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PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM FOR RUSSIA USAID Cooperative Agreement #: EE-A-00-98-00009-00 FY 2003 ANNUAL REPORT Prepared October 2003 American International Health Alliance, Inc. 1212 New York Ave., NW, Suite 750, Washington, DC 20005 Tel: (202) 789-1136 Fax: (202) 789-1277 www.aiha.com Table of Contents List of Acronyms and Abbreviations.............................................................................................. ii I. Introduction..........................................................................................................................1 II. Partnership Travel and In-Kind Data...................................................................................1 III. Highlights of Program Accomplishments............................................................................3 Key Terms, Definitions and Assumptions ...................................................................3 Primary Health Care ....................................................................................................3 Women’s Health ..........................................................................................................9 Neonatal Resuscitation...............................................................................................12 Health Care Knowledge Resources (LRCs) ..............................................................13 Infection Control........................................................................................................15 Nursing (Region-wide funding).................................................................................17 Emergency and Disaster Medicine (Region-wide funding).......................................18 IV. Success Stories...................................................................................................................19 V. Attachments: Attachment I: Russia Strategic Objective/AIHA Indicator Chart.........................21 Attachment II: Data Tables.....................................................................................22 Attachment III: New Health Practices .....................................................................30 FY 2003 AIHA Annual Report/Russia i List of Acronyms and Abbreviations AIHA ............................................................................................... American International Health Alliance CAR ................................................................................................................................Central Asia Region CEE..................................................................................................................... Central and Eastern Europe CPG.................................................................................................................... Clinical Practice Guidelines EBP ........................................................................................................................ Evidenced-based Practice EDM......................................................................................................... Emergency and Disaster Medicine HCM ...................................................................................................................... Health Care Management HME...............................................................................................................Health Management Education IC .........................................................................................................................................Infection Control ICTC ......................................................................................................... Infection Control Training Center LRC....................................................................................................................... Learning Resource Center MTCT ................................................................................................ Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV M&E .................................................................................................................... Monitoring and Evaluation NIS ........................................................................................................................... New Independent States NRC .......................................................................................................................Nursing Resource Center NRP .............................................................................................................Neonatal Resuscitation Program NRTC............................................................................................... Neonatal Resuscitation Training Center PHC ............................................................................................................................... Primary Health Care USAID ........................................................................ United States Agency for International Development WH....................................................................................................................................... Women’s Health WWC ................................................................................................................... Women’s Wellness Center FY 2003 AIHA Annual Report/Russia ii I. Introduction This document represents AIHA’s second annual report to USAID within the framework of AIHA’s monitoring and evaluation (M&E) strategy as described in the May 2002 strategy document approved by USAID/Russia. It covers the period from October 1, 2002 through September 30, 2003 (fiscal year 2003). The annual report, unlike quarterly progress reports which focus on individual partnership activities and results, presents aggregated information about accomplishments across program areas such as primary health care and women’s health, reporting by objective on key output and outcome indicators, based on AIHA’s program results frameworks. Taking into account USAID missions’ strategic objectives and intermediate results, the results frameworks were designed to capture AIHA’s program results on a country/sub-regional level as well as NIS region-wide basis. Region-specific indicators requested by individual USAID missions have also been incorporated into AIHA’s M&E strategy and this report. Much of the data collected come from the NIS partners themselves, while some are from AIHA’s own sources, either routine program monitoring or targeted assessments/evaluations. While every effort has been made to provide partners with standardized forms and guidelines for collecting and reporting data, and to review the data received from partners, experience has shown that it is extremely difficult to ensure data accuracy and consistency. Data collection and quality issues are exacerbated by the fact that AIHA has been providing little direct support to partners in certain program areas where outcomes are still reported. Nevertheless, we have attempted to assemble and analyze as much of the available data as possible, explaining limitations where applicable. In some cases, outcome data are not yet available as assessments and evaluations are either still underway or results are undergoing analysis. AIHA expects to be issuing full reports of several evaluations during the first part of FY04. The annual report is organized into three main sections: partnership data, narrative summaries of program accomplishments, and data tables. As exchanges constitute a central element of partnership activity, part two of this report presents statistics about partnerships in Russia, in the form of person trips and number of individuals benefiting from exchanges to the US. Another key element of AIHA’s partnership model is in-kind contributions by US partners, which are also reported in this section. Part three of this report provides a narrative overview of key FY03 program accomplishments and selected data presentations, organized by program areas relevant to AIHA’s program in Russia. These descriptions are followed by sample “success stories” providing anecdotal evidence of the impact of AIHA programs. The data tables in the appendices are preceded by a chart illustrating how AIHA indicators contribute to USAID intermediate results. The data tables themselves are organized by