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

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

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.

MeSH terms

  • Antitubercular Agents / therapeutic use
  • Europe / epidemiology
  • European Union
  • Humans
  • Population Surveillance
  • Tuberculosis* / diagnosis
  • Tuberculosis* / drug therapy
  • Tuberculosis* / epidemiology
  • Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant* / drug therapy
  • Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant* / epidemiology

Substances

  • Antitubercular Agents