Ludmila Maistat is Senior Programme Manager: Hepatitis/HIV Policy and Advocacy , International HIV/AIDS Alliance in Ukraine. She joined the Alliance in 2011 and is currently leading all-Ukrainian mobilization and advocacy campaigns uniting  NGOs, activists, experts, lawyers, health care workers and patient groups from all over Ukraine with the aim to scale up access to HCV treatment in the country. Ludmila  is Member of the WHO Strategic and Technical Advisory Committee on Hepatitis, participates in work of UNITAID Civil Society delegation, member of  the International Advisory Group on Hepatitis, EECA and World CABs, co-author of several reports and articles on access to HCV treatment