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World TB Day 2019

​Marked each year on 24 March, World Tuberculosis Day gives the occasion to raise awareness about tuberculosis (TB) and to advocate more efforts to eliminate it.

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New ECDC guidance on the management of LTBI

In low-incidence regions such as Europe, a majority of TB cases occur due to the progression of latent TB infection (LTBI) to active TB disease. Addressing this threat, ECDC has published guidance on the management of LTBI targeted for EU/EEA countries.

Read the guidance

Updated European Union Standards for Tuberculosis Care now available

The ESTC, developed by ECDC and the European Respiratory Society, is a user-friendly guide for the optimal diagnosis, treatment and prevention of tuberculosis.

Read more

Disease data from ECDC surveillance Atlas

Se the latest available data on tuberculosis

Go to the Surveillance Atlas

Data

Country profile for France

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Map: Tuberculosis in the EU/EEA 2017

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Country profile for Greece

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TB deaths, EU/EEA - SDG target

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Peer-Reviewed Publication

Attributable deaths and disability-adjusted life-years caused by infections with antibiotic-resistant bacteria in the EU and the European Economic Area in 2015: a population-level modelling analysis

Jan 2019

Publication

The European Union summary report on trends and sources of zoonoses, zoonotic agents and food-borne outbreaks in 2017

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Peer-Reviewed Publication

Antimicrobial use in European long-term care facilities: results from the third point prevalence survey of healthcare-associated infections and antimicrobial use, 2016 to 2017

Nov 2018

Peer-Reviewed Publication

Antimicrobial use in European acute care hospitals: results from the second point prevalence survey (PPS) of healthcare-associated infections and antimicrobial use, 2016 to 2017

Nov 2018

News

Updated European Union Standards for Tuberculosis Care now available

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Preventing blood-borne viruses in prison settings: ECDC and EMCDDA Guidance

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ECDC and EMCDDA make the case for active case finding of communicable diseases in prison

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Press release: 4% annual decrease too slow to end TB by 2030 – call for Europe’s commitment to increase investment to end TB

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World Tuberculosis Day - 24 March 2017

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Jun 2016

Event

Joint meeting EU/EEA Tuberculosis (TB) Surveillance Network and WHO/Europe National TB Programme Managers

21 Jun 2016 - 22 Jun 2016
Bratislava, Slovakia

Event

World Tuberculosis Day - 2016

23 Mar 2016
May 2015

Event

Meeting of the Joint ECDC/WHO Surveillance Network for Tuberculosis and Wolfheze Workshops

26 May 2015 - 29 May 2015
The Hague

Data

Treatment success as of 2017 in all TB cases

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Country profile for Hungary

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Treatment success as of 2017 in MDR TB

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Country profile for Ireland

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Facts

Prevention and control

Surveillance and disease data

Threats and outbreaks

Risk assessments and weekly threats reports

Scientific advice

Guidance, expert opinions, policy briefings, risk assessments and peer-reviewed publications

Microbiology

Timely and accurate laboratory diagnosis of TB is a central component of any TB control programme.

Antimicrobial resistance

M(X)DR TB poses a serious challenge for eradicating TB in Europe.

World Tuberculosis Day

Marked each year on 24 March, World TB Day aims to raise awareness about tuberculosis (TB) and to advocate more efforts to eliminate it.

Peer-reviewed publications

Peer-Reviewed Publication

European Union standard for tuberculosis care on treatment of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis following new World Health Organization recommendations

Nov 2018

Peer-Reviewed Publication

Accessibility and acceptability of infectious disease interventions among migrants in the eu/eea: A cerqual systematic review

Oct 2018

Peer-Reviewed Publication

'treatment is of primary importance, and social assistance is secondary': A qualitative study on the organisation of tuberculosis (TB) care and patients' experience of starting and staying on TB treatment in Riga, Latvia

Oct 2018

Peer-Reviewed Publication

Effectiveness of service models and organisational structures supporting tuberculosis identification and management in hard-to-reach populations in countries of low and medium tuberculosis incidence: a systematic review

Sep 2018

Disease programmes and networks

Tuberculosis Programme

European Tuberculosis Surveillance Network

European Reference Laboratory Network for Human Influenza (ERLI-Net)