program area and show selected output and outcome performance data for FY03. II. Partnership Travel and In-Kind Data Two of the following data tables provide an overview of the level of partnership activity, as measured by the number of person trips in each direction (to the US and to Russia). The third table provides the unduplicated number of individual Russian “beneficiaries” of partnership exchanges, as person trips may include multiple trips made by the same person; this table provides a more accurate picture of the number of individuals benefiting from the training and other activities that occur during exchanges. Due to different start dates and funding levels of partnerships, each partnership’s level of activity as measured by the number of person trips should be analyzed independently. Four primary health care partnerships were established in Russia in 1999 (Sarov/Los Alamos, Samara-Stavropol/ Iowa, Khabarvosk/Lexington, and Kurgan-Shchuche/Appleton) and one infection control partnership was continued from the previous Cooperative Agreement (St. Petersburg/Boston). Three additional primary health care partnerships were established in 2000 (Snezhinsk/Livermore and Sakhalin/Houston began in January 2000; Tomsk/ Bemidji in October 2000), and the Volgograd/Little Rock partnership was funded in March 2001. The Snezhinsk/Livermore partnership graduated in December 2002. FY 2003 AIHA Annual Report/Russia 1 PARTNERSHIP EXCHANGES (# OF PERSON TRIPS) TO THE USA FY03 Partnership Khabarovsk/Lexington Kurgan-Shchuche/Appleton Sakhalin/Houston Samara-Stavropol/Iowa Sarov/Los Alamos Snezhinsk/Livermore St. Petersburg/Boston Tomsk/Bemidji Volgograd/Little Rock TOTAL 0 3 2 0 0 n/a 0 4 5 14 FY99FY02 17 31 29 58 46 25 11 37 7 261 INDIVIDUAL NIS PARTNER BENEFICIARIES TOTAL # of Individuals Traveled in FY03 17 34 31 58 46 25 11 41 12 275 0 1 1 0 0 n/a 0 4 4 9 # of Individuals Traveled in FY99 – FY02 17 25 33 56 43 22 8 30 8 242 PARTNERSHIP EXCHANGES (# OF PERSON TRIPS) TO THE NIS Partnership Khabarovsk/Lexington Kurgan-Shchuche/Appleton Sakhalin/Houston Samara-Stavropol/Iowa Sarov/Los Alamos Snezhinsk/Livermore St. Petersburg/Boston Tomsk/Bemidji Volgograd/Little Rock TOTAL FY03 FY99-FY02 TOTAL 0 0 4 2 2 n/a 2 9 7 26 42 42 34 31 59 51 22 25 47 31 342 34 27 57 49 22 23 38 24 316 In-kind contributions by US partners is one of the hallmarks of the AIHA partnership program. The following table provides the contributions (in the form of professional time, goods, materials and services) by partnership. The total figure for Russia below does not include in-kind contributions generated for AIHA cross-partnership programs, trainings, and conferences in Russia, so this total is somewhat lower than the numbers reported in AIHA’s quarterly reports. Since the inception of AIHA’s new cooperative agreement, the total in-kind contribution made by US partners and their sponsors working in AIHA’s Russia program is estimated at nearly sixteen million dollars. US PARTNER IN-KIND CONTRIBUTIONS ($) FY03 Partnership Khabarovsk/Lexington Kurgan-Shchuche/Appleton Sakhalin/Houston Samara-Stavropol/Iowa Sarov/Los Alamos Snezhinsk/Livermore St. Petersburg/Boston Tomsk/Bemidji Volgograd/Little Rock TOTAL FY 2003 AIHA Annual Report/Russia 0 254,304 104,828 193,001 192,397 33,788 25,597 269,831 239,489 1,313,235 FY99-FY02 TOTAL 1,370,860 1,514,160 1,044,343 2,159,844 2,605,307 1,442,962 613,743 1,271,419 1,022,548 $13,045,186 1,370,860 1,768,464 1,149,171 2,352,845 2,797,704 1,476,750 639,340 1,541,250 1,262,037 14,358,421 2 III. Highlights of Program Accomplishments KEY TERMS, DEFINITIONS, AND ASSUMPTIONS The following are terms and definitions specific to the Strategic Objective framework and indicators agreed upon by USAID/Moscow and AIHA. Health councils: any multi-sectoral community-based organization that comprises representatives of public and private sector entities (e.g., mayor’s office, public health, education, social affairs, non-government organizations, media, business, etc.) and promotes and advocates for health in the community. “Active” health councils conduct meetings on a regular basis. (Performance Indicator 3.2.3) Health promotion: efforts to change people’s behaviors in order to promote healthy lives and to help prevent illnesses and accidents. By World Health Organization (WHO) definition, health promotion is “the process of enabling individuals and communities to increase control over the determinants of health and thereby improve their health. This is an evolving concept that encompasses fostering lifestyles and other social, economic, environmental and personal factors conducive to health.” (Performance Indicator 3.1.1) Evidence-based: one of the following practices based on current international healthcare standards: (1) comprehensive outpatient women wellness services provided to women of all ages, including prenatal care; (2) family planning counseling; (3) exclusive breastfeeding practices; (4) essential infant care practices including neonatal resuscitation; and (5) infection control practices pertinent to MCH facilities. (Performance Indicator 1.1.1) Preventive health programs: actions directed toward decreasing the probability of occurrence of diseases or accidents, or the consequences associated with such occurrences. Preventive health programs include: primary prevention—decreasing the probability of an individual developing a disease or having an accident (e.g., smoking prevention); secondary prevention—actions designed to detect disease at a sufficiently early stage so that the likelihood of optimal outcomes is increased (e.g., screening for cancer, high blood pressure); tertiary prevention— actions designed to reduce the consequences of chronic disease (e.g., management of diabetes). “New” preventive health programs include those that have been launched and implemented as a result of AIHA partnership activities. (Performance Indicator 3.2.1) Primary health care (PHC) institutions: both pre-existing healthcare facilities (e.g., polyclinics, women’s consultations, etc.) and newly opened PHC and Women’s Wellness Centers. (Performance Indicator 1.1) New: services that have been introduced or modified by a PHC institution as a result of AIHA partnership activities. (Performance Indicator 1.1) Improved: services that comply with internationally recognized approaches and recommendations and have been introduced or modified by a PHC institution as a result of AIHA partnership activities. (Overall Indicator) Primary health care (PHC) providers: physicians (i.e., family practitioners, general practitioners, internists, pediatricians, and some specialists), nurses, and feldshers. (Performance Indicator 1.3) Providers involved in deliveries: OB/GYNs, neonatologists, pediatricians, anesthesiologists, midwives, and neonatal nurses. (Performance Indicator 1.1.2) PRIMARY HEALTH CARE AIHA established the following goal and objectives for all of its primary healthcare work throughout Eurasia and provides annual reports to USAID/DC and regional missions on indicators identified for these objectives. Overall Goal: To improve the quality of primary health care services, improve health outcomes and promote healthy lifestyles in the NIS and CEE, contributing to the reorientation towards primary care in these countries. Objectives: 1. Increased capacity to deliver quality primary care services in targeted communities. FY 2003 AIHA Annual Report/Russia 3 2. 3. 