International Renaissance Foundation • 2007 Annual Report

Partnership and Cooperation
The priorities of the “Public Health Initiatives” Program envisage close cooperation on the national and 
regional levels with various government bodies for the proper implementation of the planned initiatives 
and  projects.  In  2007,  a  number  of  strategically  important  meetings  were  held  with  key  partners  at 
various ministries and departments, as a result of which agreements were reached on urgent problems 
on public health law and the best means were determined for joining efforts with public organizations. 
The main partners of the Program in the government sector are the Ministry of Health, which is currently 
demonstrating  openness  and  readiness  to  cooperate,  the  Ministry  of  Justice,  the  Ministry  of  Labor 
and Social Policy and representatives of the Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights. 
It’s also worth noting that the Program works closely with the Advisory Council to the Verkhovna Rada 
Committee on Public Health and the Public Council to the Ministry of Health of Ukraine. Other Program 
partners include: the International HIV/AIDS Alliance in Ukraine, the Bill Clinton Foundation, the World 
Health Organization, the Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS, the United National Development 
Program, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine and 
the State Department of Ukraine for the Enforcement of Sentences.

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Expenditures by Region of Ukraine:
Region
Projects 
Supported
All-Ukrainian 
Projects
Total 
Amount
Total for All-Ukrainian 
Projects
AR Crimea
1
1
$ 12,000
$ 12,000
Vinnytsia Oblast
2
2
$ 24,995
$ 24,995
Dnipropetrovsk Oblast
2
1
$ 20,000
$ 10,000
Donetsk Oblast
2
-
$ 12,300
$ -
Kyiv
45
40
$ 507,931
$ 458,142
Luhansk Oblast
1
1
$ 12,000
$ 12,000
Lviv Oblast
4
3
$ 41,375
$ 25,700
Mykolayiv Oblast
2
1
$ 31,930
$ 19,950
Odesa Oblast
1
-
$ 15,000
$ -
Poltava Oblast
1
-
$ 11,999
$ -
Sumy Oblast
1
-
$ 4,000
$ -
Kharkiv Oblast
1
1
$ 5,000
$ 5,000
Kherson Oblast
2
-
$ 21,681
$ -
Chernihiv Oblast
1
-
$ 12,000
$ -
Total:
66
50
$ 732,211
$ 567,787
Independent Public Monitoring of Public Health Policy 
Implementation in Ukraine 
Number of Projects: 
8  
Total: 
$ 63,705 
Share of the Total Grant Amount:  0.96 %
Projects Supported by the Program:
Grantee:
 International Renaissance Foundation
Project Manager:
 Maria Savchuk 
Project Summary:
 Providing support during the writing of 
strategic plans, analysis, improvement and development 
of regulatory and legal documents, monitoring projects 
with the aim of determining needs, providing technical 
and expert assistance to organizations that work in the 
public health sector. 
Total:
 $ 9,189 
Grantee:
 International Renaissance Foundation
Project Manager:
 Maria Savchuk 
Project Summary:
 Supporting initiatives aimed at 
developing and writing strategies for reforming the 
public health system in Ukraine. 
Total:
 $ 3,500 
PUBLIC HEALTH INITIATIVES PROGRAM

