Center of comprehensive Center of comprehensive help for HIV-positive peoplehelp for HIV-positive people

CComprehensive approachomprehensive approach

provides an opportunity for PLWH to provides an opportunity for PLWH to receive the receive the integrated package integrated package of of medico-social, medico-social, psychological psychological and and consultative servcies at one consultative servcies at one organizationorganization

The direction is being implemented in the framework of the program “Overcoming HIV/AIDS epidemic in Ukraine”

implemented by the ICF “International HIV/AIDS Alliance in Ukraine” with the support of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS,

tuberculosis and malaria

Center of comprehensive Center of comprehensive help for HIV-positive peoplehelp for HIV-positive people

Within the framework of the project “Providing care and support Within the framework of the project “Providing care and support for PLWH”for PLWH” today 7 comprehensive centers are supportedtoday 7 comprehensive centers are supported::

1. 1. Non-government youth organization “Club of self support Non-government youth organization “Club of self support “Life+”, Odesa“Life+”, Odesa

2. 2. The comprehensive center of help for PLWH and their close The comprehensive center of help for PLWH and their close surrounding, Kyiv surrounding, Kyiv

3. 3. CCharitable organizationharitable organization “Club “Svitanok”, Donetsk “Club “Svitanok”, Donetsk 4.4. C Charitable organization haritable organization “With hope”, Kriviy Rig“With hope”, Kriviy Rig 5. 5. Crimea department of All-Ukrainian Network PLWH Crimea department of All-Ukrainian Network PLWH 6. 6. Kherson regional department All-Ukrainian Network PLWH Kherson regional department All-Ukrainian Network PLWH 7. 7. Chernigiv regional department All-Ukrainian Network PLWH Chernigiv regional department All-Ukrainian Network PLWH

Center of comprehensive Center of comprehensive help for HIV-positive peoplehelp for HIV-positive people

Number of people living with HIV/AIDS Number of people living with HIV/AIDS covered by the services of covered by the services of comprehensive centers of care and comprehensive centers of care and support support ((accumulativeaccumulative byby 30.0 30.099.06).06)

ChildrenChildren - 8 - 88383 WomenWomen – – 116662 62 MenMen – – 117703 03

Center of comprehensive help for HIV-Center of comprehensive help for HIV-positive people “DOM”, Simferopolpositive people “DOM”, Simferopol

Start of activity – august 2003New premises of the center – April 2006

Community centre Day care centre for children Support for pregnant women, women

who gave birth and new-borns Non-medical care Support of HIV-positive prisoners

Center of comprehensive help Center of comprehensive help before the repairsbefore the repairs

Center of comprehensive help todayCenter of comprehensive help today

Community Community centre centre

Number of permanentNumber of permanent clientsclients: : 220220 PLWHPLWH

Organizing free time Consultations on issues of

living with HIV Consultations on HAART and

adherence Self support group for PLWH Peer to peer consultations Family counseling (including

discordant couples) Psychological/

psychotherapeutic counseling

Organization of legal counseling

Acquaintance club

Supporting HIV-positive pregnant Supporting HIV-positive pregnant womenwomen

Consultation concerning PMTCT, living with HIV, including peer to peer

Accompanying pregnant women to medical and other institutions

Patronage of women who gave birth at maternity hospital and at home

Providing consultations and assistance in legalization of social benefits and payments

Women self support group Working of women club

“Tenderness”

Number of permanent clients – 65 pregnant woman and woman recently confined, 40 new borne children

Day care center for Day care center for childrenchildren

Number of permanent clients: 40 families and 44 children

Work of day care room Work of the self support

group for parents

Developing lessons for children

Pedagogical and psychological patronage of children with special needs

Organization of children holidays and recreation

Informational study for parents and guardians

Non-medical care at homeNon-medical care at home

Patronage of people in grave condition Organization of everyday assistance

(washing, cleaning, repairs) Counseling concerning living with HIV

and for their close surrounding Provision of the project clients with

product and sanitary packages Assistance in legalizing documents,

social benefits Transportation of clients to medical

institutions and conduction of medical examination of non-transportable clients

Number of permanent clients – 54 PLWH

AchievementsAchievements The premises of the center of comprehensive help is rented from

city community services at preferential terms

Among the project clients around 3 tons of humanitarian goods received as a result of cooperation with IRD had been distributed

The voluntary movement is developing and new services are

being introduced at the initiative of clients (women’s club, help for clients in conducting small repairs at home)

As a fundraising result it became possible to provide regular free visits to circus and puppet show for children – project clients

The CD-4 diagnostics for prisoners of the colony № 102 in Simferopol had been organized

The premises for organizing consultations and meetings of self support group on the territory of the colony № 102 had been repaired.