Humanitarian programs

Lower Saxony Charity foundation “Chernobyl Children”

Problem

Since 1990 in regions suffering aftereffects of Chernobyl nuclear power plant blast the number of children thyroid gland diseases, including malignant neoplasms, had dramatically increased. Doctors state extreme aggression of already known cancer forms, that shortly lead to metastasis. Primary carcinomas number increase was mentioned separately.

Primary Aim

Project’s primary aim is a substantial children thyroid gland diseases early diagnosis enhancement and more effective diseases cure using modern medical products.

Partners

Ukrainian foundation’s partners:
• National Foundation "Ukraine - Children", organizational and information project support
• Health Care Ministry of Ukraine,
• “Siemens Ukraine”, provide professionals for medical equipment mounting and maintenance and also helps organizing training courses.

Fulfillment

Equipment shipment

Since 1996 more than 100 Siemens Sonoline SL-1, Sonoline SI-450, Sonoline Prima, and Sonoline Adara, Sonoline Omnia ultrasonic machines, total value over € 3.5 million, were shipped to children hospitals of Ukraine

Region	Number of Devices
Vinnitsa	6
Volyn	14
Donetsk	1
Dnipropetrovsk	1
Zhitomir	11
Kyiv region	15
Kyiv city	20
Kirovohrad	2
Lviv	2
Lutsk	1
Odessa	1
Poltava	4
Rovno	6
Ternopol	1
Sumy	2
Khmelnitsk	3
Cherkassy	4
Chernihov	17
Crimea AR	1

Education

More than 170 professionals had visited training courses conducted by Health Care Ministry of Ukraine and “Siemens Ukraine”. Ukrainian and German professionals read lectures and conduct practice trainings. Courses are two day trainings once per year in Kyiv central Vodnikov hospital.