4. Increased patient satisfaction with PHC services. Increased acceptance and availability of PHC evidence-based practices and clinical practice guidelines. Increased community participation in improving the health of the community While AIHA’s Russia program contributes to achievement of these objectives, in 2002 USAID/Moscow and AIHA reached agreement on Russia-specific indicators that would be reported (quarterly or annually) in place of reporting on the AIHA-wide indicators contained in the attached statistical tables. Therefore, the section on primary health care that follows, as well as portions of other program areas such as women’s health and neonatal resuscitation, present results against those agreed-upon indicators. Russia-Specific Indicators AIHA’s activities under the current cooperative agreement with USAID/Moscow address Strategic Objective 3.2: Increased use of improved health and child welfare practices. Outcomes and outputs of the partnership program contribute to achieving two intermediate results: 1) access to more effective primary health care services increased; and 2) demand for preventive health by individuals, communities, and decision-makers increased. ¾ Overall Indicator: Percentage of population in selected regions with access to improved primary health care practices (reported annually) Although this indicator was omitted from the USAID/Russia SO 3.2. framework, USAID/Moscow agrees that AIHA will report on the indicator to reflect overall partnership progress in increasing access to improved primary healthcare practices. As indicated in AIHA’s quarterly reports, no significant changes in this indicator were anticipated, nor occurred, due to decreased partnership activities during FY03 (the anticipated decreased activity was due to the reduced funding provided in the final partnership year and the significant delay in funding to AIHA from USAID/Moscow which delayed partnership exchanges and planned replication/ dissemination activities). The table below provides the percentage of the total population (men and women) served by the respective partnership institutions providing primary care (polyclinics and new PHC centers) and the percentage of the total female population served by Women’s Wellness Centers. As best as AIHA can determine, there has been no increase in the percentage of the population served by the partnership PHC institutions; the catchment area served by the centers is not determined by the Russian partners (government establishes the area) and fee for service from patients outside the catchment area has not been instituted. Only the Volgograd RussAM clinic is a private fee-for-service clinic and does not have a government defined catchment area. Access to Improved Primary Care Practices Geographic Location of PHC Site Total Population (Only the Female Population for WWC) Catchment Population Proportion of Population Who Have Access Comments Khabarovsk Krai 1,433,100 52,300 4% Catchment population for Pereyaslavka CRH and Khor Rayon Hospital ( Lazo district) Kurgan Oblast 1,050,000 99,000 9% Catchment population for Kurgan Maternity #1 and Shchuche CRH 640,000 47,900 7% Catchment population for Korsakov CRH 3,200,000 153,000 5% Catchment population for Polyclinics #9 and #15 n/a n/a 100% Catchment population for MSU #50* 49,270 49,270 100% Catchment population for MSU #15 Tomsk Oblast 1,000,080 53,500 5% Catchment population for Timiryazevo CRH, Svetly Polyclinic, and Kislovka FPC Volgograd 1,006,100 n/a n/a RussAm clinic Sakhalin Oblast Samara Oblast Sarov, City of Snezhinsk, City of FY 2003 AIHA Annual Report/Russia 4 There has not been an increase in the percentage of the population served by Dubna, Essentuki, and Snezhinsk WWCs between FY02 and FY03. The Moscow WWC does not serve a specific catchment population, but serves women from the Eastern District of Moscow as well as women from other districts of Moscow or other cities based on fee-for-service. The St. Petersburg WWC is similar in that it does not serve a specific catchment population and also serves women from other cities and the Leningradskya Oblast. Due to security restrictions, the Sarov partners were unable to provide the numbers for their catchment population, but reported that 100% of the population has access to improved care. Geographic Location of WWC Total Population (Only the Female Population for WWC) Catchment Population Proportion of Population Who Have Access Comments Catchment population for Dubna WWC Dubna, City of 25,810 25,810 100% Essentuki, City of 48,803 48,803 100% Khabarovsk Krai 760,830 28,492 4% Moscow, Eastern okrug 350,000 n/a n/a 1,850,000 85,879 5% n/a n/a 100% Catchment population for Sarov WWC 26,019 26,019 100% Catchment population for Snezhinsk WWC 4,600,000 n/a n/a Samara Oblast Sarov, City of Snezhinsk, City of St. Petersburg, City of Catchment population for Essentuki WWC Catchment population for Pereyaslavka WWC (Lazo district) Catchment population for Moscow WWC Catchment population for WWCs at Polyclinics #9 and #15 Catchment population for St. Pete WWC Intermediate Result 1: Access to more effective primary health care services increased ¾ Indicator 1.1: Number of PHC institutions adopting new health practices (reported annually) The number of PHC institutions adopting new health practices did not change in FY03 and remains at 20. As identified in the FY02 annual report, seven additional institutions in Kurgan had been expected to adopt new PHC health practices, replicating those established at the Shchuche CRH, but lack of funding in FY03 prevented the rollout. While the Kurgan Oblast Health Administration still expects to replicate the PHC model, the inability to grant family medicine licensure remains a barrier, and the two physicians re-trained in family medicine by the partnership have left the Oblast and are not available to conduct training. However, AIHA verified a number of practices that were identified in the FY02 Annual Report, attachment IV, as “To be Verified.” Please see Attachment III, New Health Practices, for the updated number of new health practices at the 20 institutions. ¾ AIHA developed a series of questions within the standardized self-assessment forms administered to all partnerships in order to determine whether partnership PHC institutions are meeting the standards of AIHA’s PHC model. Preliminary analysis indicates that Sarov, Samara, Sakhalin, Shchuche and Tomsk have integrated most if not all elements of AIHA’s PHC model, focused on prevention-oriented, family-based primary care, and has gone further by integrating delivery of social services into health care. According to AIHA’s definition of a model clinic, a primary healthcare institution has to meet at least eight of 10 criteria related to: counseling, implementation of evidence-based practices, screening services, involvement of nurses in direct patient care and patient/community education, availability of patient education materials developed through partnership, availability of group health education/promotion classes for patients, continuous quality improvement activities, implementation of occupational health and infection control protocol and practices, and finally, community outreach activities. ¾ Indicator 1.2: Number of new PHC and WWC centers opened (reported annually) No new centers were opened by AIHA in FY03. The Volgograd partners expected to open a second clinic, but renovation delays set the opening back to FY04. Although the Snezhinsk center officially opened in October 2003, the center became operational and began reporting data in FY02. FY 2003 AIHA Annual Report/Russia 5 Intermediate Result 1.1: Use of evidenced-based practices in women/infant’s health and non-communicable chronic diseases increased ¾ Indicator 1.1.1: Number of health institutions implementing evidence-based maternal and child health care practices (reported annually) Twenty-five (25) healthcare institutions* are implementing evidence-based maternal and child health care practices; seven (7) facilities began these practices in FY03. Four health facilities in the Tomsk rayon (Loskutovo, Svetly, Turuntayevo and Oktyabrsky) are implementing evidence-based breastfeeding counseling practices and three health facilities in the Samara region (Samara Oblast Kalinin hospital, Togliatty City Polyclinic # 2, and Togliatty City Hospital #2) are implementing/replicating the AIHA Odessa MTCT Training Center protocols on the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV. *Institutions that can be counted to meet this indicator include women’s wellness centers from graduated and current partnerships and PHC partnership institutions. Intermediate Result 1.2: Quality improvement methodologies applied to primary health care ¾ Indicator 1.2.1: Number of clinical practices changed toward evidence-based performance as a result of AIHA activities, by type and site (reported annually) One new clinical practice – smoking cessation patient counseling – was adopted in FY03 by the all the Russia partners (except Tomsk) after attending the AIHA/Sarov Tobacco Control and Smoking Cessation conference in September 2002. A total of fifteen practices have changed in partnership institutions in FY02 and FY03: (1) general practice services provided through a new PHC center; (2) comprehensive outpatient women’s wellness services provided to women of all ages; (3) outreach educational programs for the community; (4) evidence-based