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Ukraine Parliament Introduces Bill To Increase HIV Prevention, Treatment Efforts
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Oct 2nd, 2008 - 18:47:33 |
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Global Challenges | Ukraine Parliament Introduces Bill To Increase HIV
Prevention, Treatment Efforts
[Oct 02, 2008]
Ukraine's Parliament recently approved a bill that would establish a
national program to increase HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment efforts in
the country, Ukrainian News reports. The bill -- titled "On Approving a
National Program for Ensuring Prevention of HIV Infections, Treatment, Care
and Support of HIV Carriers and AIDS Patients during the 2009-2013 Period"
-- aims to curb the impact that the disease is having on the country's
population by introducing a government policy that would increase both
HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment.
Under the national program, preventive measures would include increasing the
safety of blood products; providing access to large-scale primary
prophylactics, especially among at-risk groups; and increasing efforts to
prevent mother-to-child transmission. Improved treatment efforts would
include no-cost counseling and HIV tests, access to antiretroviral and
support therapy, and psychological support to those living with HIV/AIDS.
The program will require about 3.7 billion Ukrainian hryvnia, or about $730
million, according to Ukrainian News.
Ukraine's adult HIV/AIDS prevalence is estimated at 1.63%, according
to Ukrainian
News. The bill states that more than 122,000 HIV cases were registered in
Ukraine as of Jan. 1 of this year. The program attributes issues with
current HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment efforts, as well as the increase
in the number of new cases, to socioeconomic problems -- such as inadequate
medical and social-assistance infrastructures and insufficient funding for
prevention and treatment efforts -- Ukrainian News reports
(Sokolovska, Ukrainian
News, 9/30).
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Rachel M Jacobson
Program Director
Global Youth Coalition on HIV/AIDS
www.iAIDS.org | www.youthaidscoalition.org
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