Helping influx of Ukrainian refugees with HIV treatment in Berlin

More than 600 000 Ukrainian refugees arrived in Germany since the war broke out. Among them many people living with HIV – mostly women. In the beginning many needed to find shelter and then there were lots of requests about obtaining HIV treatment. Many refugees had left their supply behind or took the bare minimum. Vasilisa Sutushko, who was born with HIV, arrived in Berlin at the beginning of March with one month worth of pills She also had no clue navigating the German health system. A local NGO, Berliner AIDS Hilfe, one of Germany’s oldest HIV organization, was flooded with an influx of calls for help. They helped her and countless others with medicine, housing, and other pressing health issues. ‪@UNAIDS‬