| List of Health Reform Projects | |||
| A step toward Establishment of LTSC in Kandalakshа region | TFBS | ||
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| Task Force on Communicable Disease in the Baltic Sea Region (TFBS) | Murmansk oblast |
15/01/2003 - 15/01/2004 (12 months) 24 000 EUR |
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| Objectives: The first cases of HIV were registered in Kandalakshi region in year 2000. Since this period totally 225 cases are diagnosed in the city. The morbidity rate is the highest in the North-West district of Russian Federation. The main group of HIV+ persons are IDU's - 88%. Almost 90% of infected persosn are are in the age of 15-25. It becomes evident that more and more case are registered among the women, and if in the beginning of Epidemic the ratio of infected man to women was 4:1, now it is 2:1. MOst of them are also drug usres and commersial sex workers. The purpose of the project is to reduce HIV spread among IDU's and commercial sex workers in Kandalakshi city. | |||
| Care for and counselling of HIV patients as a tool against the epidemic | TFBS | ||
| Financier | Counterpart | Region | |
| Task Force on Communicable Disease in the Baltic Sea Region (TFBS) | Saint-Petersburg |
01/11/2002 - 31/12/2004 (26 months) 3 957 500 SEK |
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Objectives:
The project aims at setting up a joint teaching programme lead by a project group in which the Swedish members will be nurses representing HIV care and hospital hygiene and similar competency from Russia. The project group will recruit suitable trainers, design a teaching programme and oversee the implementation.
It is aimed that the programme will be made available to head-nurses in above mentioned groups of nurses obligating them to spread their knowledge in their home district. Russia has the most rapidly raising HIV incidence in the world. At the end of 2002, there is estimated to be about 1 miljon HIV-positive Russians, most of them infected through intravenous drug use (IDU). There is no sign of any slowing-down. Most Russian health care workers (HCWs) are still unaccustomed to dealing with HIV-positive patients. The situation is very similar to the situation existing in Sweden 15 years ago. The problems include concern about own personal safety (often expressed also by spouses of the HCWs), lack of care routines, and inexperience in talking to patients about protecting others. In Sweden, there exists a large group of nurses with decade-long experience in care for HIV patients. Many members in this group have expressed their willingness to participate in a programme to share this experience with their Russian counterparts. Comments The present rapid spread of HIV infection in Russia is leaving much of the health care staff behind due to experience and skill. In many ways, the situation is similar to Sweden in the mid 80s. A wish has been expressed by representatives from the Russian nurses collective that Swedish nurses could share their experience and knowledge on a larger scale. This knowledge would include care routine, knowledge of counselling and hospital hygiene, but also focus on preventive aspects of carefully informing already HIV- positive patients about measures not to infect others. |
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| Counteracting HIV/AIDS epidemic among drug-users: study visits for penitentiary services’ and non-governmental organisations’ representatives from the Baltic countries (Poland) | TFBS | ||
| Financier | Counterpart | Region | |
| Task Force on Communicable Disease in the Baltic Sea Region (TFBS) | Arkhangelsk oblast, Kaliningrad oblast, Murmansk oblast, Republic of Karelia, Saint-Petersburg |
01/02/2003 - 30/03/2004 (14 months) 60 000 EUR |
