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NEWS AND EVENTS Call for proposals on prevention of HIV infection among injecting drug users in Dnepropetrovsk, in Kherson region with the exception of Kherson city, Vinnitsa, Lugansk and Chernihiv regions and among commercial sex workers in Vinnitsa, Lugansk and Chernihiv regions. Employment by ICF "International HIV/AIDS Alliance in Ukraine" News Archive

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	16.05.2013 Alliance Ukraine has signed the position paper “Ending AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. How the Global Fund can make a difference” . The purpose of the document - to call on the European Commission to scale up its contribution to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria to EUR 450 mln for 2014-2016. The position paper was signed by 27 NGOs
	15.05.2013 Alliance Ukraine Supports a Football Tournament to Draw Public Attention to the Key Issues of Children’s Rights
	29.04.2013 The Cabinet Of Ministers Approved The First National Program On Combating Viral Hepatitis
	26.04.2013 In a year after approving the notorious Order No. 200 and the Alliance’s lodging a claim for its cancellation thereof the Ministry of Health of Ukraine has made certain amendments to the Procedure of SMT cancelling the majority of ungrounded limitations causing adverse consequences for patients and medical staff.
	12.04.2013 100 Ukrainians condemned to death lined in front of the Cabinet of Ministers with their hands tied and bags on their heads Terminally-ill Ukrainians, who were left with no chance to live, will line up on April, 17 in a live wall in front of the building of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine. 100 people with their hands tied and with textile bags on their heads, condemned to death, will stand in front of their executioners, accompanied by drumbeat, as on the Medieval. Action "the Condemned" will start on Wednesday, April, 17 at 9:30 am, when all the officers involved in the revision of the 2013 budget will be coming to their offices. The action will take place at the address: 12/2, Grushevskogo Street. A press briefing will take place at 10.00, where the following patients, condemned to death, will speak out: < - Patient with Hepatitis - Tuberculosis Patient < - HIV-positive Patient <
	09.04.2013 Alliance reports on results of implementation of "Support for HIV and AIDS Prevention, Treatment and Care for Most Vulnerable Populations in Ukraine" Program under the Global Fund Round 6 grant (2007-2012).
	02.04.2013 The close-out conference "Support for HIV and AIDS Prevention, Treatment and Care for Most Vulnerable Populations in Ukraine" of the Round 6 Program with the support of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, implemented in Ukraine from August 2007 to July 2012, was held today in Kyiv.
	29.03.2013 On April 2, Alliance along with its key partners will summarize the results of GF Round 6 Program Conference Agenda
	22.03.2013 In the eve of the World Tuberculosis Day Alliance Ukraine initiates innovations on prevention of HIV and TB co-infection among vulnerable groups. Since April 2013 early detection of TB and initiation of treatment is to be provided for more than 66 thousand of the vulnerable groups representatives in all regions of Ukraine. In addition, in 11 oblasts harm reduction activities will be implemented for 2500 patients in TB facilities.
	22.03.2013 On the eve of the World Tuberculosis Day Alliance Ukraine calls to reinvigorate prevention and detection of TB among the vulnerable populations and expand their social support to achieve efficient treatment.
	07.03.2013 Harm reduction wins the battle against HIV/AIDS in Ukraine. The largest HIV-prevention program in the Eastern Europe and Central Asia region implemented by the International HIV/AIDS Alliance in Ukraine with support of the Global Fund has proven its success. It resulted in continuous decrease of HIV transmission among people who inject drugs, the key group exposed to HIV, as well as has impacted the stabilization of the HIV epidemic in Ukraine: in 2012 for the first time since 1999, the overall number of newly registered HIV cases in Ukraine decreased.
	01.03.2013 Alliance intends to provide HCV treatment for 50 HIV-positive patients receiving substitution maintenance therapy
	26.02.2013 Alliance has achieved the majority of key goals within the framework of GF Round 10 Program implementation Alliance Ukraine has reported on the fulfillment of the Round 10 Program of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria in the second half of 2012. The report was presented during the meeting of the National Council on TB and HIV/AIDS on 26 February. During the reporting period absolute majority of programmatic goals were fulfilled. The average fulfillment percentage by key indicators is 108%. Prevention programs covered 137 204 IDUs, 22 978 SWs, 13 123 MSM, 12 312 most-at-risk adolescents. Presentation of the GF Round 10 Program implementation in July-December 2012 (in Ukrainian)
	12.02.2013 The Alliance experience in preventing HIV and other socially dangerous diseases among the most-at-risk adolescents (MARA) is recognized by the Global Fund as the achievement of Ukraine. Photoblog on the Global Fund webpage
	04.02.2013 International HIV/AIDS Alliance in Ukraine applied to the World Health Organization (WHO) on behalf of the Ukrainian NGOs, activists and experts working in the field of viral hepatitis spread response, who are concerned with the uncontrolled spread of viral hepatitis C (HCV) in Ukraine, with the proposal to include Peginterferon (PEG-INF) for viral hepatitis C treatment in the WHO Model List of Essential Medicines. Alliance Letter to WHO
	01.02.2013 A new research project “Expanding Medication Assisted Therapy (MAT) in Ukraine” was officially launched with unique partnership between Alliance Ukraine and Yale University, United States.
	30.01.2013 Alliance and Mykolaiv Oblast State Administration has agreed upon cooperation promotion plan to prevent spreading of HIV-infection and tuberculosis in the region. . In the course of the meeting with the Head of the Mykolaiv Oblast State Administration, Andriy Klepikov, Executive Director of Alliance Ukraine, informed about fulfillment of the Alliance obligations in 2012. Last year, Alliance Ukraine spent around UAH 10 mln. in the oblast on prevention and medical social services for MARPs, having provided them with prevention means, medicines for treatment of sexually transmitted diseases and tuberculosis, as well as medical equipment for healthcare facilities.
	25.01.2013 Over $ 400 000 is illegitimately claimed to be paid in 10-day term by the Alliance, non-profit charitable organization, as anti-dumping duty on syringes procured within Global Fund grant. Customs service on January 21, 2013 issued this groundless claim on the syringes which were distributed free of charge all over Ukraine to prevent HIV infection. The countdown has begun. Alliance calls international and Ukrainian organizations for immediate objection against that illegal actions. Alliance Call for Support Tax Notification-Decision of Customs Services On Anti-Dumping Duty Payment Requirement (in Ukrainian) Alliance Legal Position (in Ukrainian)
	24.01.2013 The newly created Ministry of Revenues and Duties starts the year of 2013 with “racketeering” the most vulnerable to HIV. On January 21, 2013 the Customs Service requested the International HIV/AIDS Alliance in Ukraine to pay additional UAH 3.3 million of extra duties groundlessly accrued on charitable aid procurements of syringes distributed for HIV prevention purposes. 24 January 2013. The Alliance press-conference coverage in the media (in Ukrainian): ТSN 1+1 STB 5 channel Interfax - Ukraine Kommersant - Ukraine ТVі «Facty i kommentari» Kyiv Post

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