Schedule
Time | LOCATION | Speaker | topic |
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11:00 AM | Kyiv | – Yaroslava Lopatina, Head of AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) Ukraine; – Anastasiia Kuznetsova, specialist in infectious diseases; – Liubov Kuzhovkina, representative of the youth movement Teenergizer; – Olha Klymova, Specialist of the Department of HIV Control and Prevention at the Public Health Center of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine. (All in person) | 11:00 AM – HIV in Ukraine: Challenges, statistics and realities of war Topics of discussion: – The HIV/AIDS epidemic in Ukraine: Current statistics; – Early diagnosis, the importance of regular testing; – Challenges in the realities of a full-scale invasion; – Discontinuation of antiretroviral therapy (ART) among HIV-positive people; Why is it interesting? 1 December is World AIDS Day, commemorating a disease that has claimed an estimated 40.4 million lives worldwide. According to the Center for Public Health, the prevalence of HIV infection, taking into account demographic changes, is about 430 per 100 thousand people. In Ukraine, an average of 4 people die every day from AIDS-related diseases. |
12:00 PM | Kyiv | – Vasyl Bohdan, Head of the Juvenile Prevention Department of the National Police of Ukraine – Svitlana Vodolaha, Head of the Communication Department of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine. (All in person) | Implementation of the joint information campaign of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the State Emergency Service, the National Police and UNICEF “Light up” for the safety of Ukrainians in winter Topics of discussion: – Results of a survey conducted by the Sociological Group Rating in October 2024 on the use of reflective elements and accessories by Ukrainians; – Number of road accidents in Ukraine during the winter season; – Importance of using reflective elements during dark hours; – Statistics of tragic incidents on Ukrainian waterways last winter and in November 2024; – Basic winter safety rules for waterways, icy conditions and icicle formation; – Basic winter safety rules for mines. |