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News July 29, 2025

How the CAMP: Community Advanced Monitoring and Power Project is Changing the Digitalization of HIV and Public Health in Ukraine

The five-year CAMP: Community Advanced Monitoring and Power Project is implemented by CO “100 PERCENT LIFE” with the financial support from the US Government through the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as part of the US President’s Emergency Plan for HIV/AIDS Relief (PEPFAR). (CAMP: Community Advanced Monitoring and Power)

The project aims to improve HIV prevention, diagnosis, and treatment by engaging patients, strengthening digital solutions with innovative mobile applications and electronic tools (MD EIZ), and increasing access to strategic HIV information. The target groups are people with HIV, key communities, HIV NGOs, and public health specialists and government institutions, such as the Public Health Center of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine (PHC), the National Health Service of Ukraine (NHSU), and the Ministry of Health of Ukraine (MoH of Ukraine).

From January to June of 2025, the CAMP project team made significant strides in modernizing the digital public health system, bolstering patient rights, and advocating for changes in drug policy. Below are the key deliverables.

“In 2025, we are not just implementing digital tools; we are changing the way the healthcare system interacts with people,” says Oksana Kyrychok, the head of the CAMP project and representative of the NGO 100% Life. — By suggesting mobile applications, chatbots, and an upgraded hotline, we are bringing services closer to people, and turning data into real solutions. With the support of the CDC and our partners, we can initiate changes based on people’s needs. CAMP is about patient strength, consistency, and strategy.”

 

DIGITALIZATION OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH SYSTEM: digital solutions for better access to services

We develop digital solutions that enable patients, healthcare professionals, and government officials to see the big picture in real time, make informed decisions, and improve access to services.

  1. Upgrading the DATACHECK UKRAINE information and telecommunication system and a new mobile account system

The CAMP project contributed to developing the ITC DATACHECK UKRAINE client interface to improve communication with the Hotline and access to health and social services. The DATACHECK UKRAINE system’s functionality has also been upgraded in the “Appeals and Complaints” section. A Datacheck Care mobile account system is being developed for customers. This convenient, intuitive, and functional tool will provide direct access to service management, information, and communication with system specialists.

  1. The legal chatbot “Yurbot 100% LIFE” is a simple solution for emergencies.

Thanks to the CAMP project’s support, the YURBOT 100% LIFE chatbot received upgraded functionality. During its first six months of operation, the bot conducted 893 sessions with users and answered 216 legal questions. People also received information about the nearest social and legal assistance centers.

  1. The Complete Care4You mobile app: over 6,000 verified* users

The “100% LIFE” mobile application, developed by CO “100% Life” in 2018 for HIV patients, was transferred to the Primary Health Care (PHC) system. After this transfer, the name was updated to “Complete Care4You.” After an awareness campaign was conducted to increase the number of app users, the number of downloads quadrupled to over 4,000.

In July 2025, the application was updated, and work began on an awareness campaign to disseminate information about the application to healthcare professionals, social workers, and patients. As of today, the app has over 6,000 users.

Learn more about the “CompleteCare4You” mobile app at completecare4you.com.ua. More information is also available at prozdorovia.in.ua: How to live with HIV 100% and helpme.com.ua: Experience using the application.

* Verified users are patients who have been verified in the system using their phone number and received confirmation.

  1. Implementation of international standards in health care

The project began comprehensive work on adapting the LOINC international classifier to Ukraine’s healthcare system, including its use for electronic medical records and documentation. A national implementation strategy will be developed. First, the current state of LOINC implementation in Ukraine will be assessed. Then, the strategic goals and areas for implementation will be identified, and a roadmap will be developed.

These activities aim to create a holistic, reasonable, and sustainable basis for using the LOINC classifier in Ukraine’s electronic healthcare system.

  1. GDPR audit: a new level of personal data protection

The process of preparing for the audit of the IS “Medical System of Socially Significant Diseases” to ensure compliance with GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) requirements has begun. This activity is necessary to improve the quality of medical services for patients and ensure the protection of sensitive personal data. The technical specification developed for this purpose has been approved by the CPH representatives. Based on the audit results, the system will be upgraded to guarantee the protection of sensitive patient information.

  1. Joint work on the implementation of information systems at the state level

There is joint work on the implementation of information systems at the state level.

An interagency working group was formed, including PHC, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and the NGO “100% Life,” to coordinate the development and implementation of public health information systems. The group defined the following tasks for the near future: developing strategic directions for information systems and assessing the effectiveness of those already implemented.

 

PATIENT ENGAGEMENT AND SUPPORT FOR PEOPLE LIVING WITH HIV

Legal support, information, and psychological assistance bring services closer to people.

  1. Strengthening the role of NGOs and patient participation

Terms of reference have been developed to expand access to medical services for the monitoring of substitution maintenance therapy (OST) programs for two organizations representing people who use drugs: the All-Ukrainian Charitable Organization “Volna,” an association for people with drug addiction, and the All-Ukrainian Association of Drug-Dependent Women “VONA.” These organizations have begun developing a tool to monitor the quality of OST services, which will be integrated into the ITC “DATACHECK UKRAINE.”

  1. Hotline: over 1,500 counseling sessions focused on supporting people with HIV

Since April 2025, the Hotline team has provided 555 counseling sessions on HIV prevention, 86 on legal issues, 85 on social issues, and 876 on other issues. As part of the project, quality monitoring has been carried out and the IT infrastructure has been updated to improve the processing of requests, data collection, and internal monitoring.

 

DEVELOPMENT OF HUMAN-CENTERED POLICIES

Patients have a voice. We initiate policy changes to reduce harm, and ensure access to treatment, pain relief and support.

  1. Decriminalization and Drug Policy: Steps to Change

In May 2025, two important events took place: 1. a medical and legal forum with attended by deputies of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, human rights defenders, and representatives of state and judicial authorities, NGOs, as well as international partners and 2. a workshop for human rights defenders.

As a result of the forum, a resolution containing recommendations regarding criminal law reform, the decriminalization of drug use, and access to PTSD treatment and pain relief was adopted and submitted to the Verkhovna Rada, the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine, and the Ministry of Health. During the workshop, a roadmap of changes to the National Drug Policy Strategy until 2030 was developed.

  1. Uninterrupted access to OST: barrier analysis and contingency plan

A comprehensive assessment of barriers to accessing OST in Ukraine has been carried out. An analytical report with recommendations has been created and submitted to PHC specialists for review. Representatives of CO “100% Life,” along with the CDC office team in Ukraine, developed an emergency response strategy for drug supply disruptions, with plans to partially implement it by the end of the project year.