Healthy Russia 2020

Activity dates: 2002 – 2008
US partners: The Futures Group International, Project HOPE
Regions/Oblasts: Irkutsk, Ivanovo, Orenburg, Saratov

Project Overview

The Healthy Russia 2020 Project (HR2020) was awarded in 2020 by USAID to the Center for Communication Programs (CCP) to carry out a broad-based program of health education, communication and mobilization in the areas of healthy lifestyles, HIV/AIDS, and family planning/reproductive health.  The legacy of the project will be in the establishment of the Healthy Russia Foundation which will continue the work of the project as well as address other key health risk behaviors. 

The Healthy Russia program focuses in three areas of program intervention linked to service delivery:

1. HIV/AIDS - a focus on young people in most vulnerable areas who are at risk of contracting HIV/AIDS and sexual transmitted infections;
2. family planning/reproductive health with a focus on young couples and involving men in FP/RH; and
3. building a sustainable HRF with particular program emphasis on addressing other key health risk behaviors, especially regarding the lifestyles of young people, most of which are linked to their vulnerability to HIV and other health risks.

Project Objectives

The overall objectives are to:

• Increase political commitment and local capacity for supportive policies, legislation and resources for the implementation of the MCH/RH; HIV/AIDS and STI prevention, care, treatment and support programs;
• Raise awareness, knowledge, understanding, and skills among young people and to prevent HIV/AIDS and STI infection, related health risks and unhealthy lifestyle behavior;
• Reduce HIV infection and increase access to VCT, prevention counseling and ART services among injecting drug users (IDUs);
• Reduce stigmatization and discrimination of HIV/AIDS affected people (PLHA);
• Improve young couples’ attitudes and behavior concerning accessing MCH//FP/RH services, with emphasis on increasing use of modern contraceptives and reducing abortions;
• Increase the quality of communication and counseling of health care and social welfare providers with their clients through interventions in public health facilities, including the development of youth-friendly and couple-friendly facilities for HIV/AIDS testing and for MCH/FP/RH services.

Healthy Russia Web Site

Designed for project partners, medical specialists, and the general public, the website provides comprehensive information about the Healthy Russia Project. The site includes all project materials, publications, and news about HIV/AIDS and related topics from the four regions in Central and Western Russia where Healthy Russia is active.
http://www.healthyrussia.ru

Staff

Elena Dmitrieva
Healthy Russia Foundation
Gazetny per D.5, IEPP
Moscow 101999
Russian Federation
Phone: 7-495-933-5854
E-mail: office@hr2020.ru, edmitrieva@hr2020.ru

Elena Dmitrieva
Director
Healthy Russia Foundation
Moscow, Russian Federation
7-495-933-5854