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Alena Shmorgun, left, looks how her new born daughter undergoes medical tests in Kiev's hospital Tuesday, Oct.4, 2005. Ukraine's population has long been in a downward spiral, due in large part to women's fears of giving birth after the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear accident, as well as the poverty and deterioration of the public health system following the breakup of the Soviet Union and the sharp increase in emigration by people hoping for a better life abroad. President Viktor Yushchenko's government pledged to reverse the trend and has tapped into methods as varied as giving new mothers US$1,500 (8,460 Ukrainian hryvna or 1,246) , and slick pro-natal advertising campaigns. Early figures suggest it's working. (AP Photo/Sergei Chuzavkov)
An unidentified Ukrainian mother enjoys a sunny day with her child, in Kiev, Tuesday Oct.4, 2005. Ukraine's population has long been in a downward spiral, due in large part to women's fears of giving birth after the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear accident, as well as the poverty and deterioration of the public health system following the breakup of the Soviet Union and the sharp increase in emigration by people hoping for a better life abroad. President Viktor Yushchenko's government pledged to reverse the trend and has tapped into methods as varied as giving new mothers US$1,500 (8,460 Ukrainian hryvna or 1,246) , and slick pro-natal advertising campaigns. Early figures suggest it's working. (AP Photo/Sergei Chuzavkov)
A girl looks on while another grimaces in the orphanage for mentally disabled children in the village of Pugachevka in Ukraine's most Chernobyl affected regions Ukraine's northwestern Zhytomyr region, March 29, 2004. Children in contaminated areas suffer physical or psychological effects of radiation related to the catastrophe twice more than those in the country's relatively clean regions. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)
PHOTO: EAST NEWS/Wojtek Laski Piec lat po katastrofie w elektrowni atomowej w Czarnobylu. 1991 N/Z: naukowcy z Moskwy badaja zmiany zachodze w roslinach, ktore rosna w bezposrednim sasiedztwie elektrowni. Five years after the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant disaster. 1991 Scientists from Moscow conduct researches on plants growing in the vicinity of the power plant.
Young children on a collective farm are patients on a ward in Syekovo, Russia, a village not far from the Chernobyl nuclear plant on April 24, 1990. Four years after the April 26, 1986 Chernobyl accident, these children are suffering intestinal problems from exposure to radioactive radiation. A Soviet newspaper has said scientists still expect thousands of deaths from the radiaton released in the Chernobyl explosion and fire. (AP Photo/Str)
On April 21, 1990, young children on a collective farm are patients on a ward in Syekovo, a village not far from the Chernobyl nuclear plant. Four years after the April 26, 1986 Chernobyl accident, these children are suffering intestinal problems from exposure to radiation. A Soviet newspaper has said scientists still expect thousands of deaths from radiation released in the Chernobyl explosion and fire. (AP Photo)
PHOTO: EAST NEWS/WOJTEK LASKI Okolice Czarnobyla 4 lata po katastrofie w elektrowni atomowej. 31.03.1990 N/Z: porzucone skazone statki i lodzie, ktore byly uzywane podczas akcji ratunkowej. Chernobyl area 4 years after Nuclear Power Plant disaster. 31.03.1990 Abandoned ships that were used during the emergency action.
Zycie codzienne mieszkancow okolic Czarnobyla cztery lata po katastrofie elektrowni atomowej, 31.03.1990 N/Z: pomiary poziomu napromieniwania. Daily life in the region of Chernobyl four years after the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant disaster. 31.03.1990 Measurement of radiation levels.
