Episode 59 - Veronica Cristea - Beyond numbers: Understanding TB

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European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control

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5 • 3 Ratings

🗓️ 24 March 2025

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

Marking World TB Day 2025, this episode explores the data on tuberculosis in Europe based on the latest surveillance report, published recently by ECDC and WHO.

Veronica Cristea, Scientific Officer at ECDC, discusses the overall TB situation in the EU/EEA, the impact of COVID-19, challenges in treatment success, and the concerning rise in TB cases among children.

Veronica also highlights the steps needed to accelerate progress towards ending TB.Find out more about World TB Day here.

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0:00.0	ECDC on air. The podcast of the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control.
0:09.3	Keeping up to date with European epidemiology.
0:15.0	Hello, welcome and thanks for tuning in to ECDC on air, the podcast of the European Center for Disease
0:20.0	Prevention and Control.
0:21.2	I'm your host Lee, recording from my headquarters in Sweden. Today, if you're listening on the 24th of
0:25.9	March, is World Tuberculosis Day to raise awareness about the global epidemic of TB and the efforts
0:30.9	to eliminate it. While you may think TB is a very old disease, indeed it has been around for thousands
0:35.7	of years, it continues to be a very
0:37.5	real and current problem. Every year, ECDC, along with the World Health Organization, releases
0:43.1	a surveillance report to give an overview of the situation in Europe and identify the challenges
0:47.5	when it comes to addressing the disease. We sit down today with Veronica Christia, scientific
0:52.7	officer here at ECDC,
0:54.5	to discuss the current burden of TB in Europe
0:56.4	and some of the key findings of the report.
1:18.2	So today we're joined by Veronica Christia, scientific officer for tuberculosis here at ECDC.
1:21.1	Veronica, welcome. Thanks for joining us. Thanks for having me.
1:26.7	So today we're going to be talking about tuberculosis, which today is World Tuberculosis Day,
1:30.3	where we would like to raise awareness on TB in Europe,
1:34.1	but also because we are releasing a new surveillance report on TB.
1:37.4	So before we really get into it, what is TB?
1:38.3	What do people know?
1:40.7	What should people think about when they hear TB?
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