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| Objectives: The project involves the series of study visits, training and apprenticeship sessions, and technical advising sessions intended for representatives of penitentiary institutions and non-governmental organisations working in the field of HIV prevention and drug demand reduction. Lead applicant: The MONAR Association, non-governmental organisation Polish Project Partners: The POMOST Association, non-governmental organisation The Central Administration of the State Prison Service The National AIDS Centre The overall objectives of the project include: Support in desinging and introducing HIV/AIDS prevention programs in the penitentiary system and in the open environment in the target region, where HIV/ AIDS epidemic dynamic is high and the number of drug-addicted young people is constantly growing Contribute to establishing of cooperation between the governmental (penitentiary services) and non-governmental sectors in the target region Strengthening of the third sector capacity in the target region Sharing the Polish experience in the sphere of counteracting drug-use and spread of HIV/AIDS and in cooperation between the different sectors: governmental, non- governmental and private Increasing awareness of HIV/AIDS and HIV-related problems among the administrative bodies representatives – decision-makers. The project immediate purposes are: -Draw attention of penitentiary systems’ administration to problems of drug addiction in prisons -To help introduce HIV/AIDS prevention programs adjusted to the local conditions, -To help introduce HIV/AIDS prevention and drug-addiction treatment programs in penitentiary system -To help introduce prevention and therapeutic methods through training of a core group professional staff who are able to train other staff and volunteers in up-to-date methods and approaches. | |||
| Cross actions between the STD Clinic in Archangels and the Olafia Clinic in Oslo | TFBS | ||
| Financier | Counterpart | Region | |
| Task Force on Communicable Disease in the Baltic Sea Region (TFBS) | Arkhangelsk oblast |
15/01/2002 - 31/12/2003 (23.5 months) 23 700 EUR |
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| Objectives: (no information received) | |||
| Development of Clinical Guidelines for Primary Health Care Doctors in Women's Health (including CCD, STD's and reproductive health) | TFBS | ||
| Financier | Counterpart | Region | |
| Task Force on Communicable Disease in the Baltic Sea Region (TFBS) | Saint-Petersburg |
01/10/2001 - 30/04/2003 (19 months) 48 746 EUR |
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| Objectives: (no information received) | |||
| Development of the curriculum and distant learning program on control of communicable diseases for PHC professionals (CME courses) and general public | TFBS | ||
| Financier | Counterpart | Region | |
| Task Force on Communicable Disease in the Baltic Sea Region (TFBS) | Saint-Petersburg |
09/11/2001 - 31/10/2002 (12 months) 20 000 EUR |
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| Objectives: (no information received) | |||
| GTZ BACKUP Initiative | GTZ | ||
| Financier | Counterpart | Region | |
| The Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) GmbH | SPID Info SvyasKhabarovsk Association for Family PlanningHumanitarian Project, Nonprofit organization, Novosibirsk, Russia | Khabarovsk Territory, Moscow, Novosibirsk oblast |
350 000 EUR |
| Objectives: Support to governmental and nongovernmental organizations in selected regions to take advantage of the opportunities provided by global initiatives in the field of HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria, especially the Global Fund. | |||
| Health and protection for women involved in prostitution in St.Petersburg | TFBS | ||
| Financier | Counterpart | Region | |
| Task Force on Communicable Disease in the Baltic Sea Region (TFBS) | Saint-Petersburg |
15/06/2002 - 31/12/2003 (18.5 months) 65 000 EUR |
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| Objectives: Establishing out reach work and drop-in center for women inwolved in prostitution in St.Petersburg. | |||
| Healthy Neighbors - Murmansk (Russia) and Kirkenes (Norway) | TFBS | ||
| Financier | Counterpart | Region | |
| Task Force on Communicable Disease in the Baltic Sea Region (TFBS) | Murmansk oblast |
100 000 EUR |
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Objectives:
Establish the preliminary network nessesary for planning workshops on infection control in health care settings in Murmansk and Kirkenes and getting base line data for monitoring future interventions.
