ECDC and WHO/Europe joint report on tuberculosis surveillance and monitoring in Europe.

The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) and the World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Office for Europe have jointly launched the sixth report on surveillance and monitoring of tuberculosis (TB) in Europe [1]. The report indicates that, in spite of notable progress in the past decade, TB is still a public health concern in many countries across Europe. High rates of multidrug-resistant (MDR) TB outside the European Union (EU)/European Economic Area (EEA) are of particular concern. Meanwhile EU/ EEA countries themselves have a significant number of TB cases among vulnerable population groups, such as people of foreign origin and prisoners.