TNMU students co-organized campaign on World AIDS Day

If a problem cannot be solved, you must change the attitude towards this problem. If a disease cannot be cured, all efforts must be made to prevent it. Volunteers of I. Horbachevsky Ternopil National Medical University and Ternopil Regional Organization “Ukrainian Red Cross Society” under the guidance of the organizer, 6th year medical student Solomiia Bandrivska  aimed their joint efforts at organizing charity campaign dedicated to the World AIDS Day. This day is traditionally held on December 1.

Before launching the campaign, volunteers baked 560 cupcakes. Social activist Mariia Shestypalka, who for several years has been organizing the preparation of varenyky for Ukrainian soldiers, greatly assisted the volunteers.

On November 29, 2019, students for symbolic money offered baked foods to employees of the city state institutions, TNMU academic departments, Ternopil street walkers. A total of UAH 10487 was raised. All money will be spent on the purchase of medicines for HIV positive children of Ternopil region.

Volunteers distributed leaflets, means of contraception provided by the public organization “Public Health Sources”. Ternopil residents were informed about the ways of HIV transmission and means of prevention of the disease.

Free and anonymous HIV / AIDS testing was conducted at the Biological Building of Ternopil National Medical University with the assistance of public organizations “Public Health Sources” and “Health Planet”. Our students provided great assistance.

TNMU students express their appreciation to the representatives of the Red Cross Society Liudmyla Yushchenko, Liubov Kinal, Halyna Oliinyk for their support and assistance in holding the campaign.

Volunteers are grateful to Ternopil residents for their assistance in the implementation of this noble idea, for appropriate and conscious perception of the dissemination of information and contraceptive means. HIV / AIDS cannot be cured, but it can be stopped!

TNMU Press Secretary Yanina Chaikivska.

Photographs by Mykola Vasylechko.