Despite decades of experience, advanced health systems, and deep medical knowledge, the WHO European region is still at risk from the global epidemic of tuberculosis. There are at least three pressing reasons why Europeans should care about this disease: number of deaths (despite being preventable), conflicts, and forced migration. The fourth reason is looming—worsening of the global tuberculosis epidemic due to drastic international aid funding cuts by many high-income countries.1
The Lancet Respiratory Medicine published a clinical update in Critical Care on 16 Feb 2026.
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