Tuberculosis warning as cases of disease rise for first time in decades in Europe Disruption caused by the coronavirus pandemic is being blamed for the first recorded rise in tuberculosis (TB) cases and deaths in Europe for two decades.
Some 27,300 people died from TB in the World Health Organisation’s Europe region in 2021, up from 27,000 deaths the previous year, according to a new surveillance report by the WHO and European Union’s disease prevention agency. The Independent
See also:
- Tuberculosis surveillance and monitoring in Europe 2023: 2021 data World Health Organization
- Unfinished business: the challenge of ending tuberculosis in the European Region World Health Organization
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