The number of patients with HIV under the tutelage of the world’s largest organizations to combat the spread of HIV, the AIDS-USA (AHF), has reached 1 million people.
According to the latest data, the world is home to 36.9 million people with HIV, of them on antiretroviral treatment, only 21.7 million unfortunately, in many countries, especially those with poorly developed health care system, assistance to such people is practically not available. AHF collaborates with the state medical institutions, and also owns 523 clinics around the world, where and receive the necessary assistance to wards Fund. Thanks to the profits from social enterprises in the United States, AHF can cover expenses such as:
- Providing life-saving antiretroviral therapy to countries with poor health systems where the state is not able to allocate budget funds for the purchase of ART (in particular Africa and Asia)
- Treatment of tuberculosis and other related diseases
- Full or partial coverage of the cost of diagnostic procedures and expensive surveys
- Full or fractional salaries of medical personnel, doctors could provide services at a convenient time for the patient and in a convenient location (for example, work on weekends or early morning/late evening), as well as the services of social workers to provide patients and their families psychological support throughout the treatment process
- Payment other non-medical (psychosocial) services for people with HIV, depending on their needs
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Today in Ukraine officially registered more than 144 thousand HIV-positive people
It is estimated that this number could reach 241 thousand. The Ukrainian office of the Fund is now engaged in 33 thousand patients with HIV. The majority of patients served in public health facilities, and only about 1000 people will receive services in only Ukraine clinic AHF Ukraine Test Treat, which opened in Odessa in December 2017 in partnership with the Odessa regional centre of socially important diseases.
Despite the Fund’s efforts, Ukraine remains a leader among Eastern European countries for the spread of HIV infection. Zoe Shabarov, head of the AHF Europe Bureau, said that the progress in the fight against HIV/AIDS is undoubtedly there, but the Foundation and the society as a whole, there remains a lot of work in this way:
Thinking about this wonderful milestone in the 30 year history of AHF, I see the faces of the mothers who can now live to see their children finish school and begin their adult life; the happy couple, who understand that their loved ones can and will live a full life; children in the arms of their parents, who will continue to live with her treatment and care. I also see doctors and nurses who are proud of their work in the fight against HIV and AIDS, AHF Europe team in eight countries, as well as the entire family AHF, which is proud of its daily hard work for noble cause of combating HIV/AIDS. We’re proud to move in with the understanding that we all have a lot to do to overcome HIV and AIDS worldwide.
What does AHF Ukraine
AHF Ukraine (Fund-AIDS-USA in Ukraine) started its activities in 2009 with support decentralization of antiretroviral therapy and implementing programs of rapid HIV testing. The efforts of the Fund in 2017 in Ukraine 117 thousand people were tested for HIV, 1300 patients with HIV were provided with expensive diagnostics, and more than 29 thousand HIV-positive patients with other health services. In 2017, the Fund invested 45 million UAH in the health system to support prevention, testing and treatment of HIV and opportunistic infections in Ukraine.