 | 14.05.2005 |
 | Press-tour for journalists dedicated to the International Candlelight Memorial Day |
| On May 14th, 2005 on the eve of the International Candlelight Memorial Day Elena Franchuk ANTIAIDS Foundation together with All-Ukrainian Network of people living with HIV/AIDS conducted the press-tour for journalists dedicated to this date. The main purpose of the event was to provide journalists from different media with information about day-to-day life of HIV-positive people in Ukraine.
This day the unusual bus cruised along Kiev streets. There gathered the journalists, specialists on HIV/AIDS and people living with HIV. During this trip they discovered and discussed different life aspects of HIV-infected people and people who have AIDS. The topics to discuss varied from HIV testing to treatment and care of HIV-infected people.
Timing to the International Candlelight Memorial Day, ANTIAIDS Foundation procured and passed as charitable help to AIDS department of Lavra clinic furniture for 2 new chambers, which were just opened to secure places for additional hospitalization of 6 people (now the hospital has the day-and-night care department for 20 people). The Foundation obtained for the hospital expandable inventory such as (blankets, pillows, mattresses, sheet and so on), required for providing new accommodation-places. The doctors were exulted by the ambulatory installation for germicidal lamps bought by the Foundation. The previous installation used before in the department appeared here in 1952. The furniture and equipment were obtained by ANTIAIDS Foundation on the request of clinic administration. |
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