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Ukraine has taken the path of legalizing medical cannabis. In two months, a petition registered on the Ukrainian parliament’s website has collected 25,000 signatures, which makes it mandatory for MPs to review it.

Starting from January 2019, AFEW International began to implement the project St. Petersburg and Bishkek – Key Populations and HIV & TB Prevention Priorities funded through the Aidsfonds under the PITCH. The project covers key populations and HIV and tuberculosis prevention priorities in St. Petersburg, Russia and Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.

AFEW International initiates the Working Group (WG) on Public and Inclusive Health within the EU-Russia Civil Society Forum. AFEW felt the need of introducing a completely new topic to the Forum after participating in various General Assembly meetings of the Forum.

Last year, with the support of the Central Asia Drug Action Programme (CADAP), AFEW-Kyrgyzstan conducted a study on the prevalence of psychoactive substances usage among adolescents in Kyrgyzstan. The data obtained showed that it was time to begin working on prevention. Thus, a youth centre appeared.

AFEW International’s program manager Daria Alexeeva recently took part in the unofficial lunch with the mayor of the

Today flowers are in demand among the guests of a new beauty salon called Good Luck. They are doing their best to come in time for the opening ceremony. The salon is located in the city centre, surrounded by popular coffee houses, schools and apartment buildings.

24th of March marks World Tuberculosis day. The mortality rate of tuberculosis (TB) continues to decrease, but it is still one of the top 10 causes of death worldwide. Within the European region, most new TB cases and deaths are found in the Eastern European and Central Asian (EECA) countries.