RESPONSES TO HIVAIDS PANDEMIC IN WESTERN UKRAINE REGION

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RESPONSESTO HIV/AIDS PANDEMIC IN
WESTERN UKRAINEREGION

• Oleksandra Sluzhynska MD PhD
• SALUS Charitable Foundation

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UKRAINE
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SALUS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION

• SALUS POPULI SUPREMA LEX ESTO

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SALUS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION

• established in 1996 in Lviv, Ukraine
• established by professional physicians
• dermatologists, gynecologists,
  epidemiologists, infectionists

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SALUS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION

• GOALS
• health promotion
• diseases prevention 
• implementation of new technologies in diagnostics
  of the HIV/STIs
• STIs and HIV/AIDS prevention among all groups of
  population including the groups of high risk 

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SEXUAL HEALTH CENTRE

• 1995 establishment of the Sexual Health Center
  in Lviv supported by OSI
• 1995 running program Crisis Center for rape
  victims supported by the IRF
• 1997 establishment of PCR laboratory for STIs
  diagnostics

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SEXUAL HEALTH CENTRE

• Goals
• STIs and HIV diagnostics
• STIs treatment
• before- and after HIV testing counseling
• management of PID, miscarriages, infertility
  caused by STIs

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SOCIAL PARTNERSHIP

• between Sexual Health Centre SALUS Charitable
  Foundation
• since 1997
• permits to implement multisectoral approach
• permits to improve services provided

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LVIV REGION AIDS CENTRE

• established in 2004
• GOALS
• HIV/AIDS prevention
• HIV diagnostics
• treatment of PLHA
• social care and psychological support of PLHA and
  their family members

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COOPERATION IN DEALING WITH HIV/AIDS
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SALUS FOUNDATIONs PROGRAMS

• Kinds of programs
• Sexual education and information on STIs and HIV
  prevention
• Improving STIs and HIV diagnostics
• Harm reduction
• Art against AIDS program

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Sexual education and information on STIs and HIV
prevention

• Respect yourself protect yourself
• CCFD
• Developing peer-education network among students
  youth of Lviv
• PATH
• Establishment of the information center Youth
  and AIDS
• MATRA

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POSTER ON AIDS PREVENTION
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Sexual education and information on STIs and HIV
prevention

• Sexual health in Ukraine
• TACIS BISTRO
• Establishment of the information telephone line
  AIDSINFO
• Eurasia Foundation

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AIDS INFORM HOTLINE
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AIDS INFORM HOTLINE
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Sexual education and information on STIs and HIV
prevention

• Radio campaign AIDS close to you
• USAID
• To know to protect yourself project on
  information for youth
• PAUCI

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Improving STIs and HIV diagnostics

• Running of PCR lab for STIs diagnostics
• OSI
• PRO FEMINA program on STIs and cervical
  cancer prevention among women of the Lviv region
• IRF

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Improving STIs and HIV diagnostics

• Running of the Crisis Centre for victims of
  violence and rape
• IRF
• Developing services for victims of trafficking in
  women
• GFW and EC

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Harm reduction

• MOONLIGHT HR program for CSW
• OSI
• HR program for unformal youth (panky, hippy) in
  the summer camp
• DHF
• HIV prevention in prison
• EC

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Harm reduction
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DEALING WITH GROUPS OF HIGH RISK ON HIV/AIDS

• Hey girl, take care of yourself program on STIs
  and HIV/AIDS prevention among CSW
• MATRA
• Information for you leaflet for CSW
• Alliance
• Developing workshop for representatives of sexual
  minorities
• DHF

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Art against AIDS program

• 1997 Art against AIDS
• 1998 Youth against AIDS
• 1999 Ukraine and AIDS. Crossroad of millenniums
• 2000 Fashion 2000 anti AIDS
• 2001 Art of textile against AIDS
• 2002 Body art against AIDS
• 2003 Theatrical suits anti AIDS

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FASHION 200 ANTI AIDS
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FASHION 200 ANTI AIDS
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FASHION 200 ANTI AIDS
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FASHION 200 ANTI AIDS
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BODY ART ANTIAIDS
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THEATRICAL SUITS ANTI AIDS
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THEATRICAL SUITS ANTI AIDS
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WAYS TO MINIMIZE HIV/AIDS INFECTION RISK IN THE
REGION

• Developing coordination committee consisting of
  the representatives of all the oblast of the
  Western Ukraine
• Developing of situation analysis in each of the
  oblast of the Western Ukraine

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WAYS TO MINIMIZE HIV/AIDS INFECTION RISK IN THE
REGION

• Developing co operation between NGOs and state
  institutions
• Definition of priorities for all the Western
  Ukraine region and for each oblast
• Sharing of experience between the oblasts

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WAYS TO MINIMIZE HIV/AIDS INFECTION RISK IN THE
REGION

• Involving mass media
• Developing and support of information and
  prevention programs
• Improving access to HIV testing and before- and
  after test counseling

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WAYS TO MINIMIZE HIV/AIDS INFECTION RISK IN THE
REGION

• Continuation and spreading of the old successful
  programs and implementing of new ones
• Spreading and support programs for target groups
• Supporting associations of PLHA and co operation
  with them

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GROUPS OF RISK ON HIV/AIDS (1)

• Definition of new risk groups
• Drug users their sexual partners
• CSW their clients
• Victims of violence their husbands, boyfriends
• Victims of trafficking in women
• Youth (secondary schools, colleges,
• high schools)
• Prisoners

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GROUPS OF RISK ON HIV/AIDS (2)

• Medical and laboratory workers
• Patients of the STD clinics and centers
• Blood donors/blood recipients
• Pregnant women
• Soldiers
• Staff members working in prisons