Friday, November 10, 2017

TB will be treated free of charge

 TB will be treated free of charge  Russian Ministry of Health will provide the necessary preparations for all citizens of Russia, suffering from tuberculosis. It promised Health Minister Tatyana Golikova.

The Russians, sick drug-resistant tuberculosis They receive assistance from the Ministry of Health. As stated Tatyana Golikova , Purchases of anti-TB drugs will be increased by almost half. Patients resistant forms TB   receive medicines for the sum of 3, 3 billion rubles. According Golikova, it will provide almost one hundred percent cure drug-resistant tuberculosis .

Now Russia has registered about 3, 2 million tuberculosis patients. One third of patients - about 1, 2 million - to provide drugs at the expense of public funds. It is necessary to solve the problem of the remaining patients. Tatyana Golikova He noted that the cost of drugs for tuberculosis patients differ depending on the region. For example, Primorsky Krai each beneficiary spends 500 rubles per month. In Nizhny Novgorod and Novosibirsk regions for this purpose it takes less than 40 rubles.

According to the World Health Organization, in 2008 Russia had about 38 thousand patients resistant forms TB .



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