Half a million Ukrainians are infected with the AIDS virus according to WHO, at least 150 000 of them in the city of Odessa. Tens of thousands of new infections are recorded each year. Drug addicts, prostitutes, street children and gays are the most exposed, but the lack of information and collective publiic ignorance accelerate contamination in all categories.

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About photographer Alex Anger

As a correspondent in eastern Europe Alex’a is interested in the changes taking place in the societites of the Balkans and the former Sovietunion (USSR). He is at his best when he can describe the life and the situation of the people he meets wth pictures and takes any opportunity to document the large contrasts in life in eastern Europe. He has a good eye for cathing the moment and appreciates it when people take time and let him come into their life, however difficult life may be.