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Estonia comes to aid of HIV-positive Ukraine refugees

Estonia comes to aid of HIV-positive Ukraine refugees

TALLINN: When Svitlana fled war-torn Ukraine for Estonia, she not only had to contend with all the usual challenges of being a refugee, she also had her HIV treatment to worry about.The 45-year-old, whose husband unknowingly infected her when they met, had been managing her illness for years with medication and now, in a new country, needed to ensure her supply.“I was running out of pills... I tried to register for a doctor’s appointment on my own, but the waiting list was really long,“ the mother-of-three told AFP.Fortunately, at the refugee centre she came across information about the Estonian Network of People Living with HIV (EHPV), an NGO offering assistance.Svitlana had come to the right place.The organisation is well-versed in the ins and outs of the illness, having been around for nearly two decades as the country fought to rein in its transmission rate.“I called the volunteer and told them about my problem... A few days passed and they got me a doctor’s appointment (and) went

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