The CDC office in Kyiv, Ukraine was formally established in August 2010. CDC develops the capacity of government and non-government institutions in Ukraine to respond to the AIDS epidemic by providing technical assistance to partners to implement large Global Fund grants. Its strategic focus include: • Advancing the availability, quality and use of surveillance and program monitoring data for data-driven programming; • Strengthening the national public health center capacity to lead the HIV epidemic response; • Strengthening HIV national reference laboratory and laboratory network, especially in quality management systems; • Enhancing antiretroviral therapy (ART) capacity and HIV and tuberculosis (TB) detection and management; • Introducing information systems for management of care for persons living with HIV. ukraine-2017_2.15.2017.pdf

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