AIHA Partner Solicitation: Tomsk, Russia

The American International Health Alliance (AIHA) and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Announce a Grants Competition for a Community-Based Primary Care Partnership in the New Independent States NIS Health Partnerships Program

Date Issued: May 23, 2000
Closing Date and Time: June 16, 2000, 12:00 Noon (EST)

AIHA and USAID are pleased to announce a grants competition in support of establishing a new partnership between US health-related institutions and their counterparts in the New Independent States (NIS) of the former Soviet Union, as part of the NIS Health Partnerships Program. AIHA is soliciting applications from qualified US health-related institutions willing to devote substantial in-kind resources, mainly in the form of human resources committed on a volunteer basis, to a 3 to 4-year partnership with counterparts in one of the NIS countries. Under this current solicitation, AIHA will award a partnership, in accordance with the strategic direction of USAID/Moscow, to improve primary care through the development of community-based models that show meaningful results locally and are replicable nationally. The location of the partnership is Tomsk, in Central Siberia.

Tomsk Oblast, located in Central Siberia, is a large sparsely populated region endowed with natural resources. There are sixteen regions and six towns in the Tomsk Oblast, and the city of Tomsk is composed of five municipal boroughs. The population of the Oblast is nearly 1,000,000, including nearly 200,000 children. Approximately 50% of the population live in rural areas. The partnership will work with the Oblast Health Administration and a variety of health care institutions in the Tomsk Oblast to deliver model community-based primary care. Major causes of morbidity and mortality in the Tomsk region include cardiovascular disease, work-related accidents, suicide and alcoholism. Respiratory and infectious perinatal causes of infant mortality also remain quite high. Breast cancer, tuberculosis and sexually transmitted infections are also salient health problems.

Working together, the US and NIS partners will examine factors involved in restructuring the existing ambulatory care delivery system and will design a process that involves multiple sectors, disciplines, and interests within a community. Services will emphasize disease prevention, health promotion, and the development of evidence-based quality care in a family-centered primary care environment. An emphasis will be placed on integrating health services within the larger social services context and on the development of supportive community-based non-governmental organizations (NGOs). Community mobilization and training, or re-training, of primary health care practitioners including nurses and allied health personnel will be key features of each partnership.

For further information, please see the full-text of the solicitation, which is available at: www.aiha.com/english/partners/newpartn/solictomsk.htm

Questions regarding this solicitation should be directed via e-mail to [email protected] or via fax at (202) 789-1277, Attention: NISSOLICIT.

Last updated:    May 2000

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