News items related to: Ukraine
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In photos: 20 years of fighting for life in Ukraine
100% LIFE’s is the MMA campaign partner in Ukraine. 2021 marks the organization’s 20th anniversary and 30 years of Ukraine’s...
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Crossing the frontline to reach prisoners with HIV treatment in Russian-occupied Ukraine
In the seven years since Russia invaded Valeria’s home city, she lost her home, her husband, and her idea of...
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Fight for Life! 20 years of patient-led activism and success in Ukraine
Our partner, 100% LIFE, has been fighting for the rights of people living with HIV in Ukraine for 20 years....
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Vera: “Gender equality is key to increasing HIV treatment”
Vera was treated like she was “worthless” during her first pregnancy and labour. The humiliation and stress that she went...
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Interview: Patents, parenting, and putting people’s rights first
Dima Sherembey, 44, was one of the first 100 people to receive HIV treatment in Ukraine, back in 2002. As...
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GALLERY: International Women’s Day 2021
Around this time last year, before many countries went into their first COVID-19 related lockdown, Make Medicines Affordable met with...
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New data demonstrates the impact of patents in Ukraine
2020 will be remembered for COVID-19. The scale of the pandemic highlights the urgent need to ensure equitable access to...
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OPINION: Breaking a ‘vicious cycle’ of overpaying for HIV drugs in Ukraine
“In November 2020, Ukraine finally shifted from the overpriced branded version of darunavir (DRV) to the more affordable generic version of...
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Andrei: “The church and HIV treatment activism go hand-in-hand”
Interviewed by Gemma Taylor. “I’m never apart from this book, it’s what inspires me,” says Andrei, 44, a black leather...
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Petro: Providing the protection he didn’t have
When Petro was a teenager selling sex, HIV treatment didn’t exist, at least not as far as he was aware,...
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Breakthrough success as reformed patent law enters into force in Ukraine
Ukraine’s reformed patent law provides a framework to prevent unlawful patents and monopolies on essential drugs, which have restricted access...
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Danylo: Positive attitudes start with teaching – and effective HIV treatment
Danylo (name changed), 18, shares information about HIV with his university friends in Cherkassy, Ukraine. For example, “that HIV is...
