HSE aims for 80% reduction of TB cases by 2030

HSE Health Protection Service director Dr Éamonn O’Moore said: “For the vast majority of people diagnosed, TB is treatable and curable.”

The HSE hopes to reduce cases of tuberculosis in Ireland by 80% by 2030 and deaths by 90% under an ambitious new strategy announced on Friday.

Last year, there was a “slight increase” in TB cases in Ireland to 222, which the HSE said is equivalent to a rate of 4.3 per 100,000 of the population although still below levels seen before the pandemic. There was also an increase in cases where the condition is resistant to the standard treatments.