AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) Ukraine has opened the first Test & Treat Clinic for HIV in Kyiv, marking another milestone in the organization’s continued expansion of free HIV services amid an ongoing war.
“The opening of the Test & Treat Clinic in Kyiv marks another important step toward ensuring that HIV services are fast, accessible, and free from stigma,” said Dr. Yaroslava Lopatina, Country Program Director for AHF Ukraine. “We’re bringing testing, treatment, and ongoing care together under one roof so that patients do not lose valuable time between diagnosis and starting therapy. This is especially important now, as Ukraine’s healthcare system continues to operate under extraordinary pressure.”
The clinic is the first of its kind in Kyiv and AHF Ukraine’s second standalone facility after the opening of its Test & Treat Clinic in Odesa in 2017. Apart from AHF’s Test & Treat sites, the program has operated in Ukraine since 2009, largely through partnerships with government healthcare facilities. AHF Ukraine now serves more than 98,000 clients nationwide.
The Kyiv clinic is part of AHF Ukraine’s broader strategy to expand access to care, treatment, testing, and prevention of HIV, viral hepatitis, and STIs. To accomplish this, AHF is growing its Test & Treat and Wellness Center clinics, scaling up mobile and community-based diagnostic services, and deepening collaboration with government, civil society, and international partners to ensure a coordinated national HIV response.
