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Every day, 7100
people are newly
infected with HIV
and 4900 people
die from AIDS related
illness.

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UNAIDS estimates
that more than
33 million people
are living with HIV

Only 5 million
of these have access
to antiretroviral drugs,
to prevent them from
developing AIDS.
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Europe
ACET in Europe

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ACET reaches hundreds of thousands of young people every year with life-saving health messages, across a wide region from Russia to Kazakhtstan, Ukraine, Czech Republic, Ireland and the UK.

 

Europe has been relatively unaffected by the spread of HIV and AIDS so far.  However, rates are rising significantly in many countries such as Ukraine, spread by rapidly changing life styles and drug abuse. ACET is active in 8 countries, including the United Kingdom, working in partnership with the European Union, and as part of national government programmes. 

 

HIV prevention is the priority, based on the importance of long term relationships, education about risks of illegal drug use, and about making healthy life-style choices. ACET in Europe also has teams providing home support for drug users with HIV and their families, for African women with HIV and their children.

 
ACET Czech Republic

ACET Czech Republic is led by Frantisek Krampota, and provides a national health education programme targetting young people - those most at risk from unplanned pregnancy, HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases. The project works in partnership with the Ministry of Health and Ministry of Education and is supported by the European Union. The work began in 1994, and has reached over 900,000 Czech students, in the majority of secondary schools in the country. Volunteers in ACET Czech are also active supporters of ACET Uganda. See also ACET Czech Republic's own web site.

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ACET Russia

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ACET Russia, led by Marek Slansky, offers education and training across 11 time zones in this vast nation where rates of HIV are rising rapidly, often linked to drug abuse and risky life-styles. ACET Russia trains youth leaders, project workers and church leaders, equipping them to go into schools, colleges, drug rehabilitation programmes, prisons, orphanages and youth groups with life-saving health messages about HIV, drugs and sexual behaviour. Hundreds of volunteers have been trained, and hundreds of thousands of people have been reached. ACET Russia also publishes a range of educational resources, booklets, training manuals, DVDs, web materials and books which have been used in many other Russian-speaking nations. ACET Russia has also helped establish new ACET teams in nations such as Ukraine, Belarus and Kazakhstan.

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ACET Ukraine

ACET Ukraine works in the spheres of health protection, education, family, sport, children and youth. It works closely with NGOs and state authorities and provides information and financial support to its clients in 120 cities in Ukraine. There are 550 volunteer educators and 11 office workers in the 24 regions and over the past year ACET Ukraine has reached more than 188,000 people.

 

ACET Ukraine arranges a number of educational seminars, trainings, lectures on prevention, social and information-based campaigns and takes an active part in organising interactive clubs for school and college students. It organises groups for mutual support for those living with HIV. It also runs a number of sports competitions and tournaments, cultural events and activities for significant state and international dates. It links people living with HIV to places where they can get medical help. The main aim of the work is promoting a healthy lifestyle among children and young people. Teams have visited from many other projects and nations to learn and be trained.

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ACET Belarus

ACET Belarus was formally registered in 2007, founded by Alexander Zibrik.  Volunteer educators work in local schools, in a growing number of towns and cities across the country.. Although the numbers with HIV are very low - maybe 15,000 among the 10 million population - neighbouring Russia has seen explosive spread of HIV related to drug use, and Belarus is at risk of going the same way.

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ACET Slovakia

ACET Slovakia, led by Deniska Soltesova, has trained more than 6,000 head teachers and sexual health teachers as well as many volunteer educators. Teams work closely with the Slovakian government to develop the national sex education syllabus, with support from the European Union.  More than half of all high school pupils will see an ACET educator at least once before they leave school through the 'Facts for Life' programme. Many ACET educators are university students or church youth workers speaking to their younger peers.  'Facts for Life' reaches around 22,000 young people each year in lessons averaging about 30 pupils a time and is growing fast.

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ACET Slovenia

ACET Slovenia, led by Drago Sukic and founded in 2004, has a growing HIV and sexual health schools programme. As well as presenting sex and relationship education to encourage young people to make safe and informed choices, ACET volunteers also work with school councils, and a growing programme of 'parent schools'.

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ACET Croatia

ACET Croatia, led by Jiri Pitzmos, concentrates on HIV prevention, sexual health and prevention of drug addiction through lectures and lessons in schools.  Whilst numbers of people with HIV in Croatia are low, there are worrying levels of new HIV infections and ACET is committed to offering relevant education through the 'Facts for Life' programme. The small team of volunteers have reached over 2,500 people in 2008 and are also developing prison visiting for HIV positive prisoners.

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Eire - ACET Ireland

ACET Ireland is an interdenominational agency providing education, training and care to all affected by HIV in the Republic of Ireland. There has been a significant increase in the rate of HIV infections, other sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and drug misuse across Ireland in recent years. ACET Ireland is supporting over 30 families where HIV and drug use are affecting daily life, as well as supporting orphans and vulnerable children. ACET has also delivered more than 450 community-based Health Education and Training sessions each year. Working in youth clubs, community groups, schools, colleges, universities, homeless hostels, personal development groups, recovery groups, caring professions, churches, industry and conferences, ACET provides training and education in issues around HIV and AIDS.  ACET Ireland is also a channel for significant support for orphans, vulnerable children and adults with HIV, in remote rural areas of Zimbabwe, around Bulawayo.

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ACET UK

With nearly 80,000 HIV positive people in the UK and 7,000 new infections a year, the problem of HIV and AIDS cannot be ignored. ACET UK, based in London, offers technical and fundraising support to the whole ACET International Alliance but, in addition, there are a number of members of the Alliance working in the UK in the fight against HIV and AIDS, providing a range of services from schools education, and training of health care professionals, to home care for people affected by HIV and their children.

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