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Grantee:
 International Charitable Foundation “Open Institute 
of Public Health” (Kyiv, Saksahanskoho St., 74-b, Office 
6, tel. [phone]) 
Project Manager:
 Denys Poltavets 
Project Summary:
 Conducting a study of price policy 
and price setting for medicine. Presenting the results 
of the study, demonstrating the difference in prices 
for medicine depending on the location of the patient/
buyer. Preparing recommendations and an advocacy 
campaign for changing the current situation and 
improving the access of Ukrainians to necessary 
medicine from a territorial and financial point of view. 
Total:
 $ 11,000 
Grantee:
 All-Ukrainian Charitable Organization “Council for 
Protecting the Rights and Safety of Patients” (01133, 
Kyiv, Pervomaiskoho St., 9-A, Office 5, 
tel. [phone]) 
Project Manager:
 Viktor Serdyuk 
Project Summary:
 Supporting the creation and 
implementation of effective mechanisms for involving 
representatives of the public in forming procedures 
and monitoring state purchases of medicine and 
medical products. Studying the true state of medicine 
purchases, writing an analytical report that will be 
submitted to relevant ministries (Ministries of Economy 
and Public Health) and organizations (Tender 
Chamber), as well as relevant Verkhovna Rada 
committees, with the aim of providing argumentation for 
the need to make appropriate changes. 
Total:
 $ 7,000 
Grantee:
 International Renaissance Foundation
Project Manager:
 Maria Savchuk 
Project Summary:
 Monitoring visits to organizations that 
work in the field of harm reduction and implement projects 
aimed at improving the system of medical assistance in 
Ukraine. Writing reports and preparing recommendations 
on improving the work of these projects. 
Total:
 $ 6,605 
Grantee:
 International Charitable Organization “Chirikli” 
Roma Women’s Fund” (03127, Kyiv, Vasylkivska St., 53, 
Building 1, Office 93, tel. [phone])
Project Manager:
 Olha Lepsky 
Project Summary:
 Conducting a public assessment of 
tuberculosis infection among the Roma in 5 regions of 
Ukraine. Determining the number of people infected with 
tuberculosis among the Roma population, determining 
the level of knowledge of the Roma regarding existing 
prevention and treatment methods. 
Total:
 $ 19,430 
Grantee:
 All-Ukrainian Network of People Living with HIV/
AIDS (04071, Kyiv, Mezhyhirska St., 24b,  
tel. [phone])
Project Manager:
 Nataliya Ruda 
Project Summary:
 Drawing public attention to the non-
transparent scheme of tender purchases by the Ministry 
of Public Health (MPH) of Ukraine. Creating conditions 
with the help of an information campaign that will force 
the MPH to react to public appeals and abolish tenders 
during which poor quality or incompatible medicines 
are purchased. Making changes to tender requirements 
and procedures that will make it impossible in the future 
to purchase generic medicines that have not received 
prequalification from the World Health Organization 
and that aren’t used in other countries. Preventing 
the purchase of medicine whose quality hasn’t been 
endorsed by a clinical study or experience of use in 
other countries. Involving representatives of civil society 
and the HIV-positive community in control over tender 
purchases, taking into consideration the position of 
experts and the results of the expert analysis during the 
development of tender provisions and tender realization. 
Total:
 $ 5,000 
Grantee:
 International Renaissance Foundation
Project Manager:
 Maria Savchuk 
Project Summary:
 Supporting the participation of Ukrainian 
experts in a seminar dedicated to establishing harm 
reduction services among the Roma community, 
developing analytical recommendation for solving the 
given problem in Ukraine. 
Total:
 $ 1,981 

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Public Monitoring of Budgets  
in the Public Health Sector
Number of Projects: 
4  
Total: 
$ 16,155 
Share of the Total Grant Amount:  0.24 %
Projects Supported by the Program:
Grantee:
 International Renaissance Foundation
Project Manager:
 Maria Savchuk 
Project Summary:
 Providing technical assistance and 
consultations for monitoring national budgets in the field 
of public health and HIV/AIDS. 
Total:
 $ 1,455 
Grantee:
 International Renaissance Foundation
Project Manager:
 Maria Savchuk 
Project Summary:
 Support for the Open Society Institute-
New York conference “Public Oversight of Public 
Health.” 
Total:
 $ 700 
Grantee:
 All-Ukrainian Network of People Living with HIV/
AIDS (04071, Kyiv, Mezhyhirska St., 24b,  
tel. [phone])
Project Manager:
 Olha Deyeva 
Project Summary:
 Reforming the system of purchasing 
medicine with state costs by conducting a large-scale 
advocacy campaign. Ensuring the transparency of the 
purchasing system, conformity with real market prices 
and quality of medicine. Introducing changes to tender 
requirements that would make it impossible to purchase 
generic medicines that don’t meet international 
standards and aren’t used in other countries; preventing 
their purchase; involving representatives of civil society 
and the HIV-positive community in control over tender 
purchases, taking into consideration the position and 
expert analysis during the development of tender 
provisions and tender realization. 
Total:
 $ 3,500 
Grantee:
 All-Ukrainian Charitable Foundation “Coalition of 
HIV Service Organizations” (01103, Kyiv, Mendeleyeva 
St., 27, tel. [phone])
Project Manager:
 Olena Vinohradova 
Project Summary:
 Holding a meeting with interested 
parties to discuss advocacy measures in monitoring 
budget expenditures on HIV/AIDS programs. 
Preparation and coordination of strategies of advocacy 
measures on monitoring budget expenditures on HIV/
AIDS programs with partners. Conducting a seminar 
and training on developing a new national HIV/AIDS 
program. Conducting an effective advocacy campaign 
for increasing the transparency of planning and use of 
budget costs directed at HIV/AIDS prevention programs 
on the local and national levels. Decreasing the level 
of corruption and ineffective use of costs for HIV/AIDS 
programs. 
Total:
 $ 10,500 
PUBLIC HEALTH INITIATIVES PROGRAM

