The Elena Pinchuk ANTIAIDS Foundation is the first and only charity foundation in Ukraine that is privately funded. The main aim of the Foundation is to control the

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/ AIDS epidemic in

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History

The foundation was established in September 2003 by Elena Franchuk, the daughter of

Leonid Kuchma Leonid Danylovych Kuchma ( uk, Леоні́д Дани́лович Ку́чма; born 9 August 1938) is a Ukrainian politician who was the second president of Ukraine from 19 July 1994 to 23 January 2005. Kuchma's presidency saw numerous corru ...

, the second post-Soviet Ukrainian President. In 2010 the Foundation changed its name to the Elena Pinchuk Foundation, as Elena Franchuk divorced her first husband, Igor Franchuk, and married

Viktor Pinchuk Victor Mykhailovych Pinchuk ( uk, Віктор Михайлович Пінчук, ''Viktor Mykhailovych Pinchuk''; born 14 December 1960) is a Ukrainian businessman and oligarch. As of January 2016, ''Forbes'' ranked him as 1,250th on the list o ...

(in 1997). In 2010 Elena Pinchuk entered the

UNAIDS The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS) (, ONUSIDA) is the main advocate for accelerated, comprehensive and coordinated global action on the HIV/AIDS pandemic. The mission of UNAIDS is to lead, strengthen and support an ...

High Level Commission on

HIV Prevention HIV prevention refers to practices that aim to prevent the spread of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). HIV prevention practices may be undertaken by individuals to protect their own health and the health of those in their community, or may ...

. In 2011 the Foundation launched a competition to develop social media and mobile phone projects for HIV prevention.

Programs and projects

* Awareness media campaigns intended to attract attitude of Ukrainians towards the HIV/AIDS problem. The first campaign started in November 2003, where up to 30 PSAs were made and shown on the national TV channels. * Direct help to people living with HIV/AIDS. * Wide scale campaigns to attract international leaders and stars attention to HIV problem in Ukraine. This has included a visit to

Kyiv Kyiv, also spelled Kiev, is the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. It is in north-central Ukraine along the Dnieper River. As of 1 January 2021, its population was 2,962,180, making Kyiv the seventh-most populous city in Europe. Kyi ...

by the 42nd President of the US,

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, along with charity concerts by Elton John and Queen + Paul Rodgers. * Partnership with international and Ukrainian organizations. Elena Pinchuk Foundation has been in partnership with the Clinton Foundation since 2004, and the

Elton John AIDS Foundation The Elton John AIDS Foundation (EJAF) is a nonprofit organization, established by rock musician Sir Elton John in 1992 in the United States and 1993 in the United Kingdom to support innovative HIV prevention, education programs, direct care a ...

since 2007. On October 18, 2010, Victor and Elena Pinchuk received the "Enduring Vision" award from Elton John AIDS Foundation for their contribution to the fight against HIV/AIDS

References

External links

* {{Official website, http://www.antiaids.org/eng.html HIV/AIDS prevention organizations Medical and health organizations based in Ukraine Organizations established in 2003 Foundations based in Ukraine