management of bronchial asthma, arterial hypertension, and diabetes through adaptation and implementation of clinical practice guidelines and patient schools; (5) screening, diagnosis, referral, and management of depression in the out-patient settings; (6) evidence-based infection control and occupational health practices; (7) patient counseling on STI and HIV/AIDS prevention; (8) expanded primary healthcare services provided by nurses; (9) evidence-based breast health practices, including clinical breast examination and self-examination; (10) patient counseling, prevention and treatment of substance abuse; (11) screening, referral, and support for victims of domestic violence; (12) evidence-based prevention and treatment of TB in PHC setting; (13) patient counseling on smoking cessation; (14) publishing and distributing printed health promotion materials; and (15) evidence-based neonatal care. While no additional clinical practice guidelines were implemented by the PHC partnerships in FY03, partners from Polyclinic #15 in Samara formed task force groups and began developing guidelines on the following: hypertension, heart failure, chronic hepatitis, kidney disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, ischemic heart disease, acute cerebral ischemia, and arthrosis. The graphs below provide data from the three partnerships (in Korsakov, Sarov and Tomsk) that implemented specific guidelines prior to FY03; the data indicate that for those patients who are taught to monitor their disease (hypertension, asthma), they are successful in controlling their disease. The Tomsk/Bemidji partners completed a hypertension audit in Timiryazievo region, but the analyzed results have not yet been provided to AIHA. Proportion of Hypertension Patients (%) Controlling Their Blood Pressure, FY03 Number of Hypertension Patients Monitoring Their Blood Pressure, FY03 100 160 90 80 120 70 100 60 Korsakov 50 Tomsk Sarov 80 Korsakov Tomsk 60 Percent Number of Patients 140 Sarov 40 30 40 20 20 10 0 Oc t. 02 De c.0 2 Fe b .0 Ap 3 r.0 3 Ju n. 03 FY 2003 AIHA Annual Report/Russia Au 0 g. 0 3 Oc t. 02 No v. 0 De 2 J F Ma Ap Au Ma Se Ju Ju n ly c.0 an. 0 eb. r g p 03 r. 03 .03 y.03 . 03 . 03 . 03 t.03 2 3 6 Proportion of Asthma Patients (%) Controlling Their Peak Expiration Volum e, FY03 100 250 80 200 150 Sarov 100 Korsakov Percent Number of Patients Number of Asthma Patients Monitoring Their Peak Expiration Volume, FY03 60 Sarov 40 Korsakov 20 50 0 0 Oc t. 02 De c.0 2 Fe b. 03 Ap r. 03 Ju n. 03 Au g. 03 Oc t. 02 De c.0 2 Fe b .0 Ap 3 r.0 3 Ju n. 03 Au g. 0 3 In addition, AIHA verified a number of clinical practices that were identified as “To be Verified” in the FY02 Annual Report, Attachment IV. Please see Attachment III for the updated number of PHC Institutions adopting new health practices. Please also see the Health Care Knowledge Resources section below for additional information on activities related to promotion of evidence-based practices. ¾ Patient satisfaction is one indicator of quality services and satisfaction surveys are often used as a quality improvement tool. Four primary health care centers in Russia – Kislovka, Svetly, Samara and Sakhalin – each conducted a patient satisfaction survey in spring 2003 using a survey instrument developed by AIHA. Partners were also provided with specially-designed data entry software and AIHA compiled summary results based on the raw data submitted by partners. Survey respondents indicated their level of satisfaction for 22 variables associated with center characteristics (e.g., comfort and cleanliness), staff (e.g., friendliness and courtesy), and service (e.g., scope of services). AIHA’s PHC results framework established an ambitious satisfaction target of at least 5.8 on a 7-point scale for the average of the mean rating for each of these variables (with 7 being “very satisfied”). While the results for the first round of the patient satisfaction survey resulted in overall average scores at the centers ranging from 4.4 to 5.6, repeated periodic administration of the survey will enable the centers to focus on variables where the need for improvement is indicated and provide guidance to the center’s efforts to continuously improve quality. ¾ Indicator 1.3: Percentage of PHC providers from partnership institutions trained at cross-partnership seminars (reported annually) No cross-partnership trainings were conducted in FY03 due to significantly decreased funding as expected for the partnership program’s final year and the focus on partners completing their specific partnership activities. However, the Russia partnerships themselves conducted 66 training events (Korsakov and Sarov accounted for 52 of these) for a total of 853 physicians, nurses and other health professionals. Through the partnership program, the Russian partners have learned the importance of interdisciplinary work and training as well as the importance of increasing the skills of the nurses. 65% of the professional training courses in FY03 offered by partners were for nurses; only 37% of the trainings were for nurses in FY02. Professional Mix of the Audience at the Partnership Professional Training Activities, FY03, Russia 134 16% 160 19% MD's RN's Others 559 65% FY 2003 AIHA Annual Report/Russia 7 Intermediate Result 3: Demand for preventive health by individuals, communities, and decision-makers increased Intermediate Result 3.1: Awareness of preventive health care benefits increased ¾ Indicator 3.1.1: Number of health promotion activities, by subject and site (reported quarterly) The community-based PHC partnerships devote significant time and effort to community health promotion and education. The most active partnerships in FY03 include Samara and Sakhalin partners with a total of 423 and 456 health promotion activities respectively. Site Total PHC: FY02 III-IV FY03 I FY03 II FY03 III 302 367 269 378 FY03 IV FY03 257 1271 Comments In PHC, health promotion activities are counted as complete courses, which may consist of one or several classes or sessions. Khabarovsk Pereyaslavka Youth 5 4 4 N/A N/A 8 Krai Education Center Kurgan Maternity Hospital Kurgan 3 18 26 69 45 158 #1 and Shchuche Central Oblast Rayon Hospital Sakhalin Korsakov Central Rayon 77 116 103 152 85 456 Oblast Hospital Samara 145 171 69 92 91 423 Polyclinics #9 and 15 Oblast Sarov 43 33 27 31 33 124 Medical Sanitary Unit #50 City Dental health education for Snezhinsk 9 N/A 14 6 N/A 20 school children and their City parents Tomsk Svetly Public Health 20 25 26 28 3 82 Oblast Center ¾ The chart below shows the number of participants in community education events conducted by the partners. The community education events by topic and number provided in FY03 were similar to those provided in FY02. Participants in Partnership Community Education Events (# and % by topic) FY03: Russia 1,119 5% 1,645 7% 7,385 34% Healthy Lifestyle 5% Substance Abuse 7% 3,640 16% Sex Education 16% Maternal and Child Health 18% Dental Health 20% 4,500 20% FY 2003 AIHA Annual Report/Russia 3,945 18% Other, incl. chronic disease management schools and health fairs 34% 8 WOMEN’S HEALTH Overall Goal: To provide a client-centered approach to women’s health care through services that address women’s health needs throughout their life continuum. Objectives: 1. Increased capacity to deliver comprehensive, outpatient health services to women of all ages 2. Increased utilization of health promotion and prevention services within the WWC 3. Maintenance of a high level of patient satisfaction with the WWC and its services 4. Increased implementation of women’s health clinical practice guidelines 5. Increased use of contraceptive methods among women of reproductive age who wish to avoid pregnancy (excludes women who have had hysterectomies) 6. Improved sustainability of the WWCs FY03 Key Activities/Outputs/Outcomes: Capacity for Comprehensive Care ¾ In October 2002, the Women’s Wellness Center in Snezhinsk was officially opened; however data for this center was collected and reported in FY02. The total number of WWCs operational in Russia is nine: four (Dubna, Essentuki, St. Petersburg and Moscow) were established in FY98 and another four (Sarov, Pereyaslavka, two in Samara) were opened in FY02. ¾ AIHA distributed self-assessment surveys to WWCs towards the end of FY03. Among other things, the survey seeks to determine the extent to which the Centers provide core services