Las Children under the age of 15 have 4.3 percent of new cases of tuberculosis It is detected in Europe by 2023, which indicates an increase of 10 percent of child infections compared to the previous year, according to the reports of the World Health Organization for Europe (WHO/Europe) and the European Center for Europe and Prevention and Control (ECDC).
Alerts on the results of the ‘Tuberculosis Monitoring and Monitoring of Tuberculosis’ released on Monday ahead of World Disease Day The load of tuberculosis in the young populationSince over 650 cases in children between 2022 and 2023 are a continuous third annual increase in infections. Therefore, experts have emphasized immediate public health activities.
The document reveals it One of the five European children with tuberculosis This does not end its treatment, which is an important concern for experts, which warns the health impact of this deficiency, that is, the appearance of pharmacological tuberculosis and subsequent spreading.
ECDC Director Pamela Rendoi-Wagner said, “With the increase in pharmacist anti-tuberculosis, the price of today’s inactivity will be paid tomorrow,” he said. OMS intended to eradicate tuberculosis infection for 2030The approach to the prevention and treatment of Europe should be “updated”.
More than 172,000 cases
Generally, in 2023 it was announced in the European region of the WHO, which includes European and Central Asia, over 172,000 tuberculosis cases. Meanwhile, the number of diagnoses in the EU and the EU/EEE reached 38,993; This is a rate 8.6 cases for 100,000 people.
Therefore, a small increase in most countries continued in the EU/EEE in 2022, while the general trend continues to decline in the last five years. The exceptions of this trend are Cyprus, Greece, Iceland and Slovakia, where one to three percent increased by 2023 was found regarding the 2019 announced data.
“Eradicating tuberculosis is not a dream. This is a choice. Unfortunately, the current burden of tuberculosis and the anxiety of children with tuberculosis is reminded of this preventable and healing disease, ”said Europe’s general director Hans Henry B. Gluj.
At this point, cluck He warned of lack of funding for plans to fight tuberculosisThis will be affected by the cuts announced by the US. The WHO representative said, “This means that the spreading of tuberculosis may not be overlooked, which will further the increase in strains that are difficult to treat,” he said.
