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USAID Approach and Key Activities
USAID assistance in Russia began in 1998 with the objective of helping the government implement DOTS. Between 2000 and 2005, USAID funding for TB programming in Russia averaged $3.5 million per year. Technical assistance began in Ivanovo, Orel, and Vladimir oblastsand expanded into six more pilot areas: Chuvashia Republic and Pskov oblast in 2001; Khakasia Republic and Belgorod oblast in 2002; Khabarovsk kray (the Russian Far East) in 2004; and the Republic of Adygeya (the North Caucasus region) in 2006.
USAID activities have focused on the following:
- Strengthening TB control and disease surveillance in the general population, with interventions extending into the prison system
- Establishing links between the civilian and prison health systems
- Developing national and oblast-level policies and training health care providers to understand DOTS
- Strengthening laboratories as well as capacity building for program monitoring and supervision
- Developing social and psychological support schemes for patients to improve adherence to treatment
USAID Program Achievements
USAID has played a major role in building political commitment in Russia for TB control and prevention based on the DOTS strategy. In partnership with WHO and others, USAID helped establish and support the High-Level Working Group on TB. At the program level, USAID support has expanded DOTS coverage to all Russia's territories.
- Collaborated on the design of the five-year TB control program, which is expected to reach $91 million of funding
- Provided more than $1 million in laboratory equipment for smear microscopy and bacteriology
- Strengthened practices of health care providers in DOTS strategy and other TB-related issues (more than 4,500 doctors, nurses, laboratory staff, prison health care staff, and general practitioners); MDR-TB diagnosis and treatment (more than 200 physicians); district-level TB management (more than 1,300 doctors and nurses); alcohol abuse management; and social support for TB patients (about 200 doctors, nurses, social workers, and Red Cross staff)
- Assisted in TB laboratory diagnostics, including smear microscopy, culture, and drug sensitivity testing (more than 700 laboratory personnel, including prison staff)