In Europe, tuberculosis is particularly common in the former Soviet republics of Belarus, Ukraine and Moldova.
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In Ukraine a tuberculosis epidemic was declared in 1995, and it has not yet been overcome.
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Ukrainian patients often cannot receive qualified care due to the high cost of drugs in Ukraine.
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The funding gap for anti-tuberculosis institutions reaches 80%.
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Many sources blame the recent public health reform in Ukraine for closure of many TB-care facilities and limited access to TB care.
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In the fall of 2020, Doctors Without Borders warned Ukraine about the rate of spread of tuberculosis in addition to the coronavirus.
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Overload of the healthcare system during the Covid-19 quarantine period could lead to a manifold increase in tuberculosis cases.
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The US State Department Special Representative for Ukraine Kurt Volker stated that there is a rapidly developing outbreak of tuberculosis in the occupied territories of Donbass, which is highly dangerous because it has a very complex strain.
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It is almost impossible to deliver antibiotics to patients, since during the four years of war, the infrastructure of Donbass.
electricity
water
heating
communications
roads
has been almost completely destroyed.
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Another cause of TB outbreaks is drug-resistant strains.
Almost half of all new cases of drug-resistant tuberculosis occur in India, China and Russia, according to a report from the World Health Organization (WHO).
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The main reason for the appearance of this strain is interruption of the course of treatment.
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Since TB is a “social disease”, outbreaks are often detected at “crowded” places, like schools or prisons.
For example, in the German city of Bad Schönborn, 109 students and staff of a school became infected with tuberculosis, four people with an active form, and the rest as latent carriers.
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In 2017 and 2018 there were two outbreaks of TB at school # 51 in Novosibirsk, Russia.
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Warning: these questons and answers are not all representative of the way questions will be asked and answered in the pilot, because some questions are compound and some answers do not include citations.

Q: In what European country is tuberculosis particularly common?
A: In Belarus

Q: In what European country is tuberculosis particularly common?
A: In Ukraine 

Q: In what European country is tuberculosis particularly common?
A: In Moldova

Q: When was a tuberculosis epidemic declared In Ukraine?
A: In 1995

Q: Why cannot Ukrainian patients often receive qualified care for TB?
A: Due to the high cost of drugs in Ukraine

Q: What is the funding gap for anti-tuberculosis institutions in Ukraine?
A: 80%  

Q: In what way did the recent public health reform in Ukraine negatively impact TB care?
A: Many TB-care facilities were closedA: TB care access became more limited

Q: What did Doctors Without Borders warn Ukraine about in the fall of 2020?
A: About the rate of spread of tuberculosis

Q: Why was there a danger of tuberculosis outbreak in Ukraine in the fall of 2020?
A: Due to an overload of the healthcare system during the Covid-19 quarantine period

Q: In what Ukrainian region occupied by Russia is there currently a rapidly developing outbreak of tuberculosis?
A: In Donbass

Q: Why is the current outbreak of tuberculosis in the occupied territories of Donbass highly dangerous?
A: Because it has a very complex strain 

Q: Why is the current outbreak of tuberculosis in the occupied territories of Donbass highly dangerous?
A: Because it is almost impossible to deliver antibiotics to patients

Q: Why is it almost impossible to deliver antibiotics to patients during the current outbreak of tuberculosis in the occupied territories of Donbass?
A: Because the infrastructure of Donbass has been almost completely destroyed during the war 

Q: According to the World Health Organization, in what country is drug-resistant tuberculosis especially common?
A: India China Russia

Q: According to the World Health Organization, in what country is drug-resistant tuberculosis especially common?
A: India 

Q: According to the World Health Organization, in what country is drug-resistant tuberculosis especially common?
A: China 

Q: According to the World Health Organization, in what country is drug-resistant tuberculosis especially common?
A: Russia

Q: What is the main reason for the appearance of drug-resistant tuberculosis?
A: Interruption of the course of treatment 

Q: How many people became infected with tuberculosis during a school outbreak in the German city of Bad Schönborn?
A: 109

Q: In what Russian city were there two outbreaks of TB in 2017 and 2018 at the same school?
A: In Novosibirsk