The activity is increasing case detection and improving diagnostics, treatment, and care for patients living with TB, DR-TB and HIV/TB co. The risk of further lives lost and increased transmission of both tuberculosis and HIV due to factors such as healthcare disruption, malnutrition, overcrowded refugee camps, human trafficking and poverty are some examples of what could be mentioned.įurther, we wish to seek ways for how Swedish healthcare and Swedish medical doctors can help our Ukrainian colleagues and tuberculosis and HIV patients in Ukraine - including the ones fleeing to Sweden.ġ2.35–12.55 Discussion and questions – lead by moderatorġ2.55–13. The activity works at the primary health care level with TB facilities in 12 selected oblasts of Ukraine with the highest TB, DR-TB and HIV/TB co-infection rates and medical training centers nationwide. We also wish to share information on why tuberculosis and HIV are important diseases to target, also in wartime. As of early April, UNAIDS said more than.

An estimated 152,000 people living with HIV in Ukraine were on antiretroviral therapies before the war. Meanwhile, the percentage of people living with HIV and receiving antiretroviral therapy.

We wish to highlight the situation of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis and the importance of continuous treatment - for both tuberculosis and HIV. The country went from recording an estimated 31,000 new HIV infections in 2000 to less than 10,000 in 2020. This webinar aims to inform Swedish medical doctors about the situation of tuberculosis and HIV patients and healthcare in Ukraine during the ongoing Russian invasion.

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