PASS to End TB in Europe: Accelerated efforts on Prevention and Systematic Screening to End Tuberculosis in the WHO European Region by 2030

In 2022, an estimated 230 000 people fell ill with TB in the WHO European Region (the European Region)i [1], which translates to about 25 cases per 100 000 population, and an estimated 18 000 people died of TB (about 2 deaths per 100 000 population) [1]. TB burden and epidemiology differ markedly across the 53 countries of the Region, with an incremental gradient as one moves from western Europe towards the eastern and central Asian extent of the Region (Figure 1, PANEL A). Most (85%) incident TB cases in the European Region occur in 18 countries that are designated by WHO as high TB priority countriesii [1].

Source: International Journal of Infectious Diseases - February 22, 2024 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Andrei Dadu, Askar Yedilbayev, Giovanni Battista Migliori, Sevim Ahmedov, Dennis Falzon, Saskia den Boon, Avinash Kanchar, Alberto Matteelli Source Type: research