Russia

In Arkhangelsk and Vladimir, we collaborate with local health authorities and the Northern State Medical University to implement a nine-month treatment regimen for DR-TB. In September 2023, we started enrolling patients in an even shorter—six-month—all-oral treatment regimen in Arkhangelsk, recommended by the World Health Organization in its updated treatment guidelines in late 2022.

In Moscow and St. Petersburg, we continue to partner with two community-based NGOs to support access to general health care, as well as testing and treatment for infectious diseases, for people living with HIV and other vulnerable groups, such as migrants, who struggle to obtain medical assistance.

Throughout 2023, our teams work in southern Russia, providing mental health and psychosocial support to people displaced by the international armed conflict in Ukraine. We collaborate with local NGOs in the cities of Belgorod and Rostov-on-Don to ensure people affected by the conflict receive medical and mental health support.

In August, we concluded our support to a Voronezh-based NGO and started a new partnership with a local NGO in Taganrog, in the Rostov region. Together, we organize medical consultations and referrals for displaced people and provide technical support and training to NGO staff. We also donate urgently needed aid, such as food parcels, hygiene kits, and essential household items, for distribution by local organizations to people displaced from Ukraine and those inside Russian border areas.