A specialized department to treat patients with multi-resistant, i.e. complex, resistant to several medications form of TB will be created in Kyiv. This is a subject of the Memorandum of Understanding and Cooperation signed between Kyiv City State Administration and Rinat Akhmetov Charitable Foundation “Development of Ukraine”

27 April 2012 p.

Ukrainian remand prisons will ensure quality TB diagnostics

Ukrainian remand prisons will apply a mechanism of quality TB diagnostics. This will become possible with the common agreement signed between the State Penitentiary Service of Ukraine and the Charitable Rinat Akhmetov Foundation “Development of Ukraine” which is implementing the Program “Let’s Stop TB in Ukraine” with financial support of the Global Fund to Fight HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria

20 April 2012 p.

The Global Fund and FDU agreed new amendments to the Agreement

The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria and Rinat Akhmetov Fund "Development of Ukraine" agreed new amendments to the Agreement.

17 April 2012 p.

Patients brought a rake to the Ministry of Health

Today, a rake along with the statement was brought to the Ministry of Health of Ukraine by the patients who have deadly diseases. Thus, they request a timely announcement of the state tenders for procurement of medications.

11 April 2012 p.

Outcomes of the Program “Let’s Stop TB in Ukraine” in 2011 were presented

March 27-28, 2012, coordinated by the Foundation “Development of Ukraine”, a meeting of regional TB coordinators of the Program “Let’s Stop TB in Ukraine” was held at the premises of Hotel “Tourist” in Kyiv.

06 April 2012 p.

Advocacy projects of the Program are started in the regions

Projects supported by CF “Intellectual Perspective” within the Project “Advocacy: mobilization of political will” have rolled-out their activities in the regions since the last week of March. Grant winners in chosen oblasts enforced by the “Health Centers” activities and those of CF “Intellectual Perspective” are responsible for the issues relevant for every region, which were defined during the constitutive ‘round tables’ in the end of 2011.

28 March 2012 p.

6th National Festival of Social Advertisement has announced the winners in the nomination “Let’s stop Tuberculosis in Ukraine”

“They don’t know where their parents are, TB does!” – this was the name of the prize-winning video-work presented before the professional jury of the 6th National Festival of Social Advertisement by the student of Kyiv National University of Trade and Economics Alina Rodionova.

28 March 2012 p.

Mobile fluorograph continues work in Kyiv and oblast free of charge

Mobile digital fluorograph continues to work in Kyiv and oblast (town of Brovary) free of charge throughout the current week till March 31, 2012.

28 March 2012 p.

Only 26% of Ukrainians know that continuous cough is the key symptom of tuberculosis. Research

March 24 is the World Tuberculosis Day. TB epidemic in Ukraine was officially announced in 1995 when the incidence of the disease and TB related mortality were rapidly growing. Annually, nearly 40,000 new and recurring TB cases are registered in Ukraine. In 2010, there were 5,600 new multi-resistant TB cases registered in Ukraine.

27 March 2012 p.

The Memorandum of Understanding and Cooperation was signed between the Rinat Akhmetov’s Foundation for Development of Ukraine and the Ivano-Frankovsk Oblast State Administration

The main area of cooperation shall be devoted to overcoming the epidemic of tuberculosis in the oblast in the framework of the Program of the Foundation “Stop TB in Ukraine”, with the financial support of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria.

06 February 2012 p.

The results of the study of implementation of the “Stop TB in Ukraine” Program with the financial support of the Global Fund

From November 11 to December 16, 2011, upon request of the Rinat Akhmetov’s Foundation for Development of Ukraine (hereinafter FDU), a study of the effectiveness of implementation of the “Stop TB in Ukraine” Program (hereinafter the Program), funded by the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria and the FDU was conducted.

04 February 2012 p.

The winners of the competition for the implementation of advocacy projects in the regions within the “Advocacy: mobilization of political will” component

The Charitable Foundation “Intellectual Perspective” on December 23, 2011 announced an open call for applications for grants to implement the advocacy projects aimed at mobilizing political will and raising public awareness to help combat the TB epidemic in Ukraine.

31 January 2012 p.

The Ministry of Health promised to allow a one-time import of kanamycin and capreomycin in Ukraine

The Ministry of Health of Ukraine guarantees the granting of permission for the one-time import in Ukraine of the TB second-line drugs - kanamycin and capreomycin that meet the international quality standards (WHO prequalification, GMP – “Good manufactures practice”), but don’t have the registration certificate of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine.

26 January 2012 p.

The 720 patients with MDR TB shall get the necessary drugs after all

The treatment of 720 patients with MDR TB within the framework of the “Stop TB in Ukraine” Program with the second-line anti-TB drugs will be carried out, despite the fact that not all of these drugs are accessible in Ukraine.

26 January 2012 p.

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