REAct

Overcoming non-medical barriers to HIV/TB prevention and treatment is the key task for REAct system implementation in Ukraine

REAct (Rights – Evidence – Action) is a system for monitoring and responding to human rights violations at the community level.

In Ukraine, the system has been implemented since 2019 by the ICF “Public Health Alliance” with the financial support of the Global Fund. The REAct platform enables public organizations to respond to existing violations in a timely manner and to prevent similar cases in the future. The project’s target groups are representatives of key communities vulnerable to HIV/TB, namely: people who inject drugs (PWID); patients of the ОАТ program; people living with HIV (PLHIV); men who have sex with men (MSM); trans* people; sex workers (SW); people with TB; prisoners (and ex-prisoners); sexual partners of clients of risk groups (PLHIV, PWID).

REAct is a system capable of documenting a wide range of issues related to human rights, barriers to access to HIV-preventive or medical services.

Such information is strategically important for implementing and ensuring an adequate response to rights violations at the individual level (primarily, referrals to receive legal, medical, psychosocial and other services) and for quality programmatic response and improved policy and advocacy at the regional and national levels.

Today, REAct is implemented in 18 regions of Ukraine.

Alliance for Public Health encourages the immediate reporting of violations of the rights of representatives of key groups to anyone who has witnessed or been directly affected by such situations. Let’s react to the violation of rights together!