On 7 April 2009, the National Council to Fight TB and HIV/AIDS chose Rinat Akhmetov’s Foundation for Development of Ukraine as a potential Principal Recipient of the Global Fund's grant intended to fight TB. The Foundation nominated the Ministry of Public Health, State Department for Execution of Punishment, PATH, Ukrainian Red Cross Society, and International HIV/AIDS Alliance to manage the grant as sub-recipients. Sub-recipients will be approved at the next meeting of the National Council in May. Consolidated efforts of governmental structures, NGOs and international organizations prove that Ukraine has a clear understanding of the threat gravity, especially amid the financial crisis. The Foundation is thankful to all partners and hopes that with such a line-up Ukraine will submit a high-quality application and will position itself as a strong team, which will be able to efficiently implement the Global Fund's TB program. 

The application of Ukraine for financial support of USD 100m needed for TB program will have been submitted to the Global Fund to Fight HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria by 1 June 2009 The decision will be announced in November 2009. If the decision is positive, Ukraine will get the money in tranches. This will help Ukraine fight TB epidemic by providing high-quality medical and non-medical services to people, who have faced TB. 

Since 2007, Rinat Akhmetov’s Foundation for Development of Ukraine has been implementing national program  «STOP TB», targeted at elimination of TB epidemic in Ukraine Under this project, the Foundation also runs a pilot  «Regional program Fighting TB Epidemic in Donetsk Region in 2007-2011/».