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Hanna Hopko  

Advocacy Coordinator ,Regional Advocacy Center LIFE

Civic activist, journalist, ecology advocate and social communications PHD. Majored in social communications in Lviv National University. Succeeded in number of advocacy campaigns: increasing tobacco tax, prohibiting tobacco advertising, protecting Donau Delta. Actively publicizing in Ukrainian media, is the correspondent of popular “Day” newspaper. Expert of the Parliament in ecological and culture issues. Key result of her advocacy campaign in tobacco control is : Smoking prevalence in Ukraine has declined for 13 % as a result of such activity and followed changes in laws and regulations. Another succesful national advocacy campaign initiated by Hanna is called “Our children”. It aimes at system changes in saving children with oncological and oncohematological diseases. Hanna is actively fighting with corruption in healthcare, providing access to quality treatment. She is a Member of the Board of Trustees of the Center for Children's Hematologyand Bone Marrow Transplantation of the National Children's Specialized Hospital Ohkmatdyt of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine. 2005 – present Journalist, Co-founder of NGO “Bureau of Environmental Investigations”

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