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P R O J E C T S

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Project:

A Joint European Union -United Nation Spotlight Initiative component to improve quality, access, and utilization of Violence against women and girls VAWG services for women and girls with disabilities (WGWD) in 6 target districts of the Republic of Tajikistan.

Objective:

Increasing the capacity and resources of key service providers - medical forensic services and 6 relevant CSOs to deliver higher quality and more coordinated essential services and access to justice to WGWD - survivors of violence, especially those facing multiple and intersecting forms of discrimination.

Donor: UN women in Tajikistan

Implementation period: from Аpril 01, 2022 till September 30, 2022

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Project "We are under the same sun” 

Objective:Reducing the negative impact of HIV infection in the Republic of Tajikistan in the context of the coronavirus pandemic by conducting information and educational work among the general population using innovative approaches aimed at creating a favorable social environment that excludes stigma and discrimination against people living with HIV.

Tasks:

• Raising general population awareness on HIV infection using innovative approaches, as well as creating a social environment that excludes discrimination and stigma against PLHIV.
• Development of a guideline for the implementation, that provides an integrated interdisciplinary approach to the provision of medical care to people infected with HIV in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Donor:Gilead Sciences Inc.

Implementation period: from Аpril 11, 2022 till Аpril 11, 2023

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Project "Eliminating Tuberculosis in Central Asia (ETICA)"

 Objective: to reduce the burden of tuberculosis (TB) in Central Asia by strengthening local and regional capacities to better detect and treat drug-resistant TB (DR-TB).

Tasks:

1. Improve detection of tuberculosis and DR-TB

2. Improve the effectiveness of treatment for TB and all types of DR-TB.

Donor: U. S. Agency for International Development (USAID)

Implementation period: From October 09, 2019 till June 07, 2024

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Project "Strengthening rehabilitation services in the health care system"

Objectives: Comprehensive, sustainable rehabilitation services / systems developed and enhanced through partnerships and stakeholder engagement. Expanding access to quality rehabilitation services, including assisting / assisting technologies, for survivors of conflict and others in need of such services.

Tasks:

1. Support the development of a rehabilitation policy framework through pilot protocols and promoting stakeholder engagement.

1.1. Improving human resources for rehabilitation by supporting education reform in Ukraine and Tajikistan.

2. Creation of demand for rehabilitation services.

2.1: Establish referral channels for rehabilitation / assisting technology services.

Donor: U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)

Implementation period: From October 1, 2019 to June 30, 2022

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Project "Strengthening the supportive environment and expanding prevention and treatment measures to reduce the burden of HIV and tuberculosis in the Republic of Tajikistan"

Objective: To improve HIV testing, detection of new cases of HIV and tuberculosis and to increase the coverage of ARV therapy among PWID using innovative approaches and methods

Tasks:

• Increase HIV testing and HIV detection among PWID.

• Increase coverage of ARV treatment for all detected  HIV cases according to the "Test, Treat" principle

• Improve access to prevention programs - harm reduction, syringe and needle exchange, and low-threshold services.

• Disseminate standard information materials on HIV prevention, legal advocacy and human rights among PWID covered by the ARV treatment

• Provision of legal assistance to PWID / PLHIV

• Increase TB case detection among key and vulnerable populations

Donor: The Global Fund to Fight against AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (UNDP - Tajikistan)

Implementation period: From March 01, 2021 till August 31, 2022

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Project “Strengthening the potential of the medical service of the system for the execution of criminal sentences of the Republic of Tajikistan for timely diagnosis and quality medical care for convicts” (II phase)

Objectives: To assist in further strengthening the potential of the medical service of the Main Directorate for the Execution of Criminal Sentences of the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Tajikistan (MDECS MJ RT) in providing equal access, timely and qualified medical care for convicts in the framework of the strategy for reforming the penitentiary system, approved by the Decree of the Government of the Republic of Tajikistan No. 385 dated June 25, 2020 “On the Strategy for Reforming the System for the Execution of Criminal Sentences of the Republic of Tajikistan for the period up to 2030”.

Tasks:

• Raising awareness of the staff of the penitentiary system regarding the unconditional provision of the rights of convicts to health care, equal access to quality medical care and support in places of deprivation of liberty.
• Strengthening the potential of the medical service of the MDECS MJ RT by professionally training the medical personnel and equipping hospitals with modern medical equipment to provide medical care in demand to convicts with various diseases.

Donor: The Department of the International Organization of the Open Society Institute - Assistance Foundation in Tajikistan.

Implementation period: From June 7, 2022 till January 6, 2023.