Tuberculosis surveillance and monitoring in Europe 2021 – 2019 data

By European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, WHO Regional Office for Europe
2021, xiv + 150 pages
ISBN 978 92 890 5497 3

With almost 260 000 tuberculosis (TB) cases reported in 2019, TB remains a major public health problem in the WHO European Region, including the countries of the European Union/European Economic Area (EU/EEA). 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). It finds that epidemic patterns and trends vary widely, with the EU/EEA approaching the low incidence level of 9.2 per 100 000 population while the Region has nine out of 30 countries with the highest multidrug-resistant TB burden in the world. Overall, TB mortality and incidence rates have fallen. Despite the notable progress achieved in the fight against TB, countries still face a variety of challenges in reaching the goal to end the TB epidemic in the Region.