Target Group: Emploees at Murmansk Tuberculosis Hospital and Kirkenes Sykehus as well as responsible administrative |
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| Implementation of infectious disease surveillance measures to prevent the spread of mycobacteria TB in health facilities of the city of Ivanovo. | CRDF, USAID | ||
| Financier | Counterpart | Region | |
| U.S. Civilian Research & Development Foundation (CRDF)United States Agency for International Development (USAID) | State health facility “Regional anti-tuberculosis dispensary” | Ivanovsk oblast |
01/09/2002 - 31/12/2004 (28 months) 203 874 USD |
| Objectives: Implementation of the infectious disease surveillance measures, including administrative control, engineering surveillance of environment and respiratory protection of personnel at institutions with high degree of TB spread risk | |||
| Improve in communicable disease control in rural areas of the Republic of Karelia under conditions of shifting of primary health care to general practice | TFBS | ||
| Financier | Counterpart | Region | |
| Task Force on Communicable Disease in the Baltic Sea Region (TFBS) | Republic of Karelia |
01/01/2002 - 31/12/2003 (24 months) 370 000 EUR |
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| Objectives: (no information received) | |||
| Improvement of the prevention and control of STIs in St. Petersburg | TFBS | ||
| Financier | Counterpart | Region | |
| Task Force on Communicable Disease in the Baltic Sea Region (TFBS) | St.-Peterburg STI Clinics | Murmansk oblast, Saint-Petersburg |
12/06/2002 - 30/12/2004 (30.5 months) 200 000 EUR |
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Objectives:
Background: STI diagnosis and management in St Petersburg are suboptimal, morbidity rates due to STI high. In 1999-2001, the project "STIs in Leningradskaya Oblastj: problem estimation, enhancement of diagnostic quality and management" was run. As the result, we established STD management group, supported clinical and laboratory teaching center, implemented patient management standards and performed small prevalence studies. We are convinced that the experience we gained and network we established gives us all prerequisites to elaborate it on the city of St Petersburg as well.
Objectives: To reduce the transmission of STIs in St Petersburg with special emphasis on young people and high risk population
Immediate objective: To support centers for STI diagnosis and prevention, to develop working methods through collaboration, networking, provision of material and transfer of knowledge
Indicators: numbers of centers and working groups established, laboratories and clinics supported, course attendance, materials printed, target group/people tested - quarterly reports by the working activity coordinators and half- and yearly reports by the project coordinator.
Relationship with the health plan for the control of HIV/AIDS/STI: project plans are accepted by the Health Committee Home page: http://www.medsci.uu.se/klinbakt/stigup |
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| Intervention to improve antibiotic use in Children Infectious Disease Hospital no 5, St. Petersburg | TFBS | ||
| Financier | Counterpart | Region | |
| Task Force on Communicable Disease in the Baltic Sea Region (TFBS) | Saint-Petersburg |
16 000 EUR |
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| Objectives: Improvement of practice of use of antibiotics in children's infectious hospital of №5 cities of St.-Petersburg | |||
| Microbial resistance in clinically relevant bacteria in Arkhangelsk | TFBS | ||
| Financier | Counterpart | Region | |
| Task Force on Communicable Disease in the Baltic Sea Region (TFBS) | Arkhangelsk oblast |
20/02/2002 - 31/12/2004 (34.5 months) 244 000 EUR |
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| Objectives: Rendering assistance in construction of bacteriological laboratory on the basis of infectious clinic in Arkhangelsk, with the purpose of data acquisition on stability to antibiotics | |||
| Prevention and control of communicable diseases in North West Russia | EU | ||
| Financier | Counterpart | Region | |
| European Union (EU), EU-Russia Cooperation Programme (formerly known as Tacis) | Ministry of Justice of the Russian FederationMinistry of Health and Social Development of the Russian Federation | Leningrad oblast, Pskov oblast, Saint-Petersburg |
01/06/2003 - 31/05/2005 (24 months) 2 500 000 EUR |
| Objectives: The project is supported the FSIN (Federal Service for Execution of Punishments) and the Ministry of Justice in the designing and the implementation of a comprehensive strategy to curb and prevent the spread of communicable diseases in prisons and penitentiary institutions in North West Russia. It involved training of relevant personnel of the penitentiary institutions, promotion of health prevention strategies regarding AIDS and TB as well as other communicable diseases. It also raised awareness of high-risk populations on diseases. | |||
