WHO / POLAND TB UKRAINIAN REFUGEES
21-Sep-2023
00:06:13
Tuberculosis is the second most deadly infectious on the planet after COVID-19, infecting around 10 million people each year. 1.5 million people die of Tuberculosis each year. WHO
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STORY: WHO / POLAND TB UKRAINIAN REFUGEES
TRT: 6:13
SOURCE: WHO
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LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / POLISH / RUSSIAN / NATS
DATELINE: 17-21 JULY 2023, WARSAW AND BYDGOSZCZ, POLAND
TRT: 6:13
SOURCE: WHO
RESTRICTIONS: PLEASE CREDIT WHO EUROPE ON SCREEN
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / POLISH / RUSSIAN / NATS
DATELINE: 17-21 JULY 2023, WARSAW AND BYDGOSZCZ, POLAND
SHOTLIST
1. Med shot, Dr Stefan Wesołowski working
2. SOUNDBITE (Polish) Dr Stefan Wesołowski, Director General and Professor of the Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases:
“Previously in Poland multidrug-resistant tuberculosis was not a major problem...The outbreak of the war has changed this, there are now more than 100 cases of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis, which is about a threefold increase compared to the previous situation.”
3. Various shots, TB x-ray on screen
4. SOUNDBITE (Polish) Dr Stefan Wesołowski, Director General and Professor of the Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases:
"From a public health point of view, it was significant that the incidence of tuberculosis in Ukraine is many times higher than in Poland, with 73 cases per 100 000 population. In addition, there is a much higher prevalence of drug-resistant TB.”
2. Various shots, Dr Nino Berdzuli at the interview
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr Nino Berdzuli, WHO Representative Special Envoy for Ukraine Emergency Response in refugee hosting countries
“Poland is a low burden country while the neighbouring country, Ukraine, is one of the high burden Tuberculosis countries in the European region. When the people flee the war in Ukraine, there was a need to guarantee access to continuous treatment to for TB and ensure rapid diagnosis for new TB cases. oPolish health authorities acted very swiftly to respond to this challenge. WHO Europe worked shoulder to shoulder with Polish health authorities and the Polish health institutions. It was a great example of partnership to ensure, to guarantee access to life saving treatment to all patients, to all refugees that flee the war in Ukraine.”
4. Close up, Maryna Troyanovska at the interview
5. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Maryna Troyanovska, Ukrainian refugee from Dnipro who was undergoing treatment for multi-drug-resistant Tuberculosis in February 2022:
“However, on the 24th of February 2022 the war started. And I did not get to the appointment, because all the roads were blocked, everything was very dangerous, bombs were falling on our heads.”
6. Close up, Maryna Troyanovska at the interview
7. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Maryna Troyanovska, Ukrainian refugee from Dnipro who was undergoing treatment for multi-drug-resistant Tuberculosis in February 2022:
“So I took my medication, and on the 6th of March we decided that we had to leave Ukraine. We had a very difficult journey.”
8. Various shots, Maryna Troyanovska profile
9. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Maryna Troyanovska, Ukrainian refugee from Dnipro who was undergoing treatment for multi-drug-resistant Tuberculosis in February 2022:
“It was difficult to continue treatment in Poland.”
10. Various shots, Maryna Troyanovska profile
11. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Maryna Troyanovska, Ukrainian refugee from Dnipro who was undergoing treatment for multi-drug-resistant Tuberculosis in February 2022:
“Katya, a project specialist, she guided me all this time, and explained how to obtain the medication that I need to continue my treatment. With her help I continued my treatment in Poland without interruption.”
12. Various shots, Maryna Troyanovska profile
13. Various shots, patients taking medicine
14. Various shots, blood samples being taken, results being obtained, looking at samples under microscope, GeneXpert machine being used, TB samples
7. Various shots, Polish flag and WHO flag
8. Various shots, TB laboratory
9. Various shots, WHO staff speaking to laboratory staff
10. Various shots, nurse doing video consultation
11. Various shots, lab
2. SOUNDBITE (Polish) Dr Stefan Wesołowski, Director General and Professor of the Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases:
“Previously in Poland multidrug-resistant tuberculosis was not a major problem...The outbreak of the war has changed this, there are now more than 100 cases of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis, which is about a threefold increase compared to the previous situation.”
3. Various shots, TB x-ray on screen
4. SOUNDBITE (Polish) Dr Stefan Wesołowski, Director General and Professor of the Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases:
"From a public health point of view, it was significant that the incidence of tuberculosis in Ukraine is many times higher than in Poland, with 73 cases per 100 000 population. In addition, there is a much higher prevalence of drug-resistant TB.”
2. Various shots, Dr Nino Berdzuli at the interview
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr Nino Berdzuli, WHO Representative Special Envoy for Ukraine Emergency Response in refugee hosting countries
“Poland is a low burden country while the neighbouring country, Ukraine, is one of the high burden Tuberculosis countries in the European region. When the people flee the war in Ukraine, there was a need to guarantee access to continuous treatment to for TB and ensure rapid diagnosis for new TB cases. oPolish health authorities acted very swiftly to respond to this challenge. WHO Europe worked shoulder to shoulder with Polish health authorities and the Polish health institutions. It was a great example of partnership to ensure, to guarantee access to life saving treatment to all patients, to all refugees that flee the war in Ukraine.”
