| List of Health Reform Projects | |||
| Clinic-based evaluations of rapid diagnostics of sexually transmitted infections. | WHO | ||
| Financier | Counterpart | Region | |
| World Health Organisation (WHO) | Central Institute of Skin and Veneral Deseases of Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation | Moscow |
01/01/2002 - 31/12/2003 (24 months) 50 000 EUR |
| Objectives: Improvement of diagnostic methods to fight STIs. | |||
| Complex strategy of counteraction to distribution VICH/IPPP among youth in the Russian Federation | UNAIDS | ||
| Financier | Counterpart | Region | |
| Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) | Ministry of Health and Social Development of the Russian FederationMinistry of Education and Sience RFMinistry of Justice of the Russian FederationОбщественная организация «Мария», Волгоград | Russian Federation |
1 500 000 USD |
| Objectives: Decrease in number of new cases VICH/IPPP among youth, in particular among girls and young women, at the expense of maintenance of access with it to the information, educational and medical services, voluntary testing for a HIV with obligatory consultation, and also maintenance with their means of an individual defence, for the purpose of formation at youth of principles of healthy behaviour and creation of favorable conditions for their realisation. | |||
| Consolidated Partnership between governmental and non-governmental organizations in HIV/AIDS prevention among Commercial Sex Workers in 10 Russian Cities | UNFPA | ||
| Financier | Counterpart | Region | |
| 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 | |||
| 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. | |||
| HIV/AIDS prevention among Commercial Sex Workers in St. Petersburg | UNFPA | ||
| Financier | Counterpart | Region | |
| United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) | Commitee of Labor and Social Affairs of Saint PetersburgCommitee of Public Health of Saint PetersburgHumanitarian Action FoundationSt.-Peterburg STI ClinicsHIV/AIDS Center of St.-Petersburg | Saint-Petersburg |
01/01/2002 - 31/12/2004 (36 months) 125 000 EUR |
| Objectives: The project provides for a broader access to information, health and social services, development of the referral system to governmental Health Care services (including voluntary HIV testing, accompanied by pre- and post-test counselling) aimed at decreasing HIV/STI incidences among Commercial Sex-Workers, UNFPA's partners in this Project include St. Petersburg Committee for Labour and Social Protection and NGO "Humanitarian Action". | |||
| Implementation of the Second Generation Surveillance for the Military Personnel | WHO, UNAIDS | ||
| Financier | Counterpart | Region | |
| World Health Organisation (WHO)Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) | Moscow |
01/01/2003 - 31/12/2004 (24 months) 15 000 USD |
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Objectives:
– analyse existing opportunities and barriers for carrying out of the second generation HIV surveillance among military personnel, with special attention to behaviour surveillance; – develop / adapt and test behaviour surveillance methodology, including the appropriate instruments; – develop a distance learning course on the second generation HIV surveillance among military personnel; – produce necessary amount of CD copies and distribute the distance learning course to the military districts |
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| Implementation of the Second Generation Surveillance for the MSM Population | WHO, UNAIDS | ||
| Financier | Counterpart | Region | |
| World Health Organisation (WHO)Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) | Moscow |
01/01/2003 - 31/12/2004 (24 months) 65 000 USD |
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Objectives:
– assess the existing serological and behavioural data for MSM population, identify opportunities and gaps; – develop/adapt the second generation surveillance methodology for the specific Russian situation of the MSM population; – carry out serological and behavioural studies, analyse collected data, prepare and distribute the report; – evaluate the process and results, make necessary adjustments and prepare a manual on Second Generation HIV Surveillance among MSM Population in the Russian Federation;produce and distribute the manual and advocate its broad use. |
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| Mass Media Campaigns on Safer Sex and Solidarity | AFEW | ||
| Financier | Counterpart | Region | |
| AIDS Foundation East & West (AFEW) | Public Health and Social Development Foundation FOCUS-MEDIA | Russian Federation | 01/01/1996 - 28/12/1998 (36 months) |
| Objectives: Information sharing, coordination, networking; Promotion of safer sex and condom use; Daily Television and Radio broadcast; Large scale distribution of safer sex information leaflets; Outdoor advertisements;·Youth events;·Impact Research KAPB surveys. | |||
| Peer support programme for youths in St. Petersburg related to dialogue, life quality and HIV/AIDS | TFBS | ||
| Financier | Counterpart | Region | |
| 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. | |||
| 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 | |||
| Safer sex mass media campaigns in Northwestern Russia | EU | ||
| Financier | Counterpart | Region | |
| European Union (EU), EU-Russia Cooperation Programme (formerly known as Tacis) | Public Health and Social Development Foundation FOCUS-MEDIA | Arkhangelsk oblast, Murmansk oblast, Republic of Karelia, Saint-Petersburg |
01/12/2003 - 31/12/2005 (25 months) 250 277 EUR |
| Objectives: 1.Development and creation of an extensive and steady city network of techniques of work from a HIV infected by means of development of the information company about the safe sex, 15-29 years aimed at youth in соответсвии with the international standards 2. Reduction of epidemic of a HIV in Russia. The project is regional branch of model of the information company the Protected Sex which has been developed by Fund of struggle against AIDS the West the East, and is directed to support to the Russian colleagues. | |||
| Sexually Transmitted Infections | DFID | ||
| Financier | Counterpart | Region | |
| Department for International Development (DFID) |
01/01/1998 - 30/04/2004 (76 months) 100 000 000 GBP |
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| Objectives: Develop sustainable, high-quality STI Services in Samara and disseminate the approach at federal level. (Includes a component on HIV prevention in Togliatti.) | |||
| 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 | |||
| 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. | |||
| Tuberculosis and AIDS Control Project | WB, IBRD | ||
| Financier | Counterpart | Region | |
| World Bank (WB)International Bank for Reconstruction and Development/World Bank (IBRD) | Ministry of Health and Social Development of the Russian Federation | Russian Federation |
03/04/2003 - 31/12/2008 (69 months) 150 000 000 USD |
| Objectives: Предупреждение распространения в России туберкулеза, ВИЧ/СПИДа и инфекций, передаваемых половым путем. | |||
| Служба помощи молодежи | UNICEF | ||
| Financier | Counterpart | Region | |
| United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) | Комитет по образованию администрации Волгоградской области | Volgograd oblast |
01/01/2002 - 31/12/2002 (12 months) 30 000 USD |
| Objectives: Сохранение и укрепление здоровья подростков и молодежи. | |||