The project "Mobile clinics for HIV-positive children" was launched in 8 regions of Ukraine in 2021
21 december 2021
The project

Five brigades made 72 trips to 78 settlements during the year. In total, 965 children received medical assistance, including 591 with confirmed HIV status and 374 children who are under monitoring. 120 children with HIV were hospitalized in regional medical centers and Okhmatdyt National Health Center

Expanding the geography of mobile clinics in Kyiv, Mykolaiv, Chernivtsi, Vinnytsia, Dnipropetrovsk, Odesa, Lviv, and Zaporizhia regions became possible thanks to the cooperation of the Elena Pinchuk Foundation with the UKLON online car calling service. This is the first such social collaboration in Ukraine when the online car service is used instead of expensive investments in the purchase and maintenance of cars.

The main goal of mobile clinics is to be closer to children with HIV status who need the attention of doctors and social workers. The project of the Olena Pinchuk Foundation "Mobile Clinics" started back in 2009. By 2014, five mobile clinics assisted almost 6,000 HIV-positive children in the regions most affected by the HIV/AIDS epidemic.

Currently, only two mobile clinics are working on the project. One closed its work in the Dnipropetrovsk region, and the second, which is attached to the NDSL "OKHMATDIT" in Kyiv, covers the areas that need the most attention.

For 11 years of operation, mobile clinics have traveled hundreds of thousands of kilometers throughout Ukraine. Under conditions of active operation, the technical condition of cars has significantly deteriorated and constantly requires financial investments.

Cooperation with UKLON allows you not to think about repairing cars because UKLON service cars are used as "Mobile Clinics". For its part, the Foundation directs funds to identify new cases of HIV infection, and provide medical assistance and social support to children affected by the AIDS epidemic.

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