On the Edge. Six Episodes on AIDS in Ukraine

kraine has one of the highest rates of AIDS in Europe. According to the official statistics, 26,000 people in the country are HIV positive. In reality 200,000 to 300,000 Ukrainians are infected and experts and non–governmental organisations describe the situation as a grave epidemic. In a broader context that is merely the result of the changes linked to the advent of Perestroika, which robbed people of their certainties and turned the country to ruins. The film is most moving towards the end when we see the innocent children whose fates have been sealed in advance because they have been born with their parents' infection. Who helps them? The Ukrainian state? No. The solution requires the broader involvement of worldwide organisations. For now at least, NGOs and volunteers are helping.