Knowledge for welfare and health National Research and Development Centre for Welfare and Health Outi Karvonen 1 Expert Group on HIV/AIDS of NDPHS Project Information

National Research and Development Centre for Welfare and Health Knowledge for welfare and health Outi Karvonen 2 Projects involving Finland 1.“Controlling the spread of HIV/AIDS in the Barents and Northern Dimension Partnership Programme Regions in 2005–2007" Coordination of the Barents HIV/AIDS Programme and support to EG on HIV/AIDS for the ND partnership. Coordination: Finland. Approximate budget EURO (3 years). Financier: Finnish Government. 2."Development of Low Threshold Support Centre in Murmansk region". Pilot project of the above mentioned programme. Coordination: Finland. Approximate budget EURO (3 years). Financier: Finland

National Research and Development Centre for Welfare and Health Knowledge for welfare and health Outi Karvonen 3 3.“Workshop of workers in LTC sites for IDUs”. Coordination: Finland. Approximate budget EURO. Financer: Finland 4."Prevention of HIV infection in the Republic of Karelia in 2007– 2009". Coordination: Finland. Approximate budget EURO (3 years). Financier: Finland 5. "Psychological and social support to HIV infected women in Leningrad Oblast 2007–2009". Coordination: Finland. Approximate budget EURO (3 years). Financier: Finland 6.Development of Low-Threshold-Center activities in the region. Coordination: Latvia. Approximate budget 1.3 ME. Financers: EU, National governments. Time frame July 2006 – July 2009.

National Research and Development Centre for Welfare and Health Knowledge for welfare and health Outi Karvonen 4 Projects under the umbrella of the EG (reviewed by the Group) 1.Empowerment of Self-help groups in St. Petersburg. Creation of a forum for self-help organizations for HIV+ in St. Petersburg”. Coordination: Norway. Approximate budget NOK Financier: Norway 2. “Territory of Life. Mobile unit work for prevention of HIV in Murmansk Region” Coordination: Norway. Approximate budget – NOK. Financer: Norway

National Research and Development Centre for Welfare and Health Knowledge for welfare and health Outi Karvonen 5 4. “ Youth peer education in St. Petersburg, related to HIV/AIDS, narcomania and life style”. Coordination: Norway. Approximate budget: NOK. Financer: Norway 5.“Cross action between STI Clinic in Archangelsk and Olafia Clinic in Oslo”. Coordination: Norway. Approximate budget: NOK. Financer: Norway 6."The ConTact Bus- Murmansk Region". Coordination: Norway. Approximate Budget USD 7."Decreasing stigmatization of HIV-positive prisoners-Arkhangelsk region" Coordination: Norway. Approximate Budget NOK

National Research and Development Centre for Welfare and Health Knowledge for welfare and health Outi Karvonen 6 8. "Palliative care to People living with HIV/AIDS in St. Petersburg" Coordination: Norway. Approximate budget NOK Youth education Program - HIV/AIDS and Drug Abuse - Murmansk region" Coordination: Norway. Approximate budget - NOK “HIV/STI and Drug preventive efforts in Murmansk, Archangelsk and Karelia”. Coordination: Sweden - Noaks Ark Barents. Approximate budget – SEK The Clinton HIV/AIDS initiative and Russia. Exchange of Russian and Norwegian clinicians". Coordination: Norway. Approximate budget - NOK

National Research and Development Centre for Welfare and Health Knowledge for welfare and health Outi Karvonen “The ConTact Bus – Arkhangelsk Region”. Coordination: Norway. Approximate Budget: NOK 13. "Activate patients at Murmansk Municipal HIV/AIDS Centre". Coordination: Norway. Approximate budget NOK Financier: Norway 14. "Scaling up treatment and care for HIV/AIDS and TB and accelerating prevention within the health system in the Baltic States" - WHO/EURO. Approximate budget: EURO 15. "The Bus" for Republican AIDS Centre, Petrozavodsk. Approximate budget NOK. Financier: Norway (Humanitarian Fund of Crown Prince Haakon and Crown Princess Mette-Marit)

National Research and Development Centre for Welfare and Health Knowledge for welfare and health Outi Karvonen 8 16.Education program for pedagogical personnel and health specialists in the field of healthy lifestyles and prevention of HIV/AIDS and drug addiction. Coordination: Norway. Approximate budget NOK. Financier: Norway. 17.Hospital and home-based palliative care to people living with HIV/AIDS in St. Petersburg and Kaliningrad. Coordination: Norway. Approximate budget NOK. Financier: Norway. 18.HIV/AIDS prevention and care among injecting drug users and in prison settings in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. Approximate budget 5,000,000 USD. Financier: UNODC

National Research and Development Centre for Welfare and Health Knowledge for welfare and health Outi Karvonen 9 19.Youth peer education in Murmansk related to HIV, STI and communication skills. Coordination: Norway. Approximate budget NOK. Financier: Norway.

National Research and Development Centre for Welfare and Health Knowledge for welfare and health Outi Karvonen 10 List of projects under consideration 1. “Preventing HIV by increasing diagnostic impact in NW Russia, HIV serology, HIV RNA viral load and CD4/CD8. Archangelsk” Coordination: Norway. Project proposal 2.“Prevention of HIV infection among young people through advocacy, support, development of policies and actions in Murmansk region”. Coordination: Norway. Project proposal. 3. DanChurchAid "Prevention and Management of HIV/AIDS and Opportunistic Infections in North-West Russia". Project proposal. Partially financed. Financers: Danish sources, others (undefined)

National Research and Development Centre for Welfare and Health Knowledge for welfare and health Outi Karvonen HBV vaccination of prison personnel in the Leningrad oblast. Coordination: Russia, approximate budget Euros, Financers: open 5. Rehabilitation of injecting drug users in East- and West-Viru Counties. Coordination: Estonia. Project proposal 6. Tool Kit for HIV case management and secondary prevention. Coordination: Lithuania. Project proposal 7. Strengthening and integrating intersectoral HIV prevention efforts in Central Europe. Coordination: Poland. Project proposal

National Research and Development Centre for Welfare and Health Knowledge for welfare and health Outi Karvonen 12 8.Empowerment of self help groups in St. Petersburg working for the interests of HIV+ people and being run by HIV+ people themselves. Continuation of the ongoing project applied from Norway 9.Controlling the spread of HIV/AIDS in the Barents and Northern Dimension Partnership Programme regions. Phase II. Coordination: Finland. Project proposal for 2008 – Strengthening of intersectoral action to fight drug abuse and drug related harm in Murmansk Region 2008 – Coordination: Finland. Project proposal.

National Research and Development Centre for Welfare and Health Knowledge for welfare and health Outi Karvonen 13 Completed projects 1."AIDS Alarm in North-West Russia". Coordination: Norway. Approximate budget NOK Financer: Norway 2."Sexual and reproductive Health of Adolescents in Northwestern Russia" Coordination: Sweden, RFSU. Approximate budget - SEK (1997–2007) 3.Development of network interaction between organizations of NW Russia, Finland and Norway, dealing with CSW. Coordination: Norway. Approximate budget: NOK. Financer: Norway