HIV / AIDS epidemic in Ukraine, which has already taken 1.63% of the adult population, the most common and dangerous in Europe, said the UN Resident Coordinator in Ukraine Francis O'Donnell. According to official figures the country recorded 122,000 HIV-infected people, but probably today their number 440,000, according to the UN News Centre. In the 20 years since the discovery of the virus killed 12,000 HIV-positive people in Ukraine, according to the UN. O'Donnell said that HIV is spreading not only among high-risk groups - drug users, prisoners and members of the sex industry, but also in the general population. In particular, three areas - Kiev, Odessa and Nikolaev, the AIDS virus infects more than one percent of pregnant women. Despite the fact that the authorities and civil society strengthened in recent years. Efforts to fight HIV, these measures are not sufficient for proper impact on the epidemic, according to a UN official He noted that in the Ukrainian national program to fight AIDS, found serious flaws. Preliminary results of the survey show the need to develop a new national target for the years 2009-2013 for the prevention of HIV infection and its treatment. UN office in Kiev on the possible reduction of the amount of funding for the program from 6.5 to 2.2 billion hryvnia (1400 to 445 million dollars) relates to them and asks them to the minimum funding of $ 6.5 billion hryvnia leave. Stands for its part, the United Nations prepared to provide technical assistance in the preparation of the new national program, the statement said.
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