Tatiana is HIV-positive and lives in Ukraine with her three children. She contracted the virus from her husband, who died last year.
Tatiana is HIV-positive and lives in Ukraine with her three children. She contracted the virus from her husband, who died last year.
Pascal Vossen
A picture hanging on Tatiana's living-room wall represents a perfect holiday, far away from the reality of the house it sits in.
A picture hanging on Tatiana's living-room wall represents a perfect holiday, far away from the reality of the house it sits in.
Pascal Vossen
Konstantin is a medic, social worker and bar owner. He suffers from Hepatitis C and has devoted most of his time to helping drug users take the necessary precautions to avoid a similar fate. He has a glass eye from trauma he suffered during the Chechen conflict.
Konstantin is a medic, social worker and bar owner. He suffers from Hepatitis C and has devoted most of his time to helping drug users take the necessary precautions to avoid a similar fate. He has a glass eye from trauma he suffered during the Chechen conflict.
Pascal Vossen
A typical courtyard in Odessa, Ukraine. Ukraine has one of the highest rates of HIV infection in Europe, according to the United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS.
A typical courtyard in Odessa, Ukraine. Ukraine has one of the highest rates of HIV infection in Europe, according to the United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS.
Pascal Vossen
Roman prepares his methadone inside an unused building in Kiev, Ukraine. The 17th floor is a secret spot where drug users can shoot up.
Roman prepares his methadone inside an unused building in Kiev, Ukraine. The 17th floor is a secret spot where drug users can shoot up.
Pascal Vossen
Two nurses take a break outside of a maternity ward in Kramatorsk, Ukraine. According to photographer Pascal Vossen and writer Nils Adler, the ward had no functioning toilets -- a sign of its poor condition.
Two nurses take a break outside of a maternity ward in Kramatorsk, Ukraine. According to photographer Pascal Vossen and writer Nils Adler, the ward had no functioning toilets -- a sign of its poor condition.
Pascal Vossen
Children at Odessa's Way Home Centre take part in an English class. Many of these children are orphans or come from families that have been displaced because of conflict. The organization also takes care of children who have an HIV-positive parent struggling to raise their child.
Children at Odessa's Way Home Centre take part in an English class. Many of these children are orphans or come from families that have been displaced because of conflict. The organization also takes care of children who have an HIV-positive parent struggling to raise their child.
Pascal Vossen
Tanya, 19, is homeless in Odessa. She was born HIV-positive, and she ran away from home at an early age.
Tanya, 19, is homeless in Odessa. She was born HIV-positive, and she ran away from home at an early age.
Pascal Vossen
The harbor town of Chornomorsk, which Vossen and Adler said is notorious for its prostitution.
The harbor town of Chornomorsk, which Vossen and Adler said is notorious for its prostitution.
Pascal Vossen
A sex worker in Mykolaivka, Ukraine. She is HIV-positive and suffers from Hepatitis B and C and will often meet with two clients a night. Vossen and Adler says she is bottom of the rung because she is HIV-positive, so she cannot charge very much or demand that her clients use protection.
A sex worker in Mykolaivka, Ukraine. She is HIV-positive and suffers from Hepatitis B and C and will often meet with two clients a night. Vossen and Adler says she is bottom of the rung because she is HIV-positive, so she cannot charge very much or demand that her clients use protection.
Pascal Vossen
Juvenile inmates listen to priests sing at a penitentiary in Pryluky, Ukraine. Prison populations are another at-risk group for HIV, according to Vossen and Adler. There was an enormous amount of misconception about HIV, they said, with some of the prisoners believing it was spread by mosquitoes, kissing and hand-holding.
Juvenile inmates listen to priests sing at a penitentiary in Pryluky, Ukraine. Prison populations are another at-risk group for HIV, according to Vossen and Adler. There was an enormous amount of misconception about HIV, they said, with some of the prisoners believing it was spread by mosquitoes, kissing and hand-holding.
Pascal Vossen
HIV medication lies on a table in Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine.
HIV medication lies on a table in Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine.
Pascal Vossen