4. Close up, Maryna Troyanovska at the interview
5. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Maryna Troyanovska, Ukrainian refugee from Dnipro who was undergoing treatment for multi-drug-resistant Tuberculosis in February 2022:
“However, on the 24th of February 2022 the war started. And I did not get to the appointment, because all the roads were blocked, everything was very dangerous, bombs were falling on our heads.”
6. Close up, Maryna Troyanovska at the interview
7. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Maryna Troyanovska, Ukrainian refugee from Dnipro who was undergoing treatment for multi-drug-resistant Tuberculosis in February 2022:
“So I took my medication, and on the 6th of March we decided that we had to leave Ukraine. We had a very difficult journey.”
8. Various shots, Maryna Troyanovska profile
9. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Maryna Troyanovska, Ukrainian refugee from Dnipro who was undergoing treatment for multi-drug-resistant Tuberculosis in February 2022:
“It was difficult to continue treatment in Poland.”
10. Various shots, Maryna Troyanovska profile
11. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Maryna Troyanovska, Ukrainian refugee from Dnipro who was undergoing treatment for multi-drug-resistant Tuberculosis in February 2022:
“Katya, a project specialist, she guided me all this time, and explained how to obtain the medication that I need to continue my treatment. With her help I continued my treatment in Poland without interruption.”
12. Various shots, Maryna Troyanovska profile
13. Various shots, patients taking medicine
14. Various shots, blood samples being taken, results being obtained, looking at samples under microscope, GeneXpert machine being used, TB samples
7. Various shots, Polish flag and WHO flag
8. Various shots, TB laboratory
9. Various shots, WHO staff speaking to laboratory staff
10. Various shots, nurse doing video consultation
11. Various shots, lab
STORYLINE
Tuberculosis is the second most deadly infectious on the planet after COVID-19, infecting around 10 million people each year. 1.5 million people die of Tuberculosis each year.
In 2015, the World Health Assembly adopted WHO’s End TB Strategy, aiming to end the global TB epidemic. Poland has had a low burden of Tuberculosis for many years, with 10 cases per 100, 000 population at the start of 2022. Ukraine has the second highest burden of Tuberculosis in the European Region with 73 cases per 100, 000 population at the start of 2022 and one of the highest burdens of drug-resistant Tuberculosis (DR TB).
Due to the high rates of Tuberculosis, the Ukrainian health system had a rigorous approach to treating Tuberculosis and multi-drug-resistant Tuberculosis. The Ukrainian Ministry of Health has been implementing the most recent WHO recommendations on TB prevention, diagnosis, treatment and care. One of the examples could be rapid uptake and scale up of the use of new shorter and fully oral regimens for multi-drug-resistant TB were available to patients, offering treatment at outpatient settings.
When the full-scale war in Ukraine began millions of Ukrainians arrived in Poland, predominantly women with children and men over 60 years of age. The number of TB patients increased rapidly and there has been also a backflow of people. There are now more than 100 patients being treated for multi-drug-resistant TB, triple the number of patients before the war.
The World Health Organization worked closely with the Polish Health Authorities and the Non-Governmental Organization Medecins Sans Frontieres to establish a pilot project ensuring access to treatment and care for refugees affected by TB. This included the procurement of medicines for DR-TB, diagnostics and digital tools for TB screening. Patients are now able to start and continue their treatment with fully oral regimens at home as per the latest WHO recommendations.
Maryna Troyanovska was being treated for DR-TB as an outpatient at her home in Dnipro, Ukraine, in February 2022. She left Ukraine and came to Poland in March 2022. She was able to continue her treatment under the new pilot project. Maryna has now made a full recovery from Tuberculosis and continues to stay in Poland as a refugee.
In 2015, the World Health Assembly adopted WHO’s End TB Strategy, aiming to end the global TB epidemic. Poland has had a low burden of Tuberculosis for many years, with 10 cases per 100, 000 population at the start of 2022. Ukraine has the second highest burden of Tuberculosis in the European Region with 73 cases per 100, 000 population at the start of 2022 and one of the highest burdens of drug-resistant Tuberculosis (DR TB).
Due to the high rates of Tuberculosis, the Ukrainian health system had a rigorous approach to treating Tuberculosis and multi-drug-resistant Tuberculosis. The Ukrainian Ministry of Health has been implementing the most recent WHO recommendations on TB prevention, diagnosis, treatment and care. One of the examples could be rapid uptake and scale up of the use of new shorter and fully oral regimens for multi-drug-resistant TB were available to patients, offering treatment at outpatient settings.
When the full-scale war in Ukraine began millions of Ukrainians arrived in Poland, predominantly women with children and men over 60 years of age. The number of TB patients increased rapidly and there has been also a backflow of people. There are now more than 100 patients being treated for multi-drug-resistant TB, triple the number of patients before the war.
The World Health Organization worked closely with the Polish Health Authorities and the Non-Governmental Organization Medecins Sans Frontieres to establish a pilot project ensuring access to treatment and care for refugees affected by TB. This included the procurement of medicines for DR-TB, diagnostics and digital tools for TB screening. Patients are now able to start and continue their treatment with fully oral regimens at home as per the latest WHO recommendations.
Maryna Troyanovska was being treated for DR-TB as an outpatient at her home in Dnipro, Ukraine, in February 2022. She left Ukraine and came to Poland in March 2022. She was able to continue her treatment under the new pilot project. Maryna has now made a full recovery from Tuberculosis and continues to stay in Poland as a refugee.
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