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Tuberculosis - Annual Epidemiological Report for 2020
For 2020, 29 countries in the European Union/European Economic Area (EU/EEA) reported a total of 33 148 tuberculosis (TB) cases (7.3 per 100 000 population).
Scientific and technical publications
Tuberculosis surveillance and monitoring in Europe 2022 –2020 data
This report provides an overview of the latest tuberculosis (TB) epidemiological situation and is published jointly by the WHO Regional Office for Europe and ECDC.
Scientific and technical publications
Presentation: Tuberculosis situation in the EU/EEA, 2020
Findings from the joint report Tuberculosis surveillance and monitoring in Europe by ECDC and WHO Regional Office for Europe.
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Tuberculosis surveillance and monitoring in Europe 2021 –2019 data
This report provides an overview of the latest TB epidemiological situation and is published jointly by the WHO Regional Office for Europe and the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC).
Multimedia
Infographic: Pulmonary tuberculosis in the EU/EEA, 2019
Infographic: Pulmonary tuberculosis in the EU/EEA, 2019
News
Ending tuberculosis is a race against time and drug resistance
The tuberculosis (TB) burden in the WHO European Region as a whole is decreasing, and is down 19% overall for 2015–2019, according to the latest WHO/European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) report Tuberculosis surveillance and monitoring in Europe 2021 (2019 data).
Scientific and technical publications
Extrapulmonary tuberculosis among migrants in Europe, 1995 to 2017
Hayward, S.E., Rustage, K., Nellums, L.B., van der Werf, M.J., Noori, T., Boccia, D., Friedland, J.S., Hargreaves, S.
Data
Key messages - Drug-resistant tuberculosis
TB is slowly declining but MDR and XDR TB pose a serious challenge in the attempt to eliminate TB across Europe.
Scientific and technical publications
ERS/ECDC Statement: European Union standards for tuberculosis care, 2017 update
Migliori,G.B., Sotgiu,G., Rosales-Klintz, S., Centis, R., D'Ambrosio, L., Abubakar, I., Bothamley, G., Caminero, J. A., Cirillo, D.M., Dara, M., de Vries, G., Aliberti, S., Dinh-Xuan, A.T., Duarte, R., Midulla, F., Solovic, I., Subotic, D.R., Amicosante, M., Correia, A.M., Cirule, A., Gualano, G., Kunst, H., Palmieri, F., Riekstina, V., Tiberi, S., Verduin, R., van der Werf, M.J.
Antimicrobial resistance - Tuberculosis
In EU, only 1 in every 3 MDR TB patients has a successful treatment outcome; more than half either die, fail treatment or default (stop taking treatment). XDR TB has even worse treatment outcomes: only 1 in 4 patients finishes treatment successfully.