News

09.06.06

The Russian Health Care Foundation brings to your esteemed notice that the delivery of ARV drugs has begun within the framework of the “Promoting a Strategic Response to HIV/AIDS Treatment and Care for Vulnerable Populations in the Russian Federation” Program.

On June 9, 2006 the delivery of Virasept 250 mg № 300 to the Federal AIDS Center as well as to all 9 regions-participants of the Program is beginning. The quantity of drugs, included into the general schemes of 1st and 2nd lines therapy is sufficient to guarantee treatment for 7000 patients.

Within the nearest time manufacturing companies will start the delivery of the remaining 7 products, procured within the Program framework.

07.06.06

Seminar on laboratory diagnostics

05.06.06

Conference for health authorities, NGOs and representatives of PLWA.

17.05.06

At the Eastern European and Central Asian AIDS Conference in May 16th, 2006 Break-out session took place arranged by Global Fund to combat AIDS, TB and Malaria.

In his keynote speech Mr. Christoph Benn, Director of External Relations, the Global Fund presented that organization as a success model of the all-side retroaction to HIV/AIDS epidemic in Eastern Europe and Central Asia and stressed on results of the organization activity and principals of public-private partnership, that shown the Fund importance and its works’ effectiveness.

Mr. Urban Weber, Director of Operations for EECA Region, the Global Fund bought to everybody notes, that as on March 31st, 2006 Global Fund in the course of five rounds proposals consideration had approved about 400 grants in 131 countries for the amount of 5,2 billion US Dollars, including latest grants. Presently the Global Fund is the biggest external donor in the work on AIDS and TB prophylaxis and treatment in the region, which finance proposals for the total amount of more than 700 million US Dollars.

Mr. Alexei Bobryk, Deputy Director, Open Health Institute, Russia made brief presentation about realization of all grant programs of the Global Fund in the Russian Federation.

Mr. Vladimir Zhovtyak, Chairman of the Board, all Ukrainian Network of People living with HIV/AIDS and Mr. Boris Shapiro, Director General, National AIDS Center, Kyrgyzstan also delivered speech during the Break-out session.

Set of information recourses and key contacts were provided for the session participants in order them to get access to the Global Fund operations, including process of proposals submission.

The Break-out session afforded to the session participants the unique opportunity for information exchange and contacts establishment among already existing and potential recipients of the Global Fund grant.

16.05.06

Foreign journalists visiting Saratov AIDS Center

15.05.06

Mr. Richard Feachem's, Executive Director of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, press conference.

09.05.06

With nearly one million people already infected with HIV and the largest burden of drug-resistant TB in the world, Russia is in on the verge of being engulfed by epidemics which could undermine the prosperity and stability of the country and the region. In the past three years there has been a surge in local and global efforts to address these threats, led by innovative community programs, growing government leadership, and a massive injection of resources by the Global Fund.

How successful have these recent efforts been? What is being done to tackle the unique challenges of the epidemics in these countries, such as rampant intravenous drug use, overcrowded prisons. How will diseases affect Russia’s attempt to reassert itself on the world stage? And are the prevention efforts in time to stop the millions of deaths that would result from full-blown epidemics in these countries?

This tour aims to give you an opportunity to examine these and other important questions, witnessing first-hand the growing burden of the epidemics and the inspiring stories of local efforts to contain them.

From May 10-14, the tour will take participants to two cities in Russia, Saratov in the south followed by the Siberian city of Tomsk. Visits will be made to a wide range of sites at the heart of the epidemics in these countries, including prisons, army barracks, hospitals, and community harm reduction centres for drug users. Participants will also have an opportunity to meet and interview a variety of individuals such as patients, health care workers, political figures, and religious leaders.

The tour will conclude on 14 May in Moscow with site visits to business based HIV/AIDS initiatives and a briefing with “selected” presenters and delegates arriving to attend the first ever Regional HIV/AIDS Conference to be held in Eastern Europe (May 15-17). We expect that this tour will generate unique material to support coverage of this meeting and the G8 Summit in St. Petersburg in July, at which the Russian Government plans to focus on global pandemics such as HIV/AIDS, TB and avian flu.

29.04.06

Harm reduction program in Irkutsk: http://gazetavremya.ru/family/problem/narkozavisimym_razdadut_shpricy.html

23.04.06

Tender on the VCT trainings.

The Council of Experts awarded grants to the following NGOs:

- NGO Irkutsk Red Cross
- Saratov AIDS Center
- Sverdlovsk AIDS Center
- Altai AIDS Center
- NGO "Vozvrashenie" (Saint-Petersburg)
- NGO 'Elpis" (Volgograd)
- Kaliningrad AIDS Center
- NGO "Est mnenie" (Chelyabinsk)

18.04.06

Tender on the development of information materials for the patients.

The Council of Experts awarded grants to the following NGOs:

• NGO "Apros" (Kaliningrad)
• NG regional organization «Sibirskaya initiativa"
• NGO "AntiSPID-Siberia" (Altai)
• NGO «Est mnenie" (Chelyabinsk)
• Charity Fund "Grazhdanskaya initiativa" (Magnitogorsk)
• NGO "Sodruzhestvo ХХI vek" (Ekaterinburg)
• NGO "Center profilaktiki SPID - Элпис" (Volgograd)
• Charity Fund "Otkritoe serdtse"(Krasnodar)
• NGO "Perekrestok semi dorog" (Irkutsk)
• NGO "AntiSPID-Priangarye" (Irkutsk)
• AIDS Center (Saratov)
• NGO "Balakovo"
• NGO "HIV infected society" (Leningrad