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New Report Shows Europe Falling Behind on HIV, TB, Hepatitis and STI Targets
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Published: 2 May 2025
A new report from the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) warns that many European countries are off track to meet official targets to reduce HIV, tuberculosis (TB), hepatitis, and sexually transmitted infections (STIs) by 2030 — a concern amplified by broader threats to global health funding.
These four epidemics together are responsible for nearly 57,000 deaths every year across the EU, Iceland, Liechtenstein, and Norway. Despite some gains — including a 35% decline in new HIV infections since 2010 and a similar drop in TB cases since 2015 — progress is falling dangerously short of the region’s 2025 targets, which aimed for 75% and 50% reductions, respectively.
Of particular concern are rising cases of acute hepatitis B and record levels of STIs such as gonorrhoea and syphilis. Meanwhile, only 68% of TB patients completed treatment in 2022, well below the 90% goal, and drug resistance continues to complicate care.
The report lands as global health experts warn of a possible retreat from key international funding programmes, including USAID, which plays a pivotal role in global infectious disease control. Cuts to such funding, they argue, could reverse decades of progress.
Without urgent, coordinated reinvestment in prevention, treatment, and cross-border surveillance, Europe risks missing the 2030 elimination targets — a setback with implications far beyond its own borders.
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