OBJECTIVES: According to the statistics of the Ministry of Health in Ukraine in 2016 about 700 thousand people were ill with tuberculosis, 600 thousand of them were on the dispensary record, including 142 thousand with an open form of tuberculosis. Currently, an important task for the treatment of patients with tuberculosis in Ukraine is to provide them with anti-TB drugs, as needed.

METHODS: ATС/DDD-method developed by WHO.

RESULTS: During 2012-2016 in the pharmaceutical market of Ukraine the number of INNs of anti-tuberculosis drugs decreased from 11 to 6, and TNs from 25 to 19. It was established that in 2012, 28.84 DIDs of anti-tuberculosis drugs were consumed; in 2013 - 30.92 DIDs; in 2014 - 9.00 DIDs; in 2015 - 5.90 DIDs; in 2016 - 22.36 DIDs. The Ukrainian protocol for TB treatment indicated three schemes: I - 4 drugs for 2 months, II - 2 drugs for 4 months and III - 5 drugs for 2 months. In terms of 700000 patients with TB, the prescribed treatment regimens for the years are as follows: in 2012 - all patients received I and II regimens, 441714 patients received also III treatment regimen; in 2013 patients received I+II treatment regimens during the year, and 586890 patients also received the III scheme; in 2014 only 578755 patients received one of the treatment regimens I or II; in 2015 there was also little used of drugs, I or II schemes for only 384196 patients, and in 2016 the volume of drug use increased and they were again enough to fully support all patients during the I+II treatment regimens, and 38671 patients also got the III scheme.

CONCLUSIONS: Thus, the treatment of patients with tuberculosis in Ukraine takes place at state funds, and starting from 2016 we observe the sufficient provision of TB patients with medicines.