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. 2023 Mar;28(12):2300154.
doi: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2023.28.12.2300154.

Monitoring the progress achieved towards ending tuberculosis in the European Union/European Economic Area, 2018 to 2021

Veronica Cristea  1 , Csaba Ködmön  1 , Senia Rosales-Klintz  1 , Anastasia Pharris  1 , Marieke J van der Werf  1
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Monitoring the progress achieved towards ending tuberculosis in the European Union/European Economic Area, 2018 to 2021

Veronica Cristea et al. Euro Surveill. 2023 Mar.

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.

Keywords: MDR-TB; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; SDG; paediatric tuberculosis; surveillance.

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Conflict of interest: None declared.

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Tuberculosis notification rate over time and the End TB Strategy 2030 sub-target for Sustainable Development Goal 3.3, European Union/European Economic Area, 2015–2021
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Number of deaths due to tuberculosis over time and the End TB Strategy 2030 sub-target for Sustainable Development Goal 3.3, European Union/European Economic Area, 2015–2020
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