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List of Health Reform Projects
Assistance to street Children in St. Petersburg UNICEF, MDM
Financier Counterpart Region Duration/Budget
United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)Medicins du Monde (MDM)  Humanitarian Action Foundation  Saint-Petersburg  01/01/2002 - 31/12/2002 (12 months)
140 000 EUR 
Objectives:  Primary health care for street children; Drop-in-Center; Mental health care; Outreach activities 
 
Building a bridge for drug injectors to HIV health services in Yaroslavl, Russia 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  01/01/2003 - 31/12/2004 (24 months)
239 346 EUR 
Objectives:  To bridge the gap between health services and the high-risk group. Through a peer-driven recruitment and outreach mechanism the project will access IDUs in the community and recruit them for HIV risk assessment and education. The project will also implement a comprehensive training programme for medical professionals. 
 
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 
 
Consolidated Partnership between governmental and non-governmental organizations in HIV/AIDS prevention among Commercial Sex Workers in 10 Russian Cities UNFPA
Financier Counterpart Region Duration/Budget
United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)  Ministry of Health and Social Development of the Russian Federation  Kaliningrad oblast, Krasnoyarsk Territory, Moscow, Nizhniy Novgorod oblast, Saint-Petersburg, Tomsk oblast, Tver oblast, Volgograd oblast, Vologda oblast  01/01/2003 - 31/12/2004 (24 months)
61 750 USD 
Objectives:  The project aims to involve and cooperate with governmental and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in HIV/AIDS prevention among Commercial Sex Workers. It is planned to research and define social aspects of this phenomenon in Russia, and provide advocacy on HIV/AIDS issues at local and national levels 
 
DRUG BOX SIDA
Financier Counterpart Region Duration/Budget
Swedish Agency for International Development (SIDA)    Kaliningrad oblast, Moscow, Murmansk oblast, Novgorod oblast, Pskov oblast, Republic of Karelia, Saint-Petersburg  01/01/1998 - 01/01/2004 (ongoing project) 
Objectives:  The Drug Box consists of printed information material on drugs and alcohol aiming to contribute to increased awareness of the risks and effects of drug use.  
 
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 Russia 2020 USAID
Financier Counterpart Region Duration/Budget
United States Agency for International Development (USAID)Healthy Russia Foundation  Ministry of Health and Social Development of the Russian Federation  Chuvash Republic, Irkutsk oblast, Ivanovsk oblast, Khabarovsk Territory, Orenburg oblast, Perm oblast, Sakhalin oblast, Samara oblast, Saratov oblast, Tomsk oblast  01/09/2002 - 30/09/2007 (61 months) 
Objectives:  Propagation of a healthy way of life among youth, distribution and introduction of experience of programs in the field of the public health services, proved the efficiency, and attraction of ordinary citizens to active participation in the work directed on improvement of a state of health of the population. 
 
Healthy Way of Living EU
Financier Counterpart Region Duration/Budget
European Union (EU), EU-Russia Cooperation Programme (formerly known as Tacis)  Governmental Medical Organization Republican Center of Medicine, Karelia  Republic of Karelia  01/12/2003 - 01/12/2005 (ongoing project)
255 076 EUR 
Objectives:  The project aims at improving young people health status in Karelia. 
 
HIV/AIDS PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION IN THE RUSSIAN PRISON SYSTEM SIDA
Financier Counterpart Region Duration/Budget
Swedish Agency for International Development (SIDA)    Krasnodar Territory, Moscow, Omsk oblast, Penza oblast  01/01/2002 - 31/12/2003 (24 months) 
Objectives:  The project aims to further support a 4 year-long project about HIV prevention and health promotion in the Russian prison system. The project educates prisoners and staff in seven prisons in the regions of Omsk, Penza, Krasnodar and Moscow in close cooperation with the Ministry of Justice, local health authorities and local NGOs, with the purpose to assist in establishing a sustainable HIV and health prevention and promotion programme among prisoners in the Russian Federation.  
 
