History of development

Year of foundation: 2011. First project: August 1, 2012. Currently, the organization has 14 full-time employees, 18 social support consultants who provide social support and adherence to HAART services to HIV patients in 13 territories of the Dnipropetrovsk region, and about 70 consultants involved in the controlled support of tuberculosis patients at the outpatient stage of treatment, who provide services in 16 territories of the region.

Partners

• Dnipropetrovsk Regional State Administration Department of Health;
• KZ “DOKLPO” Phthisiology “DOR” (Dnipropetrovsk Regional Tuberculosis Dispensary);
• Dnipropetrovsk Regional Center for AIDS Prevention and Control;
• Dnipropetrovsk City Center for AIDS Prevention and Control;
• Branch of the State Institution “Health Care Center of the State Penitentiary Service of Ukraine”in Dnipropetrovsk and Donetsk regions;
• Dnipropetrovsk City Center for Social Services for Families, Children, and Youth;
• “Dovira” offices in Dnipro and Dnipropetrovsk region;
• Non-governmental organizations in Dnipro and Dnipropetrovsk region;
• Southeast Interregional Administration for the Enforcement of Criminal Sentences and Probation of the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine;
• Dnipropetrovsk Regional Organization of the Red Cross Society of Ukraine

Areas of activity

Medical, social, and psychological support for adults living with HIV. Motivation to start HAART, forming adherence to HAART. Area of implementation: Dnipro and Dnipropetrovsk region;

Controlled support for patients with TB categories 1-3 and MDR-TB who are undergoing outpatient treatment in Dnipro and Dnipropetrovsk region;

Integration of quality services for the prevention and medical and social support of patients with HIV, tuberculosis, and viral hepatitis C who are in places of deprivation of liberty and persons who have problems with the law, wards of probation centers, into the penitentiary system of the Dnipropetrovsk region;

Establishment, equipping, and support of mobile clinics aimed at treating, preventing, and monitoring the health of HIV-infected and AIDS-affected children in the regions of Ukraine.