| Project "13 plus"- To prevent sexually transmitted infections including HIV\AIDS and unwanted pregnancies among young people in ST.Petersburg, Russia | TFBS | ||
| Financier | Counterpart | Region | |
| Task Force on Communicable Disease in the Baltic Sea Region (TFBS) | Saint-Petersburg |
01/02/2003 - 31/03/2004 (14 months) 6 400 000 SEK |
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| Objectives: A particulary exposed group in Russian society is young people. HIV/AIDS and other sexually transmitted infections (STI) and also abortions are prevalent to a large extent. To reach young people via youth friendly services (youth clinics) and sex education at schools are therfore important. The overall objectives are to prevent sexually transmitted infections including HIV/AIDS and unwanted pregnancies among young people in St Petersburg. Partial objectives are: develop four youth clinics and use the knowledge and experience of the already established youth clinics to supervise staff; create an academic postgraduate course for youth clinic staff, establish a reliable distribution of contraceptives and condoms so young people have access to cheap and safe preservatives, create a basic course for medical and school staff about sexual health, create an academic method course for school staff, participate in an exchange of ideas about safe sex in existing programme at summer camps, influence massmedia about the importance of sexual education, co-operate with NGOs about the importance of sex education for young people. Implemenation of the project: In St Petersburg, Public Health and Education Committee, in Stockholm, Stockholm County Council in close collaboration with Stockholms Aids Preventive Programme (Lafa) and Swedish Association for Sexuality Education (RFSU). Contact person in St Petersburg:project co-ordinator Natalia Vorobyeva. E-mail natsan@mail.rcom.ru Project manager in St Petersburg, Anatolij Simachodsky, head of Department of Maternal Health, Public health Committee, St Petersburg | |||
| PROMOTING A STRATEGIC RESPONSE TO TB -- TREATMENT AND CARE FOR VULNERABLE POPULATIONS IN THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION | GF | ||
| Financier | Counterpart | Region | |
| The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (GF) | Russian Federation |
01/12/2007 - 30/11/2010 (36 months) 40 000 000 USD |
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| Objectives: 1.To improve early TB detection and treatment rates for low income and marginalized populations in the civilian sector 2.To improve early detection and treatment rates for multi-drug resistant tuberculosis MDR-TB 3.To improve early TB detection and treatment rates in the prison system 4.To improve interagency cooperation in TB control 5.To build capacity for TB prevention and care for people living with HIV/AIDS | |||
| Quality improvement in prevention of socially dangerous infections (SSI) (STIs, Tb, HIV/AIDS, Hepatitis) in primary health care | TFBS | ||
| Financier | Counterpart | Region | |
| Task Force on Communicable Disease in the Baltic Sea Region (TFBS) | Arkhangelsk oblast, Murmansk oblast, Republic of Karelia |
01/01/2003 - 31/12/2003 (12 months) 100 000 EUR |
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| Objectives: (no information received) | |||
| STD: Prevention through Education | TFBS | ||
| Financier | Counterpart | Region | |
| Task Force on Communicable Disease in the Baltic Sea Region (TFBS) | Saint-Petersburg |
01/10/2001 - 30/04/2003 (19 months) 50 000 EUR |
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| Objectives: (no information received) | |||
| STIs in Leningradskaja oblast: problem estimation, enhancement of diagnostic quality and patient management | TFBS | ||
| Financier | Counterpart | Region | |
| Task Force on Communicable Disease in the Baltic Sea Region (TFBS) | Leningrad oblast, Saint-Petersburg |
12/06/2002 - 30/12/2004 (30.5 months) 164 000 EUR |
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| Objectives: To support centers for STI diagnosis and prevention, to develop working methods through collaboration, networking and provision of material and transfer of knowledge | |||
| Support for local hepatitis B Control Development in Ivanovo | EU | ||
| Financier | Counterpart | Region | |
| European Union (EU), EU-Russia Cooperation Programme (formerly known as Tacis) | Public Foundation of the 1st Ivanovo City Hospital | Ivanovsk oblast |
01/09/2002 - 28/02/2003 (6 months) 100 000 EUR |
| Objectives: Development of methodologies for the prevention and control of Hepatitis B development of Health partnership with governmental and NGO sector. | |||
