Tuberculosis & AIDS Control Project

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The objectives of the Tuberculosis and AIDS Control Project for the Russian Federation are to 1) contain the growth of the epidemics of tuberculosis (TB) and HIV/AIDS in the short term and 2) halt and reverse the courses of these epidemics in the medium term. Achieving thee objectives will protect the Russian population and economy from uncontrolled epidemics of TB, HIV/AIDS, and other epiemiologically important sexually transmitted infections (STIs). The project supports the development and large-scale implementation of interventions that are based on up-to-date scientific evidence. In that context, the major project inputs will be directed at updating and/or dissemination of strategies, guidelines and protocols; assessment of needs as a basis for effective planning, monitoring, and evaluation; training and on-the-job learning to improve the local capacity for effective implementation; supply of equipment and consumables required to improve the technical quality of diagnostic and therapeutic activities; and close attention to project monitoring and evaluation. These comprise the three major components of the project. Targeted prevention of HIV/AIDS and STIs will focus on high risk groups: intravenous drug users (IDUs), prisoners, commercial sex workers, men having sex with men, vulnerable youth, members of the armed forces, health workers, and mobile populations and other vulnerable, at-risk groups.