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Center of comprehensive help for HIV-positive people.
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Center of comprehensive help for HIV-positive people 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 • Comprehensive approach provides an opportunity for PLWH to receive the integrated package of medico-social, psychological and consultative servcies at one organization
Center of comprehensive help for HIV-positive people • Within the framework of the project “Providing care and support for PLWH”today 7 comprehensive centers are supported: • 1. Non-government youth organization “Club of self support “Life+”, Odesa • 2. The comprehensive center of help for PLWH and their close surrounding, Kyiv • 3. Charitable organization “Club “Svitanok”, Donetsk • 4. Charitable organization “With hope”, Kriviy Rig • 5. Crimea department of All-Ukrainian Network PLWH • 6. Kherson regional department All-Ukrainian Network PLWH • 7. Chernigiv regional department All-Ukrainian Network PLWH
Center of comprehensive help for HIV-positive people • Number of people living with HIV/AIDS covered by the services of comprehensive centers of care and support (accumulativeby 30.09.06) • Children - 883 • Women – 1662 • Men – 1703
Center of comprehensive help for HIV-positive people “DOM”, Simferopol Start of activity – august 2003 New 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
Community centre Number of permanentclients: 220PLWH • 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 women Number of permanent clients – 65 pregnant woman and woman recently confined, 40 new borne children • Consultation concerning PMTCT, living with HIV, includingpeer 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”
Day care center for childrenNumber of permanent clients: 40 familiesand 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 andguardians
Non-medical care at home Number of permanent clients – 54 PLWH • Patronage of peoplein grave condition • Organization of everydayassistance (washing, cleaning, repairs) • Counseling concerning living with HIVand for their close surrounding • Provision of the project clients with product and sanitary packages • Assistance in legalizing documents, socialbenefits • Transportation of clients to medical institutionsand conduction of medical examination of non-transportable clients
Achievements • The premises of the center of comprehensive help is rented from city community services at preferential terms • Among the project clients around 3 tonsof 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 ofclients (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 Simferopolhad been organized • The premises for organizing consultations and meetings of self support group on the territory of the colony № 102 had been repaired.