World Tuberculosis Day 2025
World Tuberculosis Day, marked each year on 24 March, is an occasion to raise awareness and advocate for efforts to eliminate TB.
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Stefan, a tuberculosis survivor journey
A patient story from tuberculosis survivor Stefan.
Frida’s battle with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis: one day at a time
In 2015, at 19 years old, Frida, from Norway, returned from a three-month backpacking trip feeling unwell. Initially misdiagnosed with pneumonia, it was only after mentioning her travels that she was tested for tuberculosis (TB).
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Eurosurveillance: Rapid communications
Increase in tuberculosis among children and young adolescents, European Union/European Economic Area, 2015 to 2023
In 2023, 1,689 children and young adolescents (i.e. aged < 15 years) were diagnosed with tuberculosis (TB) (hereafter referred to as paediatric TB) in the European Union/European Economic Area (EU/EEA) countries.
Shifting tuberculosis dynamics in the EU/EEA: geographical and drug resistance trends among people of foreign origin, 2019 to 2023
Approximately one third of all people with tuberculosis (TB) in the EU/EEA are born in or have citizenship granted by a country other than the EU/EEA country notifying TB surveillance data to ECDC.