HIV/AIDS Prevention Population Services International (PSI/AIDSMARK) USAID
Financier Counterpart Region Duration/Budget
United States Agency for International Development (USAID)  Ministry of Health and Social Development of the Russian FederationPublic Health and Social Development Foundation FOCUS-MEDIALower East Side Harm Reduction Center (LESHRC)Metro TeenAIDS (MTA)Whitman-Walker Clinic (WWC)Helping Individual Prostitutes Survive (HIPS)Saratov oblast AIDS CenterCenter of International Understanding  Moscow, Saratov oblast  01/01/1998 - 31/12/2002 (60 months) 
Objectives:  The objective of this activity is to improve service delivery capacity to reduce HIV/AIDS/Sexually transmitted deseases (STDs) transmission in the selected vulnerable populations through social marketing of condoms, improved interpersonal communication and counselling skills among service providers, outreach to high-risk populations, and increased collaboration among key stakeholders in HIV/aids prevenyion efforts. The activity incorporates two components: social marketing and U.S. - Russian partnership. 
 
Life with Diabetes without Problems
Financier Counterpart Region Duration/Budget
Netherlands Embassy in Moscow  Association of Diabetes Invalids  Krasnoyarsk Territory  01/01/2003 - 01/01/2004 (ongoing project)
10 000 USD 
Objectives:  Setting up a diabetes information and counseling center. 
 
Peer support programme for youths in St. Petersburg related to dialogue, life quality and HIV/AIDS TFBS
Financier Counterpart Region Duration/Budget
Task Force on Communicable Disease in the Baltic Sea Region (TFBS)  NGO AkseptYouth organisation Right Bank  Saint-Petersburg, Murmansk oblast  29/11/2001 - 29/11/2003 (24 months)
85 000 EUR 
Objectives:  Training of 50 adolescentsas peer natural leaders;·Organization of “safe talk parties” for about 1000 adolescents; Collaboration with other youth organizations in St. Petersburg;·Study tours to Norway to institutions dealing with harm reduction. 
 
Primary Health Care Development EU
Financier Counterpart Region Duration/Budget
European Union (EU), EU-Russia Cooperation Programme (formerly known as Tacis)  I.M. Sechenov Moscow Medical Academy (ММА)  Belgorod oblast, Moscow oblast  28/10/2002 - 31/12/2004 (26 months)
3 000 000 EUR 
Objectives:  Assisting in establishing legal and economical frameworks for the development of a sustainable Primary Health Care system based on Family Medicine model in the Russian Federation; Defining the scope of services for the Family Medicine model; Establishing training systems and curricula supporting the implementation of the Family Medicine model; Implementing the new model in selected pilot regions. 
 
Prison Administration Support in North West Russia; prison health care project in the Republic of Karelia FINGOV
Financier Counterpart Region Duration/Budget
Government of Finland (FINGOV)  Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation  Republic of Karelia  01/01/2001 - date (ongoing project)
85 000 EUR 
Objectives:  (no information received) 
 
Project against Drug Abuse FINGOV
Financier Counterpart Region Duration/Budget
Government of Finland (FINGOV)    Republic of Karelia  01/01/2000 - 31/12/2002 (36 months)
64 000 EUR 
Objectives:  (no information received) 
 
Promotion of social awareness about consequences of drug addiction and rehabilitation in Samara EU
Financier Counterpart Region Duration/Budget
European Union (EU), EU-Russia Cooperation Programme (formerly known as Tacis)  Public Foundation Novaya Zhizn  Samara oblast  01/01/2003 - date (ongoing project)
100 000 EUR 
Objectives:  Promotion of information campaigns through mass media, schools, medical and social institutionsTo ensure social and psychological support for the rehabilitation of former drug addicts and current drug abusers. 
 