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Reform of Policy on HIV/AIDS  
and Drug Use 
Number of Projects: 
5  
Total: 
$ 81,984 
Share of the Total Grant Amount:  1.23 %
Projects Supported by the Program:
Grantee:
 International Renaissance Foundation
Project Manager:
 Maria Savchuk 
Project Summary:
 Financial, expert and organizational 
support for the 2nd National Conference on Harm 
Reduction (Kyiv, March 21-23, 2007). 
Total:
 $ 10,000 
Grantee:
 International Renaissance Foundation
Project Manager:
 Maria Savchuk 
Project Summary:
 Preparation and coordination strategies 
for “Reducing Harm from Intravenous Drug Use” line of 
activities for 2007. Establishing cooperation with NGOs, 
government bodies, donors and other key partners that 
work in this field. Monitoring visits to projects that work 
with this issue. 
Total:
 $ 33,400 
Grantee:
 “Center for Psycho-Social Rehabilitation of 
Chemically Dependent Youth “Step by Step” NGO 
(04215, Kyiv, Radyanskoyi Ukrayiny Ave., 20-V,  
tel. [phone])
Project Manager:
 Svitlana Tyshchenko 
Project Summary:
 Increasing the level of knowledge and 
awareness of police on HIV/AIDS, problems of drug 
addiction, harm reduction principles and the importance 
of observing the rights of drug dependent people 
by conducting trainings for middle and lower level 
personnel of Ministry of Internal Affairs subdivisions in 
Kyiv. 
Total:
 $ 19,999 
Grantee:
 International Renaissance Foundation
Project Manager:
 Maria Savchuk 
Project Summary:
 Participation of Ukrainian experts 
in the annual International Harm Republic Program 
seminar “Policy Development and Harm Reduction” 
and presentation of a report on the experience of 
cooperation between law enforcement bodies and 
NGOs. 
Total:
 $ 8,375 
Grantee:
 International Renaissance Foundation
Project Manager:
 Maria Savchuk 
Project Summary:
 Developing a joint media strategy on 
substitution therapy in Ukraine. Support for consultation 
trainings for organizations that work on implementing 
substitution therapy projects in Ukraine, with the 
participation of all key and interested partners. 
Total:
 $ 10,210 
PUBLIC HEALTH INITIATIVES PROGRAM

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Mobilization of Drug User Communities  
to Protect their Rights 
Number of Projects: 
11  
Total: 
$ 117,368 
Share of the Total Grant Amount:  1.76 %
Expenditures by Region of Ukraine:
Region
Projects 
Supported
All-Ukrainian 
Projects
Total 
Amount
Total for All-Ukrainian 
Projects
Dnipropetrovsk Oblast
2
1
$ 20,000
$ 10,000
Donetsk Oblast
1
-
$ 10,000
$ -
Kyiv
5
5
$ 58,368
$ 58,368
Odesa Oblast
1
-
$ 15,000
$ -
Sumy Oblast
1
-
$ 4,000
$ -
Kherson Oblast
1
-
$ 10,000
$ -
Total:
11
6
$ 117,368
$ 68,368
Projects Supported by the Program:
Grantee:
 International Renaissance Foundation
Project Manager:
 Maria Savchuk 
Project Summary:
 Visit to Germany by three mothers (April 
15-21, 2007) whose children are undergoing substitution 
therapy. Familiarization with the German experience 
of parent participation in ensuring children’s right to 
access to adequate and effective treatment methods. 
Total:
 $ 4,962 
Grantee:
 International Renaissance Foundation
Project Manager:
 Maria Savchuk 
Project Summary:
 Monitoring visit of representatives of the 
International Harm Reduction Program to organizations 
that introduce initiatives on mobilizing drug user 
communities. Determining their needs in terms of 
organizational, advocacy and technical support. 
Total:
 $ 2,742 
Grantee:
 “Drop-In” Center Charity Fund (01001, Kyiv,  
PO Box 52, tel. [phone])
Project Manager:
 Pavlo Kutsev 
Project Summary:
 Support and development of the 
advocacy competence of those who are directly 
affected by the problem of drug use and HIV/AIDS. 
Conducting an informational and education social 
campaign with the aim of informing the public about the 
positive impact of substitution therapy programs on the 
health and life of drug users. 
Total:
 $ 28,366 
Grantee:
 Charitable Organization “Kyiv-3000” (01034, Kyiv, 
Reytarska St., 2, tel. [phone])
Project Manager:
 Taras Ratushny 
Project Summary:
 Development and implementation 
of a media strategy for informing the general public 
and increasing the media effectiveness of NGOs that 
implement projects on overcoming prejudice towards 
substitution therapy programs and drug addicts. 
Total:
 $ 19,680 
PUBLIC HEALTH INITIATIVES PROGRAM

