Analysis of Tuberculosis surveillance data to assess progress towards achieving the WHO End TB Strategy targets in North Rhine-Westphalia – Germany, 2015-2023

Background: World Health Organisation’s post-2015 End Tuberculosis (TB) Strategy aims to realise progress towards ending the global TB epidemic. Key targets include achieving ≥90% treatment coverage and treatment success by 2025 and a reduction of 90% in TB deaths and 80% in TB incidence rate by 2030 from the 2015 baseline. We aimed to assess progress in the German state North-Rhine Westphalia (NRW) towards achieving these targets to identify areas for improvement. Methods: We retrospectively analysed all TB notifications to the national surveillance system in NRW between 2015 and 2023 and examined limitations o…