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The Elena Pinchuk
Elena Pinchuk
Elena Pinchuk is the daughter of Ukrainian second president Leonid Kuchma, founder of ANTIAIDS Foundation, Head of Directors Board in StarLightMedia.- Biography :...

 ANTIAIDS Foundation
is the first and only charity foundation in Ukraine, that is functioning thank to private funds. Main aim of the Foundation is to control the HIV
HIV
Human immunodeficiency virus is a lentivirus that causes acquired immunodeficiency syndrome , a condition in humans in which progressive failure of the immune system allows life-threatening opportunistic infections and cancers to thrive...

/AIDS
AIDS
Acquired immune deficiency syndrome or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome is a disease of the human immune system caused by the human immunodeficiency virus...

 epidemic in Ukraine
Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...

.

History

The foundation was established in September 2003
September 2003
September 2003: January – February – March – April – May – June – July – August – September – October – November – December-Events:-September 1, 2003:*Dutch dispensaries are to become the first in the world to offer cannabis as a prescription drug...

 by Elena Franchuk
Elena Pinchuk
Elena Pinchuk is the daughter of Ukrainian second president Leonid Kuchma, founder of ANTIAIDS Foundation, Head of Directors Board in StarLightMedia.- Biography :...

, the daughter of Leonid Kuchma
Leonid Kuchma
Leonid Danylovych Kuchma was the second President of independent Ukraine from 19 July 1994, to 23 January 2005. Kuchma took office after winning the 1994 presidential election against his rival, incumbent Leonid Kravchuk...

, the 2nd 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
Viktor Pinchuk
Victor Pinchuk is a Jewish-Ukrainian businessman and philanthropist. Forbes ranked him # 336 on the list of the wealthiest people in the world, with a fortune of $3.3 billion...

 (in 1997). In 2010 Elena Pinchuk entered UNAIDS High Level Commission on HIV Prevention
HIV prevention
HIV prevention refers to practices done to prevent the spread of HIV. HIV prevention practices may be done by individuals to protect their own health and the health of those in their community, or may be instituted by governments or other organizations as public health policies.-1980s:The Centers...

 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 HIV/AIDS problem. The first campaign started in November 2003, up to 30 PSA
    Public service announcement
    A public service announcement or public service ad is a type of advertisement featured on television, radio, print or other media...

     were made and shown on the national TV channels.
  • Direct help to people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWH)
  • Wide scale campaigns to attract international leaders and stars attention to HIV problem in Ukraine. Among others, visit to Kiev of the 42nd President of the USA, Bill Clinton
    Bill Clinton
    William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton is an American politician who served as the 42nd President of the United States from 1993 to 2001. Inaugurated at age 46, he was the third-youngest president. He took office at the end of the Cold War, and was the first president of the baby boomer generation...

    , charity concerts of Elton John
    Elton John
    Sir Elton Hercules John, CBE, Hon DMus is an English rock singer-songwriter, composer, pianist and occasional actor...

    , and Queen
    Queen (band)
    Queen are a British rock band formed in London in 1971, originally consisting of Freddie Mercury , Brian May , John Deacon , and Roger Taylor...

    +Paul Rodgers
    Paul Rodgers
    Paul Bernard Rodgers is an English rock singer-songwriter, best known for his success in the 1970s as a member of Free and Bad Company. After stints in two less successful bands in the 1980s and early 1990s, The Firm and The Law, he became a solo artist. He has recently toured and recorded with...

     were organized.
  • Partnership with international and Ukrainian organizations. Elena Pinchuk Foundation has been in partnership with Clinton HIV/AIDS Initiative since 2004, with Elton John AIDS Foundation
    Elton John AIDS Foundation
    Elton John AIDS Foundation is one of the world's leading nonprofit organizations that was established by Sir Elton John in 1992 in the US * and 1993 in the UK * supporting innovative HIV/AIDS prevention, education programs, direct care and support services to people living with HIV/AIDS.EJAF has...

    since 2007.


On October 18, 2010 Victor and Elena Pinchuk received «An Enduring Vision» award by Elton John AIDS Foundation for their contribution to the fight against HIV/AIDS
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