| Technical assistance to infectious disease control activities | USAID | ||
| Financier | Counterpart | Region | |
| United States Agency for International Development (USAID) | 01/01/1998 - 31/12/2008 (132 months) | ||
| Objectives: This activity supports priority areas identified by the Health Committee of the U.S.-Russian Commission on Economic and Technological Cooperation. Through a PASA with DHHS, USAID supports technical assistance, training, and information exchange in the priority areas of infectious diseases (tuberculosis, HIV/AIDS and sexually transmitted diseases (STDs). | |||
| The ConTact Bus. Murmansk Russia | TFBS | ||
| Financier | Counterpart | Region | |
| Task Force on Communicable Disease in the Baltic Sea Region (TFBS) | Murmansk oblast |
29 200 EUR |
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| Objectives: 1. Reduce the rate of HIV cases among the commercial sex workers in Murmansk 2. As well as create the informational network for them and to provide medical services for such women. | |||
| The Murmansk Bus of Trust | TFBS | ||
| Financier | Counterpart | Region | |
| Task Force on Communicable Disease in the Baltic Sea Region (TFBS) | Murmansk oblast |
42 200 EUR |
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| Objectives: Regular training of addicts to ways of protection against virus infections at introduction of drugs. | |||
| The third Baltic region conference | TFBS | ||
| Financier | Counterpart | Region | |
| Task Force on Communicable Disease in the Baltic Sea Region (TFBS) | Arkhangelsk oblast, Kaliningrad oblast, Murmansk oblast, Republic of Karelia |
11/09/2003 - 13/09/2003 (0 months) 7 000 EUR |
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| Objectives: (no information received) | |||
| Transportation of sputum samples to study resistance to anti-TB drugs in Ivanovskaya region | CRDF, USAID | ||
| Financier | Counterpart | Region | |
| U.S. Civilian Research & Development Foundation (CRDF)United States Agency for International Development (USAID) | Ivanovsk oblast |
8 716 USD |
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| Objectives: Organize the system of transportation of sputum samples to study resistance to anti-TB drugs among all the patients with cultural-positive active TB in Ivanovskaya region. | |||
| We and Tomorrow. Cooperation between the Novgorod and Orebro regions | TFBS | ||
| Financier | Counterpart | Region | |
| Task Force on Communicable Disease in the Baltic Sea Region (TFBS) | Novgorod oblast |
01/09/2002 - 31/08/2005 (36 months) 236 400 EUR |
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| Objectives: A cooperation project between the Dept. of Public Health and Social Medicine, Цrebro County Council and The Folk High School of Veliky Novgorod. Indicators: The reasons for the project are the rapidly increasing numbers of HIV-infected young persons, increasing numbers of other sexually transmitted diseases and high rates of unwanted pregnancies. Negative attitudes and lack of support to HIV-infected persons. Limited sex education in schools. Limited knowledge among health care workers as well as people in general. General objectives: Invent the epidemiological situation. Develope a long term prevention programme for sexual health together with the russian authorities. Create an education model for key persons and special groups. Build network and encourage partnership between different sectors in society. Use the Folk High School as a centre for education and information. Support infected persons and their families. Develope youth services STI care and family planning, using model and experiences from "Projekt 13" in St. Petersburg. Increase the awareness among the population in the area of the ongoing epidemic and its consequenses for individuals and society. | |||
| Workshop for workers in low-treshold counceling sites for IDUs | TFBS | ||
| Financier | Counterpart | Region | |
| Task Force on Communicable Disease in the Baltic Sea Region (TFBS) | Arkhangelsk oblast, Kaliningrad oblast, Murmansk oblast, Republic of Karelia, Saint-Petersburg |
22/09/2003 - 25/09/2003 (0 months) 14 000 EUR |
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| Objectives: (no information received) | |||
| Антибиотикорезистентность важных бактерий человека на территории Архангельской области: количество, механизмы и молекулярная эпидемиология. | |||
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| Barents Health Care Programme | Arkhangelsk Regional hospital | Arkhangelsk oblast |
60 000 USD |
| Objectives: 1.Изучить чувствительность антибиотиков, распределение определяющих антибиотикорезистентности. 2.Исследовать структура населения в отношении патогенных бактерий человека (S. aureus, Enterobacteriaceae, N. gonorrhea and S. pneumonia) в Архангельской области. | |||