Russia's war with Ukraine is devastating for Ukraine's war on TB
TB is a big problem in Ukraine. According to the World Health Organization, the country has the fourth highest incidence of the disease in Europe. And it has one of the highest rates of multidrug-resistant TB anywhere in the world. Experts warn that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine could spark an upsurge in TB and undo a decade of gains in public health.
- Health Policy Watch: Ukraine’s ‘model’ TB programme destroyed by war, as global TB response faces ‘disastrous’ funds shortfall
- Health Policy Watch:: ‘There is no safe place in Ukraine’
- NPR: Russia's war with Ukraine is devastating for Ukraine's war on TB
- France 24: Ukraine's tuberculosis progress 'stopped in one day'
- POLITICO: War in Ukraine risks reversing gains in fight against HIV, tuberculosis
- Nature: Surge of HIV, tuberculosis and COVID feared amid war in Ukraine
- Al Jazeera: Polio, TB, HIV: How the war could worsen Ukraine’s health crises
