Center of comprehensive help for HIV-positive people  Comprehensive approach provides an opportunity for PLWH to receive the integrated package of medico-social, psychological and consultative servcies at one organization provides an opportunity for PLWH to receive the integrated package of medico-social, psychological and consultative servcies at one organization 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 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 (accumulative by )  Children  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

Center of comprehensive help before the repairs

Center of comprehensive help today

Community centre Number of permanent clients: 220 PLWH   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   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 children Day care center for children 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 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

Achievements   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.