consistent with the WWC model. Preliminary analysis of responses from the WWCs indicates that Samara #15 and St. Petersburg are providing services in 10 core areas consistent with AIHA’s WWC model. The rest of the centers offer between seven and nine of the key services related to: family planning and reproductive health, prenatal and perinatal care, sexually transmitted infections, cancer screening/diagnosis, substance abuse, mental health, chronic disease, services to older women, healthy lifestyle programs, and community-oriented programs. AIHA will prepare a report of survey results once all completed surveys are translated and submitted to AIHA by its regional offices. ¾ AIHA implemented a uniform data reporting form for WWCs in FY02 and the graph below shows the total number of patient visits reported by the WWCs in FY03. As noted in the FY02 annual report, Sarov reported 5 months of data in FY02, Pereyaslavka reported 3 months of data, and the other centers reported 6 months of data; thus comparison and analysis is less than optimal. The FY03 total number of patient visits for 12 months (260,435) compared to the total number of patient visits in FY02 for 6 months or less (152,063) suggest there was a decrease in patient visits. Snezhinsk is the only exception which had an 8% increase in the number of patient visits in FY03 (adjusting for the difference in the number of months data was collected). Although the WWCs could not provide an explanation for this decline, possible reasons could include: 1) more women’s consultation centers available in the community to serve the population or 2) inaccurate reporting of the number of patient visits. Further investigation/consideration is desirable, but would require additional resources. FY03 Total Patient Visits: Russia WWCs 70,129 55,488 38,190 30,555 21,339 10,098 6,895 FY 2003 AIHA Annual Report/Russia 10,039 Sa St ro .P v et er sb ur g Sn ez hi ns k 17,702 Du bn a Es se nt uk i M os co Pe w re ya sl av ka Sa m ar a #9 Sa m ar a #1 5 80,000 70,000 60,000 50,000 40,000 30,000 20,000 10,000 0 9 ¾ The FY02 annual report included data on the number of four types of diagnostic tests performed. Although AIHA believes that these tests indicate that the centers are involved in preventive and screening activities as opposed to only treatment, the data is not provided this year because USAID/Moscow believes these services/tests are provided by all women’s consultation centers and cannot be attributed to partnership activity. However, it is important to recognize that at the Snezhinsk WWC, mammography services became available in February 2003 and partners reported conducting 2,105 mammograms between February and September and detecting pathology in 228 women. Health Promotion ¾ The WWCs continued to emphasize health promotion and disease prevention in their activities. The centers reported that during FY03, their health education activities were attended by over 16,000 participants (this number may include double-counting as some individuals may have attended multiple programs). The number of participants is comparable to those in FY02 (8,000 participants/6 months). Comparing the data to the sixmonth data in FY02, the following centers increased the number of participants fairly significantly: Samara #15 (291/647), Pereyaslavka (9/251), Sarov (645/1,491) and Essentuki WWCs (2,124/7,750). Such an increase may demonstrate that the Centers are expending more effort to promote their activities and/or that citizens are becoming more interested in learning about their health. The only center with a decrease in participants was the St. Petersburg WWC; possible explanations include the absence of courses during the summer and/or a more fee-for-service orientation at the center. Participants in Health Promotion & Patient Education Courses and Programs (by sites) FY03: Russia WWCs 254 756 397 1491 Dub na, 397 Essentuki, 7750 647 Moscow, 2148 Pereyaslavka, 251 Samara 7750 #9, 3203 Samara #15, 647 3203 Sarov, 1491 St.Petersb urg, 254 Snezhinsk, 756 251 2148 ¾ The graph below indicates distribution of participants in WWC patient education activities by topic. The majority of courses provided by the centers are related to family planning (39%) and prenatal care (31%) because adolescents and young people as well as expectant mothers are the targeted population served by the WWCs. The relatively low number of breastfeeding courses can be explained by the fact that most of the WWCs include education on breastfeeding promotion in the birth preparation courses and do not report on these classes separately. Participants in WWC Health Promotion & Patient Education Courses and Programs (% by topic) FY03: Russia WWCs 12% 8% Healthy lif esty le, 8% 4% 4% Peri or post-menopausal sy mptoms and management, 4% 2% Sex education, 39 % Partners in birth, other pregnancy related, 31 % 39% Others including newborn massage, open house ev ents, 2% Breast cancer prev ention, 4% 31% Breast f eeding, 12% FY 2003 AIHA Annual Report/Russia 10 Intermediate Result 3: increased Demand for preventive health by individuals, communities, and decision-makers Intermediate Result 3.1: Awareness of preventive health care benefits increased ¾ Indicator 3.1.1: Number of health promotion activities, by subject and site (reported quarterly) WWCs began reporting on the number of health promotion activities in January 2003, thus the data for this indicator are available only for a nine-month period. In the WWCs, health promotion activities are counted as single classes or sessions conducted. These sessions may or may not be part of longer courses. The most active WWCs include both Samara WWCs (1,091 total health promotion activities), Moscow (591 activities), and Sarov (336 activities). FY02 III-IV FY03 I FY03 II FY03 III FY03 IV FY03 Site WWC: N/A N/A 1066 900 531 2497 Dubna City Essentuki City Khabarovsk Krai Moscow City Samara Oblast Sarov City Snezhinsk City St.Petersburg City Comments 14 13 12 39 85 100 104 289 0 7 0 7 219 239 133 591 Dubna WWC Essentuki WWC Pereyaslavka WWC Moscow WWC WWCs at Polyclinics #9 and 15 575 358 158 1,091 110 114 112 336 18 16 12 46 Snezhinsk WWC 45 53 0 98 St. Petersburg WWC Sarov WWC Patient Satisfaction ¾ AIHA developed and distributed a patient satisfaction survey form to all WWCs as a tool they could use for quality improvement purposes. Three WWCs in Russia (Samara #9 and #15 and St. Petersburg) conducted the survey during the second half of FY03 and submitted results to AIHA using specially-designed data entry software provided by AIHA. As part of its results framework, AIHA established a score of 5.8 (on a scale of 17) as the desired threshold for satisfaction the WWCs should seek to achieve. Of the three WWCs, one Center achieved an overall average score of 6.0, thus exceeding the threshold score, and the other two scored just below the threshold at 5.7 and 5.6. All WWCs are strongly encouraged to conduct the surveys at least twice a year to enable them to monitor the level of satisfaction with their services and to implement changes for further improvement of quality of care. Clinical Practice Guidelines ¾ In order to further promote the implementation of women’s health CPGs and raise WWC expertise in the area of HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment, AIHA sponsored a region–wide workshop, Women’s Health CPG Associated with HIV/AIDS, in Odessa, Ukraine. Directors from all nine Russian WWCs attended the workshop. The process for developing, adapting and revising guidelines was presented to the participants as well as the process for using clinical practice guidelines to evaluate and improve the quality of care. Because HIV/AIDS is a problem of growing proportion in most of the regions served by AIHA including Russia, every WWC is expected to play a significant role in preventing HIV/AIDS. During the workshop the participants became familiar with the AIHA program, Preventing Maternal to Child Transmission of HIV, which operates in Odessa as well as a range of clinical practice guidelines being developed and implemented to prevent transmission of HIV/AIDS and to foster quality treatment and supportive services. ¾ Preliminary analysis of the WWC self-assessments mentioned above show that eight Russia WWCs have implemented continuous quality improvement processes which enable the centers to monitor consistency with one or more clinical practice guidelines. Family Planning ¾ During FY03, AIHA collected information from WWCs on visits by category. Although family planning was one of the visit types defined for use, many WWCs indicated a problem providing data consistent with AIHA’s FY 2003 AIHA Annual Report/Russia 11 ¾ instructions due to national or local requirements and reimbursement issues. Data was also requested from WWCs on type of contraception selected as a result of a family planning visit. However, reporting on contraceptives was also found to be inconsistent with the reporting directions supplied by AIHA. Lack of uniformity in family planning data made it impractical for AIHA to display data in quarterly reports for multiple centers. To the extent that individual WWCs are collecting data in a uniform manner for each reporting period (generally monthly), the data enables monitoring of trends and assessment of progress at the center level. Sustainability ¾ As part of the WWC self-assessment, AIHA asked questions related to center sustainability. Three Russian WWCs were confident that they would meet the standards of a WWC and be operational 10 years from now and five WWCs reported they were confident that they would be operational for the next 5 years. Among the factors identified as contributing to their belief in the WWCs’ long-term sustainability include: funding from municipal sources, agreements with insurance companies, implementation of fee-for-services, and collaborative relationships with pharmaceutical companies. A full report of findings will be prepared in FY04. NEONATAL RESUSCITATION Overall Goal: To decrease infant mortality and morbidity rates in the immediate newborn period through the implementation of appropriate neonatal resuscitation skills in the delivery rooms. Objectives: 1. Increased capacity to provide training in evidence-based neonatal resuscitation care as the standard of clinical practice 2. Improved sustainability of the neonatal resuscitation program (NRP). In Russia, six NRTCs were established prior to FY03 with financial assistance from AIHA to purchase equipment, conduct training courses, and to establish Internet connectivity. Three NRTCs, located in Chelyabinsk, Moscow, and Ulan-Ude were established by AIHA partnerships. Samara, Tver, and Saratov NRTCs were established at the request of their local health administrations as replication models. During FY03, AIHA’s financial support to the NRTCs in Russia was limited to Internet connectivity. FY03 Key Activities/Outputs/Outcomes: Training Capacity ¾ Over 7,000 providers have been trained in NRP in selected regions of Russia (Buriat Republic, Moscow, Chelyabinsk, Tver, Samara, and Saratov Oblasts) since the beginning of the Neonatal Resuscitation Program through September 30, 2003; The total number of health professionals who received training in NRP (including interns trained by Tver, Ulan Ude and Chelyabinsk NRTCs and additional providers) in FY03 is 769. The Tver NRTC has already trained almost 100% of the providers who attend deliveries in the Tver region, thus they focused their activities on recertification and maintenance of quality assurance in their training. ¾ In FY03, the Moscow NRTC provided an advanced training-of-trainers course to a representative from the Ivanovo Institute of Maternal and Child Health (MCH). With support from the Ivanovo Oblast Health Administration and continuing methodological assistance from the Moscow NRTC, the Ivanovo MCH Institute plans to establish a NRTC in FY04. ¾ The Chelyabinsk NRTC established collaborative relations with John Snow International Women’s and Infant’s Health (JSI/WIN) project. In April 2003, by invitation of JSI/WIN, the Chelyabinsk NRTC conducted an outreach course for delivery room personnel from the maternity houses in Perm. The cooperation will continue in FY04 to further disseminate the evidence–based practices of neonatal resuscitation. Intermediate Result 1.1: Use of evidenced-based practices in women/infant’s health and non-communicable chronic diseases increased ¾ Indicator 1.1.2 Proportion of providers attending birth deliveries in selected regions who are trained in neonatal resuscitation The proportion of providers trained in neonatal resuscitation varies from 13% to 99% in the six regions where Neonatal Resuscitation Training Centers (NRTC) have been established. Results of 10,000 Births Study published in AIHA’s 2002 Annual Report indicate that the optimal proportion of personnel trained in neonatal resuscitation is 25%. Centers in Tver, Samara, Ulan –Ude and Saratov (only opened in May 2002) have already achieved this benchmark and Tver and Samara are actively re-certifying providers previously trained. The Chelyabinsk Center has not yet achieved this benchmark, but has begun a recertification process. The Moscow FY 2003 AIHA Annual Report/Russia 12 NRTC is not targeting any particular region or city, and is not subject to benchmarking. The graph below presents the proportion of providers trained in the respective regions since each NRTC was opened. Proportion of Providers Attending Deliveries Trained in NRP in Selected Regions of Russia, by the end of FY03 120% 99% 100% 80% 60% 50% 48% 40% 25% 20% 13% 0% Bu C Sa Sa Tv he er ry ra m ly at t a O o ab ra v R bl in O O ep as sk bl bl ub t a a O st st lic bl as Sustainability ¾ Acknowledging the success of the AIHA neonatal resuscitation training program and the great need for additional training in the Russian regions, the Ministry of Health of Russia asked USAID for continuing support for the existing Centers and assistance to establish additional NRTCs throughout the country. Impact ¾ The 10,000 Births Study conducted in FY02 was repeated in FY03 to collect comparative data. Data was submitted by six Russia NRTCs that worked with 32 hospitals to train NRP personnel. Designed to assess the impact of the NRP program on infant outcomes, the results of the FY03 study is expected to provide additional evidence that hospitals with at least 25% of delivery personnel trained have improved outcomes compared to facilities with less than 25% of such personnel trained. The study report is expected to be issued the second quarter of FY04. ¾ The Ulan Ude NRTC issued a report on the impact of the NRP program on decreasing perinatal and early neonatal mortality rates during the last five years. In 1997 the perinatal mortality rate decreased from 14.4 in 1997 before the program inception in Buriatia Republic to 10.8 in 2002; the early neonatal mortality rate decreased from 7.7 in 1997 to 5.6 in 2002. HEALTH CARE KNOWLEDGE RESOURCES Overall Goal: To promote improved health care practices through increased access to, use of, and understanding of available knowledge resources. Objectives: 1. Increased access to up-to-date health care knowledge resources. 2. Increased promotion of evidence-based practice. 3. Demonstrated ability to sustain access to knowledge resources independent of AIHA funding. 4. Increased development and use of information and communication technology tools and applications. Through the healthcare partnership program, AIHA has supported the establishment of a total of 139 Learning Resource Centers (LRCs) in the NIS and CEE. Currently, 17 LRCs are active in Russia. FY03 Key Activities/Outputs/Outcomes: Increased Access ¾ In FY03, 75% of health professionals at partner institutions in Russia are directly or indirectly accessing up-todate health care research and information using the Internet and other computer-based technologies. This represents approximately the same percentage (76%) observed in FY02 and an increase from less than 10% FY 2003 AIHA Annual Report/Russia 13 before the partnership program began. Russia partnership health professionals surveyed by AIHA now receive 32% of their information from computer-based sources, including the Internet, again up from a negligible percentage prior to the partnership program. Access to Knowledge Resources - Russia 80% 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% % Using LRC/Internet % of Information Received from LRC/Internet 2002 2003 Promotion of Evidence-based Practice ¾ Through the LRC program, AIHA has consistently strived to promote the ideas and principles of evidencebased practice (EBP) at both the individual practitioner and the broader institutional level. Because of the broad range of institutions involved in the partnership program and variations in practice among regional and national health