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Grantee:
 Charitable Foundation “Rehabilitation Center for 
Drug Addicts “Virtus” (49027, Dnipropetrovsk, Fuchika 
St., 30, Office 247, tel. [phone])
Project Manager:
 Olha Byeliayeva 
Project Summary:
 Creating and disseminating a series of 
booklets that contain interviews and the life stories of 
substitution therapy program clients and their parents, 
as well as those waiting in line to be included in the 
substitution therapy program. The product is intended 
to refute negative and stigmatizing myths about drug 
addiction, substitution therapy and people who use 
drugs. The materials reflect the roles of IDUs and 
their families in battling the HIV/AIDS epidemic. Also, 
the process of collecting life stories and interviews 
from IDU parents will foster greater solidarity and their 
involvement in further advocacy measures. 
Total:
 $ 10,000 
Grantee:
 Kherson City Public Organization 
“Probudzhennya” Club NGO (73000, Kherson,  
R. Luxemburg St., 8, Oblast Drug Dispensary,  
tel. [phone]) 
Project Manager:
 Oleh Voynarenko 
Project Summary:
 The project aims to mobilize 
representatives of susceptible groups, specifically 
clients of the substitution therapy program in Ukraine, 
by conducting seminars and informal discussions with 
the goal of getting them more involved in roundtables, 
television appearances, creating and disseminating 
informational and educational materials in order to 
protect their rights and advocacy interests. Overcoming 
the lack of information and negative attitude towards 
the problems of drug use and the goals and tasks of 
harm reduction programs. Advocating the expansion 
of substitution therapy among representatives of local 
government, judicial and law enforcement bodies, 
medical institutions, social services and the public. 
Total:
 $ 10,000 
Grantee:
 “Era of Charity” NGO  
(Odesa, Marazliyevska St., 62, Office 7)
Project Manager:
 Kostyantyn Zverkov 
Project Summary:
 Creating and support an IDU self-
help group in the city of Odesa. Studying the situation 
of provision of services in state anti-tuberculosis 
institutions. Support for joining the intersectoral working 
group in the HIV/AIDS Coordinating Council. Developing 
and publishing a booklet on patients’ rights and 
phthisiological assistance. 
Total:
 $ 15,000 
Grantee:
 “Club “Chance” NGO (40000, Sumy, 
Kooperatyvna St., 6/49)
Project Manager:
 Oleksiy Zahrebelny
Project Summary:
 Supporting the participation of HIV/AIDS 
vulnerable groups in the formation and implementation 
of HIV/AIDS policy, defending and lobbying on the 
local level the legal rights and common interests of 
intravenous drug users and HIV positive people by: 
membership of a representative of the local drug user 
community in the oblast coordinating council on HIV/
AIDS prevention, conducting an informational campaign 
in the local media, and raising the level of legal 
awareness of IDU and HIV-infected residents of Sumy 
city and oblast. 
Total:
 $ 4,000 
Grantee:
 “Club “Victoria” NGO (51412, Dnipropetrovsk 
Oblast, Pavlohrad, Dniprovska St., 577, Office 3,  
tel. [phone])
Project Manager:
 Andriy Dubovsky 
Project Summary:
 Development and support for the 
activities of self-organizations and initiatives groups 
of drug users and people living with HIV/AIDS on 
the territory of the city of Dnipropetrovsk and the 
Dnipropetrovsk oblast, their participation in the 
development of oblast and local programs on battling 
the HIV/AIDS epidemic. Developing the substitution 
therapy program and other services through direct 
participation in the work of oblast and local Coordination 
Councils, intersectoral working groups and monitoring 
and assessment groups that work in the city executive 
committees and the Oblast State Administration. 
Total:
 $ 10,000 
Grantee:
 International Renaissance Foundation
Project Manager:
 Maria Savchuk 
Project Summary:
 Monitoring visit by harm reduction 
experts (from Holland and Georgia) to organizations 
that introduce initiatives on mobilizing drug user 
communities. Determining priorities for providing them 
with technical support. 
Total:
 $ 2,618 

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Law and Health Initiative 
Number of Projects: 
23  
Total: 
$ 280,417 
Share of the Total Grant Amount:  4.20 %
Expenditures by Region of Ukraine:
Region
Projects 
Supported
All-Ukrainian 
Projects
Total 
Amount
Total for All-Ukrainian 
Projects
AR Crimea
1
1
$ 12,000
$ 12,000
Vinnytsia Oblast
2
2
$ 24,995
$ 24,995
Kyiv 
12
11
$ 153,098
$ 140,085
Luhansk Oblast
1
1
$ 12,000
$ 12,000
Lviv Oblast
4
3
$ 41,375
$ 25,700
Mykolayiv Oblast
1
1
$ 19,950
$ 19,950
Poltava Oblast
1
-
$ 11,999
$ -
Kharkiv Oblast
1
1
$ 5,000
$ 5,000
Total:
23
20
$ 280,417
$ 239,730
Projects Supported by the Program: