosis in the European Union/European Economic Area, 2018 to 2021
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View Affiliations Hide AffiliationsVeronica Cristeaveronica.cristea ecdc.europa.eu
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Citation style for this article: . Monitoring the progress achieved towards ending tuberculosis in the European Union/European Economic Area, 2018 to 2021. Euro Surveill. 2023;28(12):pii=2300154. https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2023.28.12.2300154 Received: 09 Mar 2023; Accepted: 17 Mar 2023
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.
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