REGIONAL PROJECT: SEMINARS FOR JOURNALISTS SIDA
Financier Counterpart Region Duration/Budget
Swedish Agency for International Development (SIDA)      01/01/2003 - 31/12/2004 (24 months) 
Objectives:  The general aim of the project is to strengthen free and independanat media as well as a critical and informative journalism within the social sector. Given that journalists from Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, Russia, Ukraine, Belarussia and Moldova will participate a regional exchange of experiences is anticipated. Two seminars will be held. The first seminar in Sweden including both capacity building within several aspects of the social and health sector in addition to journalistic methodology. The second seminar will be held in one of the participating counties and will follow-up previous activity. The Swedish partner is Fojo, The Institute for Further Education of Journalists. 
 
TB Project in Kaliningrad SIDA, WHO
Financier Counterpart Region Duration/Budget
Swedish Agency for International Development (SIDA)World Health Organisation (WHO)  Swedish Agency for International Development (SIDA)World Health Organisation (WHO)  Kaliningrad oblast  01/01/2002 - 31/12/2004 (36 months)
550 000 EUR 
Objectives:  (no information received) 
 
The Voices of Нope EU
Financier Counterpart Region Duration/Budget
European Union (EU), EU-Russia Cooperation Programme (formerly known as Tacis)  Ural Foundation for Social Innovation (UFSI)  Sverdlovsk oblast  01/01/2003 - 01/06/2004 (ongoing project)
140 229 EUR 
Objectives:  1.To contribute to the reduction in the number of young drug users in Ekaterinburg area; 2.Inform and provide legal and psychological assistance to teenagers and their families confronted with drug issues; 3.Improve Ural helplines’ professional consultants’ capacities in all aspects regarding drug issues for teenagers including psychological and social support. 
 
Качественное улучшение диагностики на Северо-Западе России, этап 10
Financier Counterpart Region Duration/Budget
Barents Health Care ProgrammeNDPHS  Arkhangelsk regional children’s hospital  Arkhangelsk oblast  01/01/2008 - 01/01/2010 (ongoing project) 
Objectives:  Улучшить медицинские и социальные условия жизни для людей, страдающих нервно-мышечными и раковыми заболеваниями, живущих на Северо - Западе России, путем укрепления сотрудничества в сфере диагностики и обмена опытом специалистами. Цель проекта на этом этапе – усовершенствовать процедуру диагностики различных видов рака (особенно – лимфом и сарком) и нервно-мышечных заболеваний. 
 
Создание медицинского информационного портала для специалистов здравоохранения и населения России FNE
Financier Counterpart Region Duration/Budget
New Eurasia Foundation (FNE)  ГУЗ "Самарский информационно-аналитический центр МИАЦ"  Samara oblast  01/03/2003 - 01/10/2003 (ongoing project)
482 944 RUB 
Objectives:  1.Формирование единого информационного пространства, создание объединенных информационных ресурсов системздравоохранения Самарской, Нижегородской, Архангельской и др. областей, Удмуртской и Чувашской республик; 2.Повышение действенности механизмов управления здравоохранением, повышение качества и эффективности лечения и профилактики; 3.Обеспечение нормативно-правовой, статистической, экономической информацией органов управления здравоохранением и медицинских работников территорий, входящих в состав округа; 4.Обеспечение жителей региона оперативной и достоверной информацией о медицинских учреждениях и медицинских услугах, оказываемых в разных территориях округа, а также правовой информацией 
 
Улучшение доступности медицинской помощи малоимущим слоям населения через повышение информированности в области прав граждан на получение качественной медицинской помощи
Financier Counterpart Region Duration/Budget
IREX  Санкт-Петербургская региональная благотворительная общественная организация помощи лицам без определённого места жительства Нижегородская Ассоциация Неправительственных Некоммерческих Организаций "Служение"Благотворительный Фонд развития города Тюмени  Arkhangelsk oblast, Leningrad oblast, Nizhniy Novgorod oblast, Omsk oblast, Saint-Petersburg, Tyumen oblast, Vologda oblast  01/02/2008 - 01/02/2010 (ongoing project)
425 USD 
Objectives:  1.Содействие улучшению доступности медицинских услуг для малоимущих слоёв населения через повышение информированности в области прав пациентов на получение медицинской помощи. 2.Повышение правовой грамотности населения в вопросах прав пациентов и качества оказываемых медицинских услуг.