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TRANSATLANTIC PARTNERS AGAINST AIDS ORGANIZATION TO OPEN OFFICE IN UKRAINE SAYS PRES JOHN TEDSTROM

Interfax-Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine, February 16, 2004

Kyiv - An office of the TransAtlantic Partners Against AIDS organization is to open in Ukraine within a month.

Organization President John Tedstrom announced this during a meeting with Ukrainian Verkhovna Rada Chairman Volodymyr Lytvyn in Kyiv Monday.

Parliamentary press service chief Viktoria Shvedova told the press after the meeting that the parties had discussed the problem and the ways of counteracting the spread of AIDS in Ukraine.

"Unfortunately, Ukraine is in the first ranks by the pace of the HIV/AIDS syndrome spread," Lytvyn emphasized adding that the financing of fight on AIDS does not meet the real demands of the state.

Viktor Pinchuk, Owner, ICTV; Peter Piot, Executive Director, UNAIDS; Elena Franchuk, Founder, "ANTI-AIDS" Elena Franchuk Foundation and John Tedstrom, President, TPAA at launch of Global Media AIDS Initiative

It is also necessary to organize closer coordination of efforts by the Ukrainian and international organizations in charge. "This problem is of a global character. I believe, we will be able to make real steps with your support," Lytvyn told the foreign guest.

Under the Health Ministry information, over 62,000 HIV-infected people were registered in Ukraine by January 1 this year. 3,592 people died of AIDS. In 2003 alone, 10,000 people contracted HIV infection. According to the Health Ministry, 6,750 people, including 208 children, are diagnosed "final stage of AIDS."

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