Expanding Access to Hepatitis C Diagnostics and Treatment in Ukraine

Project duration: December 2014–December 2015.

Overall project goal: to conduct a large-scale advocacy campaign at international, national and regional levels to scale up access to HCV diagnostics and treatment in Ukraine, through ensuring support of governmental and non-governmental organizations and financing interventions to fight HCV.

Key project objectives:

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Including PWID and people with HIV/HCV co-infection into national and regional/local hepatitis programs.

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Reducing prices for HCV treatment to scale up coverage by hepatitis programs.

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Advocating for allocation of funds stipulated for HCV treatment from state, regional/local budgets and international donor funds.

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HCV testing among Ukrainian soldiers who have returned from the war zone in East Ukraine or were conscripted into military forces.

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Developing and launching mechanisms of interaction between NGOs and governmental organizations.

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Advocating for updating HCV treatment guidelines and simplifying the procedure of registration of HCV medications.