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• Topics / The right to health care
7 Pharmaceutical companies suspected of banding together to raise prices. The list could get longer
03.02.2009
The Anti-Monopoly Committees preliminary findings suggest that a conspiracy between several pharmaceutical companies could have heightened a rise in prices of medicines
Proposed changes to system of insulin supply deferred
30.01.2009
The Cabinet of Ministers had been proposing to provide money for insulin to people suffering from diabetes directly. Huge concern had been expressed by doctors and civic organizations, especially given the economic crisis
Fighting or fuelling the tuberculosis epidemic?
26.01.2009
The measures being undertaken in Kharkiv leave little scope for questions, except maybe whether the authorities are oblivious or simply indifferent to the catastrophic results they are risking through their actions
Update on critical situation with anti-tuberculosis units in the Kharkiv region
23.01.2009
If the inpatient facilities of City Clinic No. 1 are cut, then the funding for the regional units will have to cover patients from the city. At present the regions anti-tuberculosis units have 1070 inpatient places and 380 places in sanatoriums this being clearly not sufficient
Recklessly irresponsible reduction in anti-tuberculosis units in Kharkiv
22.01.2009
KHPG is sounding the alarm over an extraordinary and highly dangerous reduction in anti-tuberculosis facilities in the city.
Money for insulin to go straight to those with diabetes
20.01.2009
Proposed changes to the system providing insulin have met with a mixed response, and it seems less than clear that those with diabetes would be better off
Criticism over plans to introduce payment for medical services in Kyiv
19.01.2009
While in practice the provision of free healthcare services is subject to economic constraints, , it remains, nonetheless, illegal to impose official fees for medical services
Ukraine in seventh place in Europe for cases of tuberculosis
26.11.2008
Ukraine is in seventh position in the WHO European region after Russia, Georgia, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Moldova and Kazakhstan for the number of cases of tuberculosis among the population
Bureaucratic torment for the disabled abolished
14.11.2008
From now on people with disabilities will only need to undergo a medical examination once in order to obtain technical rehabilitation aids, and not once a year
The right to education and of freedom of movement violated in Crimean villages
28.05.2008
The Crimean Prosecutor is demanding that the government of the autonomous republic take urgent measures to safeguard the rights of residents of the Crimea to education, medical care and freedom of movement.
UNAIDS warns of serious AIDS situation in Ukraine
19.04.2008
According to the UN programme on AIDS [UNAIDS], the AIDS epidemic in Ukraine is the most dangerous in Europe with its prevalence standing at more than 1.63%
Mortality rate in Ukraine critically high
06.03.2008
Ukrainian scientists say that the mortality rate in Ukraine is the highest in the world. Among the reasons they give are smoking, alcoholism, but also a lack of spiritual values
Drug abuse has risen significantly over the last five years
19.02.2008
Whereas in 2003, there were 119 thousand addicts registered, the figure now stands at 173 thousand, with five thousand minors among these
Minister calls AIDS epidemic in Ukraine the worst in Europe and Central Asia
18.02.2008
Of particular concern is the active spread of the epidemic through central regions relatively untouched before
The Dnipropetrovsk region needs help in fighting HIV/AIDS
24.01.2008
The Dnipropetrovsk region has the second fastest rising number of people with HIV, and yet the facilities are grossly inadequate with the only centre available seriously overstretched
Find somebody to blame – like the victim
22.01.2008
The Ukrainian Helsinki Human Rights Union is calling for a proper investigation into a terrible accident in which a child was electrocuted. Up till now local officials, aided by the Prosecutor, have done nothing to ensure that lessons are learned
Global Fund to Fight AIDS could withdraw funding
29.11.2007
According to the Head of the All-Ukrainian Network of People Living with HIV/AIDS Coordination Council Ukraine has failed to meet its commitment to introduce a programme for methadone replacement therapy for drug addicts
Presidential Decree on combating AIDS and tuberculosis not being implemented
27.11.2007
The envisaged nationwide clinic for children with HIV/AIDS, for example, and referral laboratory attached to the Ukrainian Centre for Prevention and Combating AIDS of the Ministry of Health have not been created
Criminal prosecution hampering the fight against AIDS
23.11.2007
Amendments to the relevant Ministry of Health Order are needed to ensure that people have access to treatment and social services, to reduce the crime level and slow down the spread of HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and hepatitis
U.N.s AIDS Epidemic Report for 2007 says AIDS is on the rise in Ukraine
21.11.2007
Of the 150 thousand people recently infected with HIV in the former Soviet Union, 90% were in two countries - Russia and Ukraine. Of these, 66% of the cases were in Russia
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