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List of Health Reform Projects
Adjustment of contacts between the people having narcotic dependence and a HIV improving center EU
Financier Counterpart Region Duration/Budget
European Union (EU), EU-Russia Cooperation Programme (formerly known as Tacis)  Yaroslavl branch of Russian women’s charity for an AIDS-free future  Yaroslavl oblast  01/12/2002 - 01/11/2004 (ongoing project)
239 346 EUR 
Objectives:  (no information received) 
 
American International Health Alliance (AIHA) Health Partnership USAID
Financier Counterpart Region Duration/Budget
United States Agency for International Development (USAID)  Municipal Health Commitee of Samara CityCommitee of Public Health of Saint Petersburg  Khabarovsk Territory, Kurgan oblast, Nizhniy Novgorod oblast, Russian Federation, Sakhalin oblast, Samara oblast, Tomsk oblast  22/11/1999 - 01/01/2001 (ongoing project) 
Objectives:  Increasing of the effectivness and efficacy of the medical services within the primary health care  
 
Call to Action/PMTCT USAID
Financier Counterpart Region Duration/Budget
United States Agency for International Development (USAID)      01/01/1999 - 31/12/2002 (48 months) 
Objectives:  1) To increase the coverage of prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmission services to 90% of HIV-positive pregnant women delivering (n~700) in St. Petersburg (5.5 million inhabitants). 2) To implement rapid testing and treatment of women presenting in labor with un 3) To implement enhanced monitoring of perinatal HIV transmission indicators, which will include prenatal care, testing, seroprevalence, maternal and infant therapies, infant feeding practices, and abandonment. 4) To provide training of health care professionals, including obstetricians, neonatologists, nurses and laboratory scientists in HIV PMTCT, including opt-out VCT, rapid testing of women presenting in labor with undocumented HIV status, nevirapine treatment, as well as in use of family planning to prevent future unintended pregnancy and HIV transmission.  
 
Communities are for international development. Reproductive health/Family planning USAID
Financier Counterpart Region Duration/Budget
United States Agency for International Development (USAID)  Center for family planning and reproduction  Kurgan oblast  01/01/2006 - 01/01/2007 (ongoing project) 
Objectives:  Raising awareness of different social groups of the population, especially youth on the issues of reproductive health and family planning 
 
Health Care Quality Assurance Project USAID
Financier Counterpart Region Duration/Budget
United States Agency for International Development (USAID)  Health Department of Tula oblastHealth Department of Tver oblast  Russian Federation, Altay Territory, Arkhangelsk oblast, Ivanovsk oblast, Kostroma oblast, Moscow oblast, Murmansk oblast, Primorsk Territory, Republic of Buratiya, Republic of Karelia, Republic of Tatarstan, Sakha Republic (Yakutiya), Samara oblast, Sverdlovsk oblast, Tula oblast, Tver oblast, Ulyanovsk oblast, Volgograd oblast  01/09/1998 - 30/04/2004 (68 months) 
Objectives:  ·Tangible results of the first phase of the Quality Assurance project included evidence-based clinical guidelines, redesigned systems of care, and quality monitoring in the three clinical areas: hypertension, pregnancy induced hypertension, and neonatal respiratory distress syndrome in Tulskaya and Tverskaya oblasts. ·

Improved prevention and treatment practices led to a 90% decrease in hospitalizations for hypertension, the leading cause of death in Tula region.·

In Tver region the changes led to 63% reduction in neonatal mortality from respiratory distress, the principal cause of death for newborns. ·

Improved systems of care markedly reduced costs, particularly in pregnancy-induced hypertension in Tver.·

Russian Minister of Health Yuriy Shevchenko opened a conference in Moscow in July 2000; then-Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Donna Shalala launched the second phase of the project.·

The quality assurance approach has extended to all appropriate health facilities in the two regions and is now a model for nationwide application. ·

Clinical areas to be added during the second phase include: pediatric tuberculosis care and early detection and care of breast cancer in Tverskaya Oblast; and treatment of depression in general practitioner settings in Tulskaya Oblast.·

The June 2001 National Policy Seminar on Improving Health Care Quality produced a draft Policy Document on Quality Assurance. 
 
