Social initiative "Safe blood" dedicated to the International AIDS Candlelight MemorialActivists from the NGO "All-Ukrainian Network of PLWH" demonstrated that the

blood of HIV + person can be safe and urged the government to provide extensive

HIV treatment in Ukraine.

The initiative "Safe Blood" was held by the memorial "Red Ribbon" in Kiev and in

many regions of Ukraine. It was dedicated to the memory of people who died from

AIDS. Activists demonstrated tube of safe blood of HIV-positive people receiving

regular ART treatment . It is scientifically proved that antiretroviral therapy reduces

the concentration of virus in the body.

"Deaths from AIDS in Ukraine show positive trend to a significant decline due to the close partnership between ministries, international and non-governmental organizations, research institutions and professional scientific societies that united all available resources to address health and social consequences of the HIV epidemic in Ukraine ", - said Natalia Nizova professor, director of UCDC.

Decree of the MOH of Ukraine as of 16.05.2016 #449 "On approval and introduction of medical and technological documents for standardization of care" Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission of HIV" has been signed

As of May 1, 2016 - 9725 patients with MDR TB have been introduced into treatment under the GF Grant component "tuberculosis" and 5,583 patients continued treatment.

In April 2016 in Ukraine have been officially reported 1342 cases of HIV among residents of Ukraine and 1 among non-residents.

From May, 30 to June, 2 2016 the UCDC conducted training for Managers in Public Health from Donetsk, Ternopil, Kharkiv, Lugansk regions and Kyiv.

#5/13 MAY

The State Agency "Public Health Center of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine" has been registeredMay 31, 2016 - the Ministry of Health of Ukraine has registered the State Agency "Public

Health Center of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine" in the Unified State Register of Legal

Entities and entrepreneurs of Ukraine,

The newly established Center will perform activity in the sphere of disease control and prevention, socio-hygienic monitoring of diseases, epidemiological surveillance and biosafety, population morbidity prevention, combating epidemics and strategic management of public health.

The Public Health Center has to ensure the implementation of 10 key operational functions of public health, including: surveillance and assessment of health and welfare, monitoring and responding to health risks, including emergency situations, providing strategic leadership for the benefit of health and wellness of general population in the field of healthcare.

Duties of the Acting Director of the PH Center performs professor Natalia Nizova, director of the SI «Ukrainian Center for Socially Dangerous Disease Control of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine" which currently undergoes reorganization.

The reorganized 33 state enterprises and institutions of the State Sanitary and Epidemiological Service of Ukraine will be joining the Centre.

N VYNAR

National Conference “Facing the Challenge: the future of HIV and health care reform in Ukraine” started in Kyiv

On May 25, 2016, the national conference Facing the challenge: the future of HIV and health care reform in Ukraine, organized by the Ministry of Health of Ukraine in collaboration with the USAID HIV Reform in Action Project, started in Kyiv.The main goal of the Conference is to draw attention to the health system and HIV sector reform with a focus on the implementation of state policies and the optimization of human and financial resource allocation.

The conference brought together almost 200 participants representing national and regional stakeholders, international partners, NGOs and academic sector.

The Conference served as a forum to present new strategies, exchange ideas, best practices, and practical tools ultimately aiming to consolidate partners’ efforts to more effectively implement HIV/AIDS programming, financing and service provision.

In addition, the Conference participants considered the following issues: global HIV challenges and implications for the national HIV response; Health Financing Strategy and linkages with the provision of key services to key populations; workforce planning in HIV and healthcare sector; reform of HIV/AIDS services’ system at the regional level; the role of the regions in piloting novel approaches and mechanisms in the HIV response; sustainable service delivery models; ensuring access for key populations; the use of strategic information for HIV decision-making process.

The Conference participants were welcomed by the Head of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Health Committee, MP of Ukraine Olha Bohomolets, Deputy Head of the Kyiv City State Administration Mykola Povoroznik, USAID Mission Director in Ukraine Susan Fritz, UNAIDS Country Coordinator Jacek Tyszko, Chair of the Coordination Council of the PLHIV NetworkDmytro Sherembey and Director of the USAID HIV Reform in Action Project Ibrahim Shehata.

Using the ClASS Technique for Monitoring the HIV/AIDS Response Performance at Ukrainian Health Care Facilities

On May, 25-27 2016 UCDC in cooperation with the International Training & Education Center for Health (I-TECH), the University of Washington's Department of Global Health, organized Training for new experts on the evaluation of healthcare institutions using techniques CLASS.

I-TECH began working in Ukraine in 2011 at the invitation of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Ukrainian Ministry of Health.care facilities of Ukraine since 2012.

May 19, 2016 in the Ministry of Health of Ukraine the mission of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria and Acting Minister of Health Viktor Shafransky had a meeting to discuss issues related to security and stability of programs for prevention and treatment of HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and contribution of the Government and international donors into implemention of these programs.

The meeting was held with the participation of the management of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine, the Ministry of Finance of Ukraine, the mission of the Global Fund, SI "Ukrainian Center for Socially Dangerous D iseases Control of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine", as well as representatives of international organizations, that make a significant contribution to the consolidation of efforts to combat TB and HIV / AIDS in Ukraine, including the US Agency for international development (USAID) and organizations of the United Nations (UNAIDS, WHO, UNICEF).

