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International Donor Community Highlights Challenges and Opportunities in TB Control
USAID brochure provides information how to fight TB epidemic.

To commemorate World Tuberculosis Day, the international donor community held a press-conference highlighting challenges and opportunities in TB control in Ukraine. Representatives of the U.S.

Program: Tuberculosis Prevention and Control
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Rural Health Unit Gains Access to Safe Water
“It is so exciting to open the faucet and have water,” said Uriye. “There is no life without water.” (Photo by Arvidas Shemetas)

After going without running water for 12 years, the Dubki primary health care unit can now provide 2,000 village residents with the quality health care they need.

Program: Access to Safe Water
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USAID Completes the USAID Improving Access to Safe Water (WASH) Project by Inaugurating Renovated Water Supply System at the Simferopol Maternity Clinic #2
Janina Jaruzelski, USAID Mission Director to Ukraine, Belarus and Moldova and Oksana Mikitenko, IRD Project Director are checking water system upgrades at the Simferopol Maternity Clinic #2.

The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), together with the Crimean authorities and communities, marked the end of the WASH project by launching renovated water infrastructure at the Simferopol Maternity Clinic #2. USAID Mission Director to Ukraine, Belarus and Moldova Ms.

Program: Access to Safe Water
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Healthy Babies, Confident Parents
Oleg and Irina with their twins, Dmitriy and Alexandra. The babies are held on father’s chest and are covered by a blanket. Continuous skin-to-skin contact is an essential component of the kangaroo care.

Kangaroo Care method helps parents take better care of preterm babies

Program: Maternal and Infant Health
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USAID Builds Local Capacity to Prevent Avian Influenza Outbreaks
Crimean kids learn about avian influenza at the zoo.

A September 28-29 conference held in Yalta marked the completion of USAID’s Technical Assistance for Rapid Response to Avian Influenza in Ukraine project. The conference summarized best practices in mitigating the risk of an Avian Influenza (AI) outbreak learned during the project. The practices, developed in partnership with Ukraine government agencies, include appropriate...

Program: Avian Influenza
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