Ukraine: The surprising consequences of TB
A rising tide of resistant TB in Ukraine meets a new drug and vigilant workers who won’t give up on their patients.
In the 1990s, following the collapse of the Soviet Union, Ukraine experienced serious medication delivery delays. For patients with TB, the lack of medications resulted in incomplete drug regimens and poor treatment practices. Although the drug supply problem resolved over time, a new challenge arose: Ukraine became one of the top six countries in the world with the highest burden of multidrug-resistant TB (MDR-TB). With a total population of 42 million people, the country currently has 12,000 patients sick with MDR-TB, a figure that is growing.
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Source: PATH Blog
