While writing the grant proposal we formed a strong team of specialists, who communicate with each other and are the core of our community network, which, I hope, will grow with time and will become an effective mechanism for change in Dnipropetrovsk and Ukraine”.
Global Initiative in Ukraine at a Glance
2007 – 2011
“Engaging the Network” Conference in 2010 (Kyiv)
- Advocates gain knowledge and skills to impact breast health outcomes: 111 Course for the Cure™ graduates.
- 81 Organizations involved in the Global Initiative network.
- 6 Community Breast Health Assessments conducted.
- 11 Community Grant projects focusing on training health professionals and conducting community outreach.
- More than 17,500 women screened through Clinical Breast Exams (CBE).
- Nearly 500 health professionals trained in breast self-awareness (BSA).
- More than 7,000 men and women reached through BSA outreach.
Ukraine Highlights
Engaging Youth
Young students in medical schools have been a strong force for breast cancer awareness in Ukraine. Through a grant project, students at Lviv Medical College have developed a creative annual breast cancer campaign week on the campus that includes flash-mob actions, outreach to students, and outreach to female family members of students.
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Building a Network
59 Global Initiative participants from all four program cities in Ukraine – Kyiv, Lviv, Dnipropetrovsk, and Vinnytsia – convened in April for the first-ever Global Initiative for Breast Cancer Awareness Ukraine network conference on April 22 – 25, 2010. Learn More »
Innovation through Art and Media
Community grants projects in Ukraine are using the groundbreaking approach of interactive theater to spread the word about breast cancer and encourage an open discussion about behavior change and making healthy choices. Projects also are using web technology to connect key decision makers and organizations to improve communication and access to information.
Improving Clinical Breast Exams
Clinical Breast Exam (CBE) is an important screening method for breast cancer. Increasing women’s access to CBE performed by qualified health professionals has been a primary focus of Community Grant projects in Ukraine. As of 2011, more than 14,000 women have been screened for breast cancer through CBE and by health professionals engaged in Community Grant projects.
Local Partners
- Lead Partner Organization:
Ukrainian Women’s Fund (UWF), Kyiv - Local Partners Dnipropetrovsk:
Women’s Information-Coordination Center - Local Partners Lviv:
Women’s Perspectives West-Ukrainian Center - Local Partners Odesa:
Women’s Wellness and Family Planning Center - Local Partners Vinnytsia:
“Voskresinnya” Breast Cancer Survivors’ NGO
Steering Committee
- Natalia Karbowska
Chair of the Board, Ukrainian Women’s Fund (UWF) - Marta Kolomayets
Country Director, National Democratic Institute for International Relations - Iryna Mykychak
Deputy Head, Lviv Oblast Health Department - Svitlana Posokhova
Chief ObGYN, Odessa Oblast Hospital and Head, Women’s Wellness and Family Planning Center - Hanna Voinich
Chair of the Board, DnipropetrovskNGO “Women’s Information-Coordination Center” - Viktoriva Kharchenko
Communications and PR Manager, AVON Cosmetics Ukraine