Andriy Klepikov is the Executive Director of the Alliance for Public Health, one of the largest HIV- and TB-focused NGOs in Ukraine and the Eastern Europe and Central Asia (EECA) region. As Founding Director, he manages over 100 staff members, implementing a complex and comprehensive HIV prevention, treatment and care programme, as well as programmes on TB, HCV and, more recently, COVID-19.
Andriy manages one of the largest harm reduction programmes globally in partnership with field-level NGOs, reaching over 200 000 people who inject drugs annually with its services. He has led in transitioning the opioid-agonist therapy programme (the largest in EECA) to state funding. Andriy manages his organization’s country-wide TB programme and also supervises the regional portfolio, which includes over 20 countries in EECA and Central Europe.
Recently, Andriy has led his organization’s efforts to sustain the HIV and TB response in the context of Russian aggression against Ukraine, implementing needs-based support to the most vulnerable groups. This includes humanitarian assistance for internally displaced people and war refugees.
Apart from being an IAS Governing Council member, Andriy is an Alternate Board member at the Global Fund, a member of the Global Fund Strategy Committee and Frontline AIDS Partnership Council, and Chair of the Oversight Advisory Committee of TB Europe Coalition.