administrations, these promotion efforts have largely been non-prescriptive, i.e., rather than advocating particular institutional quality assurance processes, AIHA has tried to instill the EBP philosophy into existing processes and practices. AIHA measures the success of these efforts by determining whether staff at partner institutions are able to demonstrate their understanding of EBP methodologies and whether quality review processes that embody these principles exist or are being developed within the institutions. ¾ Thirteen of the 25 Russian partnership institutions with functioning LRCs are successfully demonstrating the use of evidence-based methodologies in reviewing standards of clinical and educational practice at their institutions. As part of the partnership program, staff from each LRC work with other health professionals at the partnership institution to review two specific clinical or educational practices per year. Upon receiving these written reviews, AIHA staff work with partners to help them evaluate the search strategy and their critical appraisal of the existing research. Through this process, partners gain a fuller understanding of the principles of evidence-based practice and how to apply its principles in practice. (Note: at the time of this writing, many of these reviews are still in the process of being submitted and therefore are not included in the statistical summary.) ¾ In FY03, AIHA conducted its first Evidence-based Practice Survey, asking partners to describe their internal processes for reviewing and evaluating current practice standards. The survey results show that 20% of Russia partner institutions currently have established regular and ongoing processes for widely and routinely evaluating standards using the latest available evidence. This compares to 17% of all partner institutions in the NIS and CEE. While a much larger percentage of partners have established review processes of various kinds, many of these were not considered to be sufficiently routine or did not adequately utilize the latest available research evidence. Based on further feedback and an EBP distance education program to be provided in FY04, AIHA expects this indicator to increase gradually over time. Sustainability ¾ AIHA partners have continued to make progress in their efforts to establish sustainable Internet access for staff at their institutions. In FY03, 40% of Russian partner institutions were maintaining Internet connectivity without AIHA support, up from 32% in FY02. In addition, 24% have at some point during the course of the project received grants supporting Internet connectivity or other resources and infrastructure that enhance the capabilities of the LRC, up from 12% in FY02. Finally, 24% of the Russia LRCs (up from 12% in FY02) are partially recovering some maintenance costs by, for example, renting equipment and facilities and charging external clients for information/clerical services. It is the underlying philosophy of the LRC project that AIHA partners will come to recognize and value the benefits of providing information access to staff and will begin to cover these costs on their own as soon as the economic environment allows. In the meantime, grant funding and modest cost recovery help to instill the principles of self-sustainability. FY 2003 AIHA Annual Report/Russia 14 LRC Sustainability - Russia 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0% Covering Internet Costs Received Grants 2002 Cost-recovery 2003 ICT Tools and Applications ¾ LRCs have planted a variety of “seeds” within partner institutions, helping to foster the growth of IT infrastructure, improved management information systems, and telemedicine capabilities. In FY03, the number of Russian partner institutions that have developed databases (including electronic medical records, financial/accounting systems, and/or bibliographic/research databases) remained constant at 68%. Those that have installed local area networks rose from 64% to 72%. 96% of all partner institutions have developed their own Web sites and 76 % actively engage in Internet-based tele-consultations to enhance patient care. ICT Tools and Applications - Russia 100% 80% 60% 40% 20% 0% Database Applications Local Area Networks 2002 Web Site Development Telemedicine 2003 INFECTION CONTROL Overall Goal: To improve quality of healthcare services through regional and institutional infection control programs aimed at reduction in hospital-acquired infection rates and effective control over antibiotic resistance in microorganisms. Objectives: 1. Improved surveillance and assessment capacity in the areas of nosocomial infections and a/b resistant microorganisms 2. Strengthened training capacity in infection control, clinical epidemiology and evidence-based medicine 3. Improved infection control practices based on evidence-based clinical and management practice protocols 4. Enhanced sustainability of Infection Control program FY03 Key Activities/Outputs/Outcomes: Surveillance and Assessment Capacity ¾ Active surveillance of antibiotic resistance has been instituted in healthcare institutions throughout the city of St. Petersburg and in major cities of the Russian North-Western Region. Partners were involved in ongoing training of epidemiologists on establishing systems of surveillance and the use of the WHONET database. All data collected locally was forwarded to the Mechnikov Academy for further analysis. ¾ During the last quarter of FY03 AIHA designed a survey to assess hospital-based infection control capacity and surveillance within the NIS. The purpose of the study was to determine if there had been improvement in surveillance and assessment capacity in the areas of nosocomial infections and antibiotic resistant microorganisms; infection control practices centered on evidence-based clinical and management practice protocols; FY 2003 AIHA Annual Report/Russia 15 ¾ ¾ and infection control practices of clinical staff. Respondents were randomly selected from a sample of institutions which had sent participants to the AIHA Infection Control Training Center courses and represented institutions in northwest Russia. Survey results were collected from 13 Russian hospitals and the data are being analyzed; the results will be published on the AHIA Web site and provided to USAID. AIHA conducted a two-part telephone survey of WHONET laboratories in the NIS to determine whether they are performing the functions – collecting and processing data on antimicrobial resistance – for which they were established. Of the 18 labs established by AIHA since 1997, 13 (including three of six in Russia) were identified as currently functioning and using the WHONET database for data collection, storage, and analysis. The currently functioning WHONET labs in Russia are in Samara, St. Petersburg Mechnikov Academy and Vladivostok. Although one of the labs in Russia was not reachable via telephone, the St. Petersburg partners were able to answer the survey questions because of the relationship with the lab and its functions. WHONET labs in Russia reported routinely conducting surveillance of antibiotic resistance and using the WHONET software to identify both new patterns of antibiotic resistance and antibiotic use. Complete results of the survey will be published on the AIHA Web site. Data collection for the AIHA-funded international study of antibiotic resistance of E. coli and urinary tract infections (UTI) officially stopped during the 2nd quarter of FY03. Although more than 900 specimens were collected from five study sites it was difficult to ascertain the number of specimens testing positive for E. coli infection. The study was limited by difficulties acquiring and shipping supplies and unreliable quality control mechanisms at study sites. The expert consultant who worked with AIHA to design the study has been unavailable to analyze the data or provide a summary report. Training Capacity ¾ Partners conducted a variety of training courses in St. Petersburg, Izhevsk (Republic of Udmurtia), Cherepovets, Kaliningrad, Murmansk, Perm, Pskov, and Vologda. In FY03, 394 physicians, epidemiologists and nurses were trained in evidence-based medicine basics, epidemiology, nosocomial infection control and prevention, infection control and microbiology, tuberculosis and monitoring of antimicrobial resistance; in total 1,363 health professionals have been trained since opening of the ICTC. ¾ The Third