SOVREMENNAYA PEDIATRIYA.2016.6(78):84-87; doi 10.15574/SP.2016.78.84 

The epidemiological situation of tuberculosis in children of teenage age in  Ukraine

Belogortseva О. I.

SI «The National Institute of TB and Pulmonology. F.G. Yanovsky of the NAMS of Ukraine», Kyiv

Purpose of the study. To learn the epidemiological situation regarding tuberculosis (TB) in children of teenage age in Ukraine and to determine the adverse health impact of factors on the incidence of tuberculosis in adolescents.

Materials and methods. After a thorough analysis of the incidence of TB in children aged 15–17 years and the factors that contributed to the negative dynamics of a number of epidemiological indicators.

Results and discussion. The incidence of TB in Ukraine in recent years has its own characteristics associated with unfavorable political and social factors. Despite the reduction in official morbidity of TB across all age groups, complex analysis of many data indicates nedovyyavlenii TB among adults (or artificially low rates), the deterioration of the structure of the clinical forms of the disease, including and adolescents, increasing the number of adolescent children with latent TB infection and foci of tuberculosis, the shortcomings in the system of detection and prevention of TB in general and, in particular, in adolescents.

Conclusion. In recent years there has been a purposeful destruction of early detection system of tuberculosis infection in children of all age groups, which complicates the implementation of preventive measures in order to prevent the development of tuberculosis. This will undoubtedly lead to increased morbidity and increase the reservoir of TB infection in Ukraine.

Keywords. Tuberculosis, children adolescents, epidemiological situation.

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