WHO/Europe - Tuberculosis

Tuberculosis in the European Region

	News

	Workshop for 18 high-priority countries of the WHO European Region on recording and reporting of drug resistant tuberculosis
	14 December 2009
	Istanbul, Turkey, 14 - 16 December 2009
	More

	Global TB Report, updated with 2008 data
	09 December 2009
	The report includes the latest (2008) estimates of the global burden of TB (incidence, prevalence and mortality). It also includes an assessment of progress in implementing the Stop TB Strategy and the Global Plan to Stop TB, which in combination have set out what needs to be done to achieve the 2015 global targets for TB control.
	More [WHO headquarters]

	Pathways to better diagnostics for tuberculosis
	08 December 2009
	On December 3, 2009, at the Union Conference at Cancun, Mexico, the Stop TB Partnership's New Diagnostics Working Group released a new publication.
	More [external link]

	More news \| News and events archive

three photos depicting x-ray, treatment and laboratory work in TB

WHO estimates that a third of the world's population is infected by tuberculosis (TB) and there are about 9 million new TB cases annually. Even in the European Region, there are an estimated 49 new TB cases and 7 deaths every hour.

However, TB can be prevented and cured if taken seriously as a threat to individuals and public health. This requires efficient and timely prevention, diagnosis and treatment.

WHO/Europe works with many partners:

to improve the monitoring and surveillance of TB in the WHO European Region;
to support the implementation of the Stop TB Strategy in the Member States of the WHO European Region;
to provide policy guidance and technical assistance to the Member States on effective TB control;
to develop guidelines and protocols on TB diagnosing, treatment, prevention and care for programme managers, policy-makers, nongovernmental organizations, technical and financial partners and health personnel.

	Tuberculosis in the WHO European Region