Golodets: There are no interruptions with tablets for HIV-positive in Siberia and there will be no

The Deputy Prime Minister of the Government of the Russian Federation Olga Golodets said that interruptions in the issuance of antiretroviral therapy for the treatment of HIV-positive in Siberia. The presidential envoy to the Siberian Federal District, Sergei Chanipolo, asked not to raise the excitement around the problem, while patient associations continue to record complaints of non -giving and not motivated by medical indications for the replacement of drugs.

“There should not be interruptions [with ARV-therapy], and the governor [Novosibirsk region Vladimir Gorodetsky] will confirm that there are enough reserves to switch to a new system for providing medicines. All reserves are controlled online daily, ”answered the Deputy Prime Minister of the Government of the Russian Federation Olga Golodets to the question of the Taiga.info correspondent, being on a working visit in Novosibirsk. She also stated that auctions for the purchase of ARV therapy, organized according to the new scheme centrally, and not regions, have already been announced.

Earlier, checking the Ministry of Health and Roszdravnadzor revealed that a lack of drugs is observed in 20 regions of the Russian Federation, including in Novosibirsk , the Altai Territory , as reported by the taiga.info. “As a result of the Roszdravnadzor for checking the remnants of drugs in the subjects, it was revealed that in two dozen regions there is a lack of three to five names-this is the volume of less than a monthly need,” the Russian Federation quoted RIA Novosti quoted.

The plenipotentiary of the President of the Russian Federation in the Siberian Federal District, Sergei Chanipolo, called for “not raising the excitement on this issue, because the transition to the new procurement system was understandable and planned”: “Vladimir Filippovich [Gorodetsky] in the Novosibirsk region said that there are appropriate reserves. And I think the transition will be smooth, ”he suggested. And the head again confidently stated: "There will be no interruption with medicines."

Meanwhile, patient organizations continue to fix the non-gourishing or not motivated by medical indications for the replacement of drugs for HIV-positive, vital, which they need to maintain immunity and prevent the spread of the epidemic in the country.

“Over the past three days, 17 appeals from patients from various constituent entities of the Russian Federation on the failure of the ARV drugs or the change of treatment schemes are not for medical reasons have been received at the Pereboi.ru website. The number of complaints continues to grow, which can indicate a partial or complete shortage of drugs in the regions of the country, ”said Alexey Mikhailov, a specialist in monitoring and advocacy of the“ coalition for treatment ”(ITPCRU).

The centralized auction of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation has not yet been announced, and only about ten regions announced auctions at the expense of regional budgets, he noted: “But because of all the procedures of the law on public procurement of 44-ФЗ, drugs will not get to patients today or tomorrow, it takes at least one and a half to two months for this.”

The last complaint from Novosibirsk on Pereboi.ru was dated February 15: “Back in November 2016, they refused to issue our scheme due to lack of therapy, asked to wait for delivery (which they themselves do not know when to wait), thus, they refused in December. In January, they already issued, but not ours (for the same reason for the absence), it was simply changed. It seems they promised to return to the previous scheme (president + Abakovir + amiviren + ritonavir), but, according to information from many patients, the SC has compiled a list that people who return to this scheme are included in the SC, and if you are not lucky to fall into this thieves list, then it is not fate to return to the past scheme. Also now they began to give pills for only a month. ”

On the same day, a complaint was received from the Altai Territory (Barnaul), which refers to the issuance of only two drugs from a three -component scheme, which makes it ineffective and also contributes to the growth of an HIV epidemic in Russia.