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UNICEF helps to rebuild vaccination trust in Ukraine
ODESSA, Ukraine 15 October 2009 – It's a busy morning in Public Polyclinic Number Five in Ukraine's southern city where many parents have brought their children for vaccination.
International Child Neurology Congress affirms vaccination safety in Ukraine
KIEV, Ukraine, 16 September 2009 – UNICEF was among this year’s sponsors of the International Child Neurology Congress, held in Ukraine for the first time last week.
‘The Way Home’ works to protect the rights and lives of street children in Odessa
ODESSA, Ukraine, 19 November 2007 – For thousands of street children in Ukraine, daily life is a fight for survival. Their rights are often violated and normal childhood has often been replaced by drug addiction and violence.
UNICEF Ukraine helps re-unite abandoned siblings and encourages family-based care
KHMELNYTSKY, Ukraine, 9 November 2007 – Until recently, Makar, 8, and his sister Shura, 7, were growing up apart, abandoned by their parents into Ukraine’s state child-care facilities.
Centre for struggling mothers aims to break the cycle of child abandonment in Ukraine
KYIV, Ukraine, 12 July 2007 – Oksana’s life had never been easy. After having grown up in an orphanage and struggling to make a stable life as an adult, she found herself pregnant and alone. After giving birth prematurely to a daughter, Marynka, she and her baby were hospitalized for a month.
UNICEF Executive Director addresses UN special meeting to commemorate Chernobyl
NEW YORK, USA, 28 APRIL 2006 – At the United Nations today, UNICEF Executive Director Ann M. Veneman addressed a special meeting of the General Assembly in remembrance of the Chernobyl disaster.
For a Russian teenager, photography brings the legacy of Chernobyl into focus
CHERNOBYL, Ukraine, 25 April 2006 – In the 20 years since Chernobyl exploded and gave the world yet another synonym for destruction, a generation of children has grown up with no memory of the event. Like everyone in his class at school in the village of Novy Bobovichi, Sergei Kravchenko, 14, knows only what he hears from his parents and other adults.
Twenty years later, the Chernobyl disaster still affects children’s health
CHERNOBYL, Ukraine, 25 April 2006 – On the 20th anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster, UNICEF is urging the governments of countries still affected by fallout from the radioactive blast to take a simple yet effective step to save and improve lives.
Ukraine: HIV-positive youth counsellor says children need AIDS information from real people
CHERKASSY, Ukraine, 3 November 2005 – “HIV completely changed my life. The life of an HIV-positive person is extremely difficult in my country. And children are the most affected.
Poverty in Ukraine leads to abandoned babies
KHERSON, Ukraine/NEW YORK, 9 February 2005 - Ukraine is one of the largest countries in Eastern Europe and also one of the poorest, with children often bearing the brunt of chronic poverty. Living standards have declined dramatically over the past decade and many families – particularly those with single parents - are living below the poverty line.
Ukraine fights rising HIV/AIDS infection rate
ODESSA, 7 May 2004—Still caught in the transition from a former Soviet country to a modern society, the Ukraine has become one of Europe’s epicentres of the HIV/AIDS epidemic, with numbers of affected people increasing daily. Situated at a key crossroads between Asian suppliers and western European consumers, Ukraine’s Black Sea port of Odessa is a primary entry point for illicit drugs.
