Volume 25, Issue 110, April 2021

Comparative analysis of incidence, prevalence and mortality from tuberculosis among the population of Europe and Ukraine

Chornenka Zhanetta^1♦, Biduchak Anzhela², Navchuk Igor³, Hrytsiuk Mariana⁴, Domanchuk Tatyana⁵, Yakovets Karolina⁶

¹Аssociate professor of the department of Social Medicine and Public Health of Bukovinian State Medical University, Chernivtsi, Ukraine; ORCID ID: 0000-0003-2314-1976
²Аssociate professor of the department of Social Medicine and Public Health of Bukovinian State Medical University, Chernivtsi, Ukraine
³Аssociate professor & Head of the Department of Social Medicine and Public Health of Bukovynian State Medical University, Chernivtsi, st.Aksenina, Ukraine
⁴Vice-rector for scientific and pedagogical work and international relations of Bukovinian State Medical University, Рrofessor of the department of Social Medicine and Public Health, Chernivtsi, Teatralnaya Square 2, Ukraine; ORCID ID: 0000-0003-1000-6417
⁵Head of the scientific and medical department with the sector of innovative development, Assistant of the department of Social Medicine and Public Health, Chernivtsi, Teatralnaya Square 2, Ukraine; ORCID ID: 0000-0003-1244-8702
⁶Associate professor of the department of Pediatric Surgery and Otolaryngology of Bukovinian State Medical University, Chernivtsi, Regional Clinical Hospital, Ukraine; ORCID ID: 0000-0003-3677-7316

^♦Corresponding author
Аssociate professor of the department of Social Medicine and Public Health of Bukovinian State Medical University, Chernivtsi, Ukraine; Email: zhanetta.chornenka.80@gmail.com

ABSTRACT

Background: One of the most pressing socio-political and medical problems of society today is tuberculosis (TB), which today remains one of the main threats to humanity, being the leading cause of death from infectious diseases worldwide. TB is a highly contagious chronic disease that affects 10 million people each year and kills nearly 2 million people worldwide. Methods: Using statistical and medico-epidemiological methods, the analysis of the database of the National Registry "Tuberculosis in Ukraine" and report of Global Tuberculosis 2012-2020. Results: The dynamics of prevalence, morbidity and mortality from tuberculosis by sex and age in Ukraine, the WHO European Region and Chernivtsi region for the last seven years is analyzed. Conclusion: During the COVID-19 pandemic, all countries of the world need to join forces in the fight against tuberculosis, which is possible with the implementation of the 10 priority UN recommendations necessary to achieve the targets and reduce the colossal human and social losses from tuberculosis.

Keywords: tuberculosis, incidence, prevalence, mortality, Europe, Ukraine

Medical Science, 2021, 25(110), 946-953

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