Overview

The Healthy Russia 2020 Project (HR2020) was a seven-year project funded by USAID. The broad-based program of health education, communication and mobilization was led by CCP in partnership with The Futures Group International, Project HOPE and Healthy Russia Foundation. HR2020 focused on healthy lifestyles, HIV/AIDS and family planning and reproductive health in Russia. The legacy of the project lies 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.

Accomplishments

• Developed curricula and materials to train teachers, organized orientation for parents, and provided support to schools in implementing life skills programs.

• Expanded and improved the quality of peer education programs and improved health and social services to make them “youth-friendly” and “couple-friendly.”

• Developed TV, radio, print, and other mass media strategies to improve services and address social and behavioral change in targeted populations. Conducted quantitative and qualitative research to establish baselines, shape messages and materials, monitor progress, and measure mid-term and final results.

• Healthy Russia projects contributed to real health improvements in Russia. For example, one project (Healthy Family – Healthy Country) contributed to decreased teen pregnancy and increased exclusive breastfeeding in the target city; another contributed to the decrease in prevalence of injection drug use in Orenburg Oblast.

• Established the Healthy Russia Foundation, a Russian NGO, to disseminate technologies and methodologies developed as part of Healthy Russia 2020.