Like its neighbor Russia, Ukraine is currently struggling against epidemics of dangerous contagious diseases, such as HIV, Hepatitis C, and multi-drug resistant tuberculosis. While the country has made remarkable progress thanks to the partnership of the post-2014 government with civil society organizations, Ukraine also faces an added burden. It must care for those at-risk citizens who live under Russian occupation, both in the Crimean peninsula and in the Russian occupied territories of the warzone in the east.
Russia's War Against Ukraine
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With their heads covered and a rope around their neck participants protest in front of the Ukrainian government building in Kyiv on Dec. 23, 2015.People with a number of hard illnesses and activists protest against budget cuts in draft budget 2016 for drug supplies against HIV, hepatitis and oncology diseases.
