December 1, 2025
The Alliance for Public Health (APH) celebrates 25 years on December 1st. To mark this milestone, we are sharing 12 most significant achievements of our work in Eastern Europe and Central Asia (EECA) during these years. These achievements are done in incredible partnership and trust at the regional and national levels, technical excellence, and persistence. We praise our colleagues in EECA for the great developments we were able to achieve together!
12 Key Regional Achievements:
- Introduced PrEP in 3 EECA countries for the first time, successfully advocated for LA-PrEP and low-threshold models clients.
- Digitalised HIV response in EECA, including DHIS2-based national systems in Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan, a pilot in Georgia, Regional HIV Data Dashboard, and ART Reference Prices Portal developed.
- Brought virtual social worker to EECA HIV response via AI-based Digital Assistant TWIIN.
- Reduced ART prices to save costs and enable scaled programming, lowering average treatment costs from 264 USD to 190 USD per patient.
- Catalyzed HIV responses in 34 cities in EECA, joining the Fast Track Cities initiative, with 6.7 million USD allocated from local budgets.
- Brought drug policy advocacy to the highest level, with EECA Drug Policy Commission conducting highest level political country visits in Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Ukraine, and Moldova.
- Recorded and responded to human rights violations of key populations through the REAct mechanism implemented in 14 countries, with over 30 thousand cases documented, and a cumulative total of 55% addressed.
- Supported the voices of regional key populations networks as substantial players in HIV advocacy and mobilization.
- Modeled Hepatitis C treatment a reality for people who use drugs, through program in Kyrgyzstan, reaching over 1,000 people.
- COVID-19 mitigated, ensuring service continuity for key populations with rapid tests, telemedicine, vending machines, flexible shelters and crisis services.
- Budget advocacy supported transition to national funding, allocating over 9 million USD through social contracting.
- Enabled HIV prevention and treatment across borders, supporting HelpNOW Hub and remote registration for migrants.
APH expresses admiration and appreciation of all our partners, civil society and community networks, NGO staff, doctors, nurses, and social workers. All the great things we have achieved, we have achieved together! We also thank governments, UN agencies, and international organizations.
We are grateful for the critical support from our donors — The Global Fund, UNITAID, Aidsfonds, Frontline AIDS, EATG, Robert Carr Fund — your funding is essential for sustaining HIV and TB response in EECA.
We invite you to explore our 25th anniversary landing page: https://stories.aph.org.ua/APH25
Discover more in the iSoS Regional Partnership Report.