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 The “Donors to Children” campaign has been launched in Rivne region. The organizers hope that it will help children who have been diagnosed with cancer. For such children, blood products are vital, but the problem of finding donors is quite acute. “The fact is, the potent drugs used in treating cancer are detrimental not only to the tumor, but to the organism as a whole. These children suffer from virtual, albeit temporary cessation of normal hematopoiesis [development of blood cells – Ed.],” comments Liubov Krakovian, Head of the Rivne Children’s Hospital’s Oncohematological Department. “Right now two thirds of children being treated at the department need blood-based products.” In general, the department’s blood requirements can be met with less than one hundred persons donating blood each month. However, the young patients’ parents, despite their best efforts, simply can not provide this number of donors, because a person cannot donate blood more often than once every 60 days, while children need these products every day.

 Prime Minister Mykola Azarov announced plans to create a technological center in Ukraine, which would be similar to Silicon Valley in the US. “Certainly, we will create such a [place],” he told Inter channel live on last Friday. Silicon Valley is a region in California (US) that has a high density of the high-tech companies, which develop and produce computers and related products, especially microprocessors, software, mobile communication devices, bioengineering technologies and so on.

 Ukraine will receive about two million euros from the German Technical Cooperation (GTZ) to prepare for the Euro-2012 within the framework of the Ukrainian-German technical cooperation program, reports Ukrinform. As noted by the senior consultant of GTZ Matthias Brandt, the money should be spent on preparing airports and public transport, developing the tourism industry, as well as providing branding and advertising support for the host cities. The financial assistance will be provided to the National Agency of Ukraine on Preparation for the Euro-2012, the four host cities, the ministries of tourism and economy of Ukraine. As of today, the GTZ is carrying out 16 projects in Ukraine in the fields of sustainable economic development, energy and healthcare. Projects in the latter field are mainly focused on the prevention and treatment of HIV/AIDS.