Healthy mother/ healthy child USAID
Financier Counterpart Region Duration/Budget
United States Agency for International Development (USAID)  Ministry of Health and Social Development of the Russian FederationMinistry of Health of Republic Saha (Yakutia)Department of public health services of the Tyumen oblastDepartment of Health of the Vologda region Regional centre on prevention and combat AIDS and communicable diseasesHealth Department of Irkutsk oblast Министерство здравоохранения и социального развития Республики КомиRegional Center of planning of family and reproductionДепартамент здравоохранения Пермской области  Altay Territory, Irkutsk oblast, Kaluga oblast, Khabarovsk Territory, Komi Republic, Krasnoyarsk Territory, Murmansk oblast, Novgorod oblast, Omsk oblast, Orenburg oblast, Perm oblast, Primorsk Territory, Sakha Republic (Yakutiya), Sakhalin oblast, Tyumen oblast, Vologda oblast  01/01/1999 - 01/12/2006 (ongoing project) 
Objectives:  1.Improvement of health of women and children of 1st year of a life. 2.Decrease in parent and infantile death rate at the expense of increase of efficiency of rendering assistance to women and babies, including preventive maintenance of transfer of a HIV-infection from mother to the child. 3.Decrease in repeated abortions and undesirable pregnancy in pilot regions. 4.Introduction of services of the benevolent relation to youth and access increase to the information on reproductive health for men. 
 
Improvement of mother and child care in the Republic of North Ossetia-Alania IC
Financier Counterpart Region Duration/Budget
Italian Cooperation (IC)  Ministry of Health and Social Development of the Russian Federation  Republic of North Osetia-Alania  01/01/2000 - 31/12/2002 (36 months)
250 000  
Objectives:  Strengthening of mother and child care in the Republic with training courses of medical personnel and purchase of equipment. 
 
John Snow Inkorporejted
Financier Counterpart Region Duration/Budget
  Yakut republican AIDS Centre   Sakha Republic (Yakutiya)  27/09/2005 - 27/03/2006 (6 months) 
Objectives:  Introduction of new technologies on the basis of demonstrative medicine 
 
Life Line
Financier Counterpart Region Duration/Budget
Charitable Foundation "Life Line"  Сardiologic dispensary  Komi Republic  01/06/2004 - 31/12/2008 (55 months) 
Objectives:  (no information received) 
 
Maternal and Child Health Initiative (MCHI) USAID
Financier Counterpart Region Duration/Budget
United States Agency for International Development (USAID)      01/01/2003 - 31/12/2006 (48 months) 
Objectives:  The MCH Initiative will reduce maternal and infant morbidity and mortality by improving the effectiveness of selected women and infant services, with special emphasis on reducing repeat abortions and unwanted pregnancies in selected sites.  
 
MOTHER TO CHILD HIV PREVENTION SIDA
Financier Counterpart Region Duration/Budget
Swedish Agency for International Development (SIDA)    Kaliningrad oblast, Penza oblast  01/01/2001 - 31/12/2005 (60 months) 
Objectives:  The project aims to prevent the transmission of HIV/AIDS from mother to child, which is a phenomena that has increased multifold in Kaliningrad over the last couple of years. Health care staff will receive training in reproductive health, maternal and child care specifically designed to deal with young, drug using women who are HIV-infected and their children, both locally (St Petersburg) and internationally (Lithuanian and Swedish experts). This project is an integral part of a larger project, co-funded by Tacis 
 
Northern Caucasus Humanitarian Emergency Assistance WHO
Financier Counterpart Region Duration/Budget
World Health Organisation (WHO)    Chechen Republic, Ingushetian Republic, Republic of North Osetia-Alania  01/01/1999 - 31/12/2005 (84 months)
5 000 000 USD 
Objectives:  Help develop the capacity of local health services to ensure equitable and quality care, thus reducing preventable morbidity and mortality in ID population most in need.- Coordination and Information Management of humanitarian assistance;- Strengthening communicable disease surveillance and epidemic response;- Tuberculosis Control in the North Caucasus;- HIV/AIDS/STI prevention & control- Prosthetic/orthopedic assistance to war-wounded persons;- Mental health and rehabilitation;- Strengthening Primary Care and Health care management. 
 
Prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV, strengthening measures to protect women and children’s health affected by HIV/AIDs UNICEF
Financier Counterpart Region Duration/Budget
United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)  Regional centre on prevention and combat AIDS and communicable diseases  Orenburg oblast  01/03/2005 - 31/12/2006 (22 months) 
Objectives:  The project is aimed at: - Strengthening the potential of healthcare services in the issues of prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV, provision of medical help to HIV+ pregnant women, mothers and children. - Strengthening interaction of local medical and social services to provide comprehensive medico-psycho-social help to HIV-infected pregnant women, mothers, children, families affected by HIV/AIDS. -Supporting the initiatives of PLWHA to create mutual support groups. It is planned: - Carrying out the series of training workshops, trainings and conferences for health and social workers - Equipping health institutions and social help facilities with the necessary equipment and informational-methodological materials. - Carrying out informational-educational work among the public, health and social workers aimed at increasing the level of HIV/AIDS awareness  
 
Project on development and stimulation of breastfeeding
Financier Counterpart Region Duration/Budget
Некоммерческая организация «Норвежская народная помощь»    Republic of Karelia  01/01/1990 - 01/01/1990 (ongoing project)
32 000 RUB 
Objectives:  Within the framework of the project 2 educational workshops were carried out on the issues of the importance of breastfeeding and organization of volunteer movement in its support.  
 
Samara Health System Reform Programme DFID
Financier Counterpart Region Duration/Budget
Department for International Development (DFID)  Municipal Health Commitee of Samara CityHealth and Life Sciences Partnership Consulting (HLSP)  Russian Federation, Samara oblast  01/12/1996 - 01/05/2000 (ongoing project)
2 500 000 EUR 
Objectives:  To improve magamement throughout the regional health system with a view to making it more capable of implementing reforms; to improve health budgeting in Samara region so that polyclinics and hospitals would function within a realistic and equitable budgetary framework; to establish general practice as an important part of primary health care in Samara; to reduce excessive hospitalization; to improve the functioning of emergency services; to support the development of a day surgery department in a medical facility to act as a reform model. 
 
SOCIAL FAMILY PREVENTIVE CENTER SIDA
Financier Counterpart Region Duration/Budget
Swedish Agency for International Development (SIDA)    Arkhangelsk oblast  01/01/2001 - 31/12/2003 (36 months) 
Objectives:  The project aims at a transfer of knowledge between Sundsvalls municiaplity and a new family social preventive center in Arkhangelsk. The aim of this center is to support the parents and families in order to prevent further institutionalization of children by providing psychological, educational, legal as well as medical assistance. 
 
Support NKO “Leningrad family”: work and aid to each EU
Financier Counterpart Region Duration/Budget
European Union (EU), EU-Russia Cooperation Programme (formerly known as Tacis)      01/04/1997 - 01/08/1998 (ongoing project)
154 005 EUR 
Objectives:  (no information received) 
 
Support to mother and child care system in the Republic of Mordovia IC
Financier Counterpart Region Duration/Budget
Italian Cooperation (IC)  Ministry of Health and Social Development of the Russian Federation  Republic of Mordovia  01/01/2000 - 31/12/2002 (36 months)
250 000  
Objectives:  Improvement of mother and child care in Mordovia through training of medical personnel on neonatology and purchase of medical equipment. 
 
Tarpley method in social work
Financier Counterpart Region Duration/Budget
      01/01/2004 - 01/01/2006 (ongoing project) 
Objectives:  To acquaint the Petersburg experts working with families and children, with theoretical and practical bases of a method тераплей, to approve new knowledge in establishments of social protection of children and in family work. 
 
Здоровье детей и подростков: сотрудничество SDC и Республики Башкортостан по медицинским вопросам профилактики и лечения
Financier Counterpart Region Duration/Budget
  Ministry of Health of Republic Bashkortostan  Republic of Bashkortostan  01/01/2003 - 31/12/2005 (36 months) 
Objectives:  1.Perfection of diagnostics and treatment of patients with malignant new growths, increase in duration of the general,survival rate, improvement of quality of a life of children with hematologic diseases in RB 2.Decrease in number of congenital developmental anomalies of a fruit, decrease in infantile death rate from congenital developmental anomalies, hemolytic illnesses of newborns 3.Introduction of modern methods of diagnostics, treatment and preventive maintenance  
 
Проект по развитию и поощрению грудного вскармливания
Financier Counterpart Region Duration/Budget
Некоммерческая организация «Норвежская народная помощь»  Ministry of Health of the Republic of Karelia  Republic of Karelia  01/01/2005 - 01/01/2006 (ongoing project)
32 000 RUB 
Objectives:  (no information received)