SAFE BOX home delivery

"We are grateful to the colleagues from the organization Parni Plus (RF) for the opportunity to implement the idea of safe boxes in Ukraine. We elaborated it, made the online resource more functional, added the opportunity to take the test using the online instructions and get the social worker’s advice. We took a chance and we did it! We are doing everything possible, and sometimes impossible, to help our customers in this difficult time."

Task

Due to quarantine and public transport, the flow of people wishing to be tested for HIV has sharply decreased. Previously, prevention and testing services for men who have sex with men (MSM) were provided on the basis of community centers of organizations.

Solution

Within the framework of the project ‘Accelerating efforts to fight against HIV / AIDS in Ukraine’ (HealthLink), which is implemented by the Alliance for Public Health in partnership with the All-Ukrainian Network of PLHIV with financial support from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the website was launched https://oraltest.org.ua/en/. On this web-page, MSM can order home safe boxes for themselves and partners, using the video instructions on the site to self-test, as well as getting advice from a social worker. The safe box includes: an oral HIV test, condoms, a lubricant, health information materials, a social worker’s card, a bag for disposing of the test and pleasant little things – stickers, magnets, bracelets with motivations.

Result

During the period from April 11 to May 8, 2020, with the help of the largest courier delivery service, 202 safe boxes were sent to the following regions of Ukraine: Dnipropetrovsk, Odessa, Zaporizhia, Nikolaev and  Kherson regions.