On 1, 2 and 3 July 2015, working meetings took place with phthisiologists from Kyiv, Kyiv Oblast and Chernigiv Oblast where new steps were discussed in Ukraine's participation in clinical trials of a new scheme for treating patients with drug-resistant and chemoresistant TB.
The clinical trials were initiated by an international organisation – the Global Alliance for TB Drug Development.
In Ukraine, clinical studies are conducted by F.G. Yanovsky National Phthisiology and Pulmonology Institute of the National Academy of Medical Sciences of Ukraine with information support from "Ukrainians Against TB" Public Movement" Foundation.
As part of the project's implementation, working meetings had been arranged in Kyiv, Kyiv Oblast and Chernigiv Oblast. The meetings were held:
On 1 July – with Kyiv phthisiologists – at F.G. Yanovsky National Phthisiology and Pulmonology Institute of the National Academy of Medical Sciences of Ukraine;
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On 2 July – with Kyiv Oblast phthisiologists – at Kyiv Oblast Tuberculosis Hospital;
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On 3 July – with Chernigiv Oblast phthisiologists – at Chernigiv Oblast Tuberculosis Hospital.
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Overall, more than 90 phthisiologists took part in the meetings.
The following persons spoke at the working meetings:
– head of the chemoresistant TB division of F.G. Yanovsky National Phthisiology and Pulmonology Institute of the National Academy of Medical Sciences of Ukraine Svitlana Cherenko, doctor of medical sciences, professor;
– senior researcher of F.G. Yanovsky National Phthisiology and Pulmonology Institute of the National Academy of Medical Sciences of Ukraine Nataliya Lytvynenko, candidate of medical sciences;
– chairman of the board of "Health Without Borders" International Journalist Association, member of the National Council to Control TB and HIV/AIDS Igor Gorbasenko, candidate of psychological sciences;
– chairman of the board of "Ukrainians Against TB" Public Movement" Foundation Vitaly Rudenko.
Participants in the meetings discussed practical issues regarding the launch of clinical trials of a new scheme for treating patients with drug-sensitive and chemoresistant TB, criteria for and ways of involving patients in them.