ANTIAIDS Foundation

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Elena Pinchuk ANTIAIDS Foundation
FormationSeptember 2003;20 years ago (2003-09)
Founder Elena Pinchuk
Type Charity
PurposeFight and raise awareness about HIV/AIDS in Ukraine
Location
Website www.antiaids.org/eng.html
Formerly called
Elena Franchuk ANTIAIDS Foundation

The Elena Pinchuk ANTIAIDS Foundation is the first and only charity foundation in Ukraine that is privately funded. [1] [2] The main aim of the Foundation is to control the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Ukraine. [3]

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History

The foundation was established in September 2003 [3] [4] by Elena Franchuk, the daughter of Leonid Kuchma, 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 (in 1997). [5] In 2010, Elena Pinchuk entered the UNAIDS High Level Commission on HIV Prevention. [6] [7] In 2011, the Foundation launched a competition to develop social media and mobile phone projects for HIV prevention. [8]

In October 2022, the Elena Pinchuk Foundation, together with the NGO Hryhoriy Skovoroda Institute for Process Oriented Work in Ukraine, announced the launch of the Regeneration project to train specialists to provide psychological support to war-affected Ukrainian women. [9]

Programs and projects

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. [20] [21] [22]

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