Increasing the incidence of tuberculosis in children suggests that the transfer of tuberculosis to the European region is still ongoing.
Cases of tuberculosis of children in the European region increased by 10%. This is reported in its report by the World Health Organization.
The report called the “Epidemiological Supervision and Monitoring of Tuberculosis in Europe for 2025”, published on March 24 of the European Center for Prevention and Control of Diseases (ECDC) and the European Regional Bureau of the World Health Organization, showing that children under the age of 15 form 4.3% of patients with before and falling in the age of 15 European is in the European region, which is a stressful growth in the range of tuberculosis in children in 2023 by 10% compared to last year.
According to the WHO, increasing the incidence of tuberculosis in children suggests that the transfer of tuberculosis to the European region is still ongoing, and urgent public health care measures to control and reduce growing loading with tuberculosis is required.
Data also shows the growth of the disease in younger populations, as the total number of tuberculosis reports continues to grow, and in the period from 2022 to 2023 more than 650 additional cases of disease in children are registered.
For every fifth child, a patient with tuberculosis in the EU, unknown if his treatment was completed. Uncertainty about the completion of treatment can lead to a deterioration in health consequences, such as the appearance of tuberculosis that is drug -resistant and its further transmission, which is indicated in the WHO.
“It’s time to act to end tuberculosis. Having only five years to achieve our goals by 2030, it is very important that Europe focuses on prevention and up-to-date, effective treatment. With the increasing number of drugs and resistant tuberculosis, the price of inaction now we will pay all tomorrow,” said Pamla Rendi-Vagner, Director of ECDC.
It was also reported that in 2023 the number of people who were diagnosed and treated with tuberculosis began to grow again after an uninterrupted collapse in 2020, caused by interruptions associated with Covid-19.
“In the European Who Region, covering 53 European and Central Asian countries, more than 172 thousand people with new and return of tuberculosis were registered in 2023, corresponding to the level of 2022. Meanwhile, nearly 37 thousand people were evaluated in EU countries, which is 35 thousand more than last year,” the report said.
Director of the European Regional Bureau Hans Henri P. Klyge that even before the recent reduction in international assistance for the purpose of developing, the world faced a shortage of 11 billion US dollars for a global struggle with tuberculosis.
“It can affect the important programs of tuberculosis struggle in the European region, especially in the new methods. Treatment, technological achievements and innovations that we have instruments, we change tuberculosis treatment for the better – and I hope, forever,” Klyiga said.
It is emphasized that in the European region an indicator of the success of the treatment of people with new and collapse of tuberculosis, which began treatment of the first -line drugs in 2022, up to 75.5%. As in recent years, the treatment rate in 2023 was lower in European economic zone countries than in other European region countries (67.9% against 77.2%, respectively).
“Ipinapahiwatig nito ang isang makabuluhang agwat sa pagitan ng kasalukuyang mga tagapagpahiwatig ng tagumpay ng paggamot at ang pandaigdigang mga layunin na itinatag ng WHO, na nagsasangkot sa pagkamit ng matagumpay na paggamot ay nagreresulta ng hindi bababa sa 90% ng mga pasyente. Ang alarma ay nagdudulot ng tuberculosis na may maraming katatagan ng gamot, na nananatiling isang malubhang problema sa rehiyon ng Europa kung sino, dahil ang tagumpay ng paggamot ng mga pasyente na may maraming katatagan ay makabuluhang Lower than expected.
We remind you that an unknown disease will take the life of more than 50 people to the north-west of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. In most cases, the gap between the onset of symptoms and death is 48 hours.
In Uganda, an outbreak of Ebola is expressed: there is a dead
News from CORRESPONDENT.NET On the telegram and whatsapp. Subscribe to our channels https://t.me/KorresPondentNet and WhatsApp
Source: korrespondent
I am David Wyatt, a professional writer and journalist for Buna Times. I specialize in the world section of news coverage, where I bring to light stories and issues that affect us globally. As a graduate of Journalism, I have always had the passion to spread knowledge through writing.