The Committee on Public Health recommends that the Parliament should adopt as a basis the bill on approval of the National Target Program to Fight Tuberculosis for 2012 - 2016
Information Department
15 October 2012, 13:18
The bill (Reg. No. 11046) has been elaborated to improve epidemic situation to decrease the total number of patients with tuberculosis, decrease incidence and death rate from tuberculosis and co-infection TB/HIV, diminish the spread rate of multi-resistant tuberculosis, as well as ensure general and equal access of population to quality services of tuberculosis prevention, diagnostics and treatment.
The document stipulates a number of measures.
Financial provision of the Program shall remain within expenses allocated in the state budget to the main funds administrators responsible for realization of the Program, as well as at the cost of local budgets and the grant from the Global Fund, and other sources. Total amount of Program financing for 2012-2016 comprises UAH 1 billion 830 million 800 thousand, including state budget funds UAH 1 billion 236.5 million, Global Fund funds UAH 592.3 million, and other sources UAH 2 million.