Statistical Review of HIV / AIDS in Ukraine for April 2016

H I V

A I D S

D e a t h f r o m A I D S

UCDC employees have completed a

specialized course in public health, which will

leverage human resources capacity in the

development of public health at the national

and international levels and promote good

governance in the organization and services,

responsible for securing public health in

Ukraine.

As a result of the two-year course of study at

the master's program "Public Health and

Health Management" at the Medical University

prof. Dr. Paraskeva Stoyanov, Varna, Bulgaria

Master's Degree have received Vitaliy

Karanda, Program Support Director, Igor

Kuzin, Head of M&E Department and Violetta

Martsynovska, epidemiologist, specialist M&E

Department.

Medical University is the first and only

university in Bulgaria, which in 2008 introduced

EFQM® - Business Excellence Model of the

European Foundation for Quality Management

and is a member of the Association of

European Universities. The curricula and

university programs have highest level of

national accreditation in Bulgaria and

international accreditation ASPHER.

Greetings to colleagues and proud of their

achievements!

UCDC Employees get Master 's Degree in Public Health

German partners will provide 30 modern training facilities in Dnipropetrovsk

The Ministry of Health of Ukraine and partners ensuring sustainability of TB and HIV/AIDS programs

Science of Ukraine, the Department of Education and Science of Dnipropetrovsk Regional Administration and Dnipropetrovsk Regional Institute of Postgraduate Teacher Education.

Due to Ukrainian-German cooperation in schools innovative educational tools on HIV / AIDS awareness and reproductive health, based on the best European practices and adapted to the Ukrainian context are being actively introduced. The equipped classrooms will be used for educational activities focused not only on HIV prevention and promotion of healthy lifestyles, but also on integration and support for families of internally displaced persons.

It is expected that training classrooms will be furnished and equipped till September 2016. And staring from the new school year schoolchildren of Dnipropetrovsk can fully enjoy them.

On June, 1 2016 the Department of Education and Science of Dnipropetrovsk Regional State Administration held a press conference dedicated to the results of the Ukraine-German cooperation in the field of education in Dnipropetrovsk. The press conference officially announced the results of the selection process of 30 secondary schools in Dnipropetrovsk where modern training classrooms will be equipped under financial and administrative support of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, acting on behalf of the German Government.

This initiative has been performed by the project "HIV/AIDS advisory services and institutional capacity building" and "Psychosocial support and conflict management" by GIZ Ukraine in partnership with the Ministry of Education and

During the period 1987-April 2016 there have been registered 285,601 HIV cases among citizens of Ukraine, including 86,890 AIDS cases and 39,426 cases of deaths from AIDS-related diseases.

1 342 registered cases of HIV infection

759 registered cases of AIDS

253 registered deaths from AIDS

826

Ways of transmission:

sexual way 298 parenteral way 217 infants born to HIV-infected mothers

The major purpose of conducting a Clinical Assessment for System Strengthening (ClASS) is to explore best practices of facilities that deliver health care and social management services to people living with HIV (PLHIV), and to singleout areas that require improvement, with objectives of strengthening systems of available services, improving the quality of services, and expanding their range and scope. This event is the first stage to prepare the team of experts that will continue to carry out qualitative assessment of the health facilities in Ukraine using the technique CLASS.

Due to close cooperation of UCDC and I-TECH Ukraine became the first country among I-TECH partners, where government agency implements and extends the experience of qualitative healthcare evaluation systems.

UCDC TRAINING CALENDAR IN JUNE 2016

trainings are performed by the UCDC in frames of the Grant "Investing for impact against Tuberculosis and HIV" of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS,Tuberculosis and Malaria

• trainings are performed by the UCDC in frames of the Grant "Strengthening Clinical and Administrative Capacities of HIV Services in Ukraine" of The International Training and Education Center for Health (I-TECH), University of Washington (UW)

Training/event type Training/Event Title Criteria of participants selection Dates to Proposed location

M&E TrainingsCapacity Building for

Regional M&E Centers (TB)Specialists of the regional M&E centers (regional TB-centers) 9.06.2016 10.06.2016 Kyiv 2

Internship Internship for

healthcare administrators (TB)

Administrative staff of regional TB and HIV healthcare facilities 30.05.2016

7.06.2016 2.06.2016

10.06.2016 Kyiv 4

Clinical TrainingTraininng on infection control in TB facilities

The staff of regional TB-facilities who are responible for maintainence of infection control measures (members of commissions on TB infection control)

13.06.2016 17.06.2016 Kharkiv 5

Trainings on electronic instruments

Training for regional e-TB Manager medicines module

users

Specialists of the regional TB-facilities, users of the "Medicines" module of national TB-patients register

15.06.2016 30.06.2016

16.06.2016 1.07.2016

Kyiv 2

Training/event type Training/Event Title Criteria of participants selection

Clinical Training Trainings on HIV Counselling and Testing

Фахівці, визначені відповідальними за консультування та тестування на ВІЛ в закладах охорони здоров’я, на базі яких функціонують кабінети «Довіра», сайти АРТ, протитуберкульозні заклади та заклади ПМСД

6.06.2016 10.06.2016 Lviv 5

Clinical TrainingTraining on HIV opportunistic

infections diagnostics, treatment and prevention

Лікарі-інфекціоністи, фтизіатри та інший старший медичний персонал, що надає послуги пацієнтам з ВІЛ (включно з ДПтСУ)

13.06.2016 17.06.2016 Kharkiv 5

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