International Russian Applied Research Conference was held in St. Petersburg, September 2003. Nearly 400 Russian infection control specialists and policy makers attended the conference which was designed to explore challenges in the area of epidemiology and prevention of nosocomial infections in Russia. It also aimed to direct attention to the growing HIV/AIDS epidemic in the region and its impact on the general population as well as health care providers. The conference was sponsored by the St. Petersburg/Boston Partnership in cooperation with the Mechnikov Medical Academy, the Russian Ministry of Health and the Goldsmith Foundation of New York. Four US HIV/AIDS experts made presentations on the treatment of HIV/AIDS, mother-to-child-transmission of HIV/AIDS, and addressing HIV/AIDS infection in community practice. Evidence-Based Practices ¾ The preliminary version of an evidence-based guideline on hand hygiene was developed. Work was started on evidence-based guidelines on infection control in dialysis and neonatology. These guidelines are expected to be approved by the MOH as one “package” upon their completion. ¾ ICTC specialists from St. Petersburg provided technical expertise to several maternity hospitals in Perm who are partners in a USAID-sponsored JSI-WIN project. The effort was to create a comprehensive, evidence-based infection control system. This joint work culminated in an infection control conference for maternity facilities in Perm. A similar project was started with another USAID/Russia contractor, Quality Assurance Project. ¾ Production of the 2nd edition Infection Control Manual was completed during FY03. The manual, which was produced in both English and Russian, contains chapters and relevant articles on topics such as organization of infection control programs, surveillance, common microorganisms and antibiotic resistance. A hard copy manual and a CD-ROM containing all chapters and appendices are available. Approximately 500 copies of the Russian edition were distributed to participants at the Third International Russian Applied Research Conference (St. Petersburg, September 2003). Copies of the manual will also be distributed to USAID/Moscow, Minister of Health, AIHA partners, Regional Health Authorities, the ICTC in St. Petersburg, Sanitary Epidemiology Station (SES) offices and contributors to the manual. Policy ¾ A meeting of the temporary working group on nosocomial infections was held at the Russian State Epidemical Surveillance office to assess progress and discuss next steps for the development of evidence-based guidelines and sanitary rules on the prevention of nosocomial infections; the working group convened in FY02 at the request of the Russian Ministry of Health. Participants included Russian Ministry of Health officials, representatives from the ICTCs in Kazakhstan and Georgia and partners from St. Petersburg. The partners FY 2003 AIHA Annual Report/Russia 16 ¾ proposed detailed evidence-based recommendations for drafting new regulations on nosocomial infections and presented drafts of several revised regulations, including one on surgical site infections. Despite a difference of opinions on the use of evidence-based approaches, the results of the temporary working group were approved and a revised regulation submitted to the MOH. The St. Petersburg partnership coordinator participated in a public health policy seminar in Moscow on epidemiology and control of infectious diseases, sponsored by the World Bank. The purpose of the seminar was to: increase awareness of the magnitude and impact of infectious diseases on the health status and on the healthcare system in the Russian Federation; identify strategies and technologies that are evidence-based and that have been demonstrated to be cost-effective and feasible, but are not in common use in the Russian Federation to prevent and control infectious diseases; identify strategies and technologies that are commonly used in the Russian Federation that are not evidence-based, but that have not been demonstrated to be costeffective to prevent and control infectious diseases; identify challenges, needs, and opportunities to prevent and control non-communicable diseases in the Russian Federation; define strategies and programs for prevention and control of infectious diseases in the Russian Federation; raise the visibility of effective infectious disease prevention and control activities (federal and regional) in the Russian Federation; and promote the need for advancement and enhancement of prevention and control of infectious diseases in the Russian Federation with policy-makers and a non-technical audience. The coordinator’s participation in this seminar was recommended to the World Bank by USAID. Sustainability ¾ The on-line availability of the 2nd Edition Infection Control Manual (mentioned above) significantly contributes to the sustainability of the ICTC and the progress made in infection prevention and control thus far in Russia. The on-line availability also further disseminates the evidence-based information contained in the manual. ¾ The Ministry of Health continues to view the St. Petersburg partners as leading experts in infection control and seek their assistance regularly. NURSING Overall Goal: To improve patient care through effective, quality nursing practice and through strengthening the profession’s contribution to systemic health care reform within the NIS/CEE. Objectives: 1. Enhanced capacity for professional nursing education that meets international standards. 2. Increased status of nursing as a profession. 3. Improved nursing practice through nurse training and introduction of new models of nursing care and nursing roles. 4. Increased access of nurses to information resources and networking opportunities through sustainable Nursing Resource Centers. Many of AIHA partnerships in Russia have integrated activities related to nursing and therefore contribute to the above objectives. However, AIHA resources dedicated specifically to nursing objectives have been relatively limited and largely funded through the NIS Region-wide cooperative agreement. During FY03, AIHA continued financial support for Internet Connectivity to the four Nursing Resource Centers (NRCs) previously established in Russia. FY03 Key Activities/Outputs/Outcomes Capacity-building for Nursing Education ¾ Although no activities were funded by AIHA related to this objective, two former partners reported that in FY03 they developed four new nursing curricula along with state nursing education standards. Sokolov Center of Post-graduate Education reported a new pilot distance learning program for nurse managers, pilot program on geriatrics in nursing, and course on development of nursing in EU countries. The Pavlov Nursing College developed an updated nursing curriculum on infection control for nurses. Professional Development ¾ Two Russian graduates of the INLI program received small grants from AIHA to complete proposed projects in association building, clinical practice, leadership and curriculum development. The projects will benefit the nurse’s partnerships or local communities. The first round of proposed projects is complete and a second round grants was issued at the end of this year. The nurses are reporting their results upon project completion. FY 2003 AIHA Annual Report/Russia 17 ¾ AIHA conducted a survey of the 56 nurses who graduated from its International Nursing Leadership Institute (INLI) program, including eight nurses from Russia. The purpose was to determine outcomes of the INLI program, which ended in 2002. Among the 48 nurses who responded to the survey (including all eight from Russia), 31% said that they had received a promotion as a result of the INLI program; 90% said that INLI helped them gain respect from their physician colleagues; and 67% are involved in nursing associations. Of the Russian INLI graduates, one said she had received a promotion as a result of the INLI program; six said INLI helped them gain respect from their physician colleagues; and five reported being involved in nursing associations. A detailed report of results will be available in FY04. In addition, AIHA is preparing a series of more in-depth success stories of selected INLI graduates, including one nurse from Russia. Nursing Practice ¾ The Magnet Nursing Services Recognition Program (MP) aims to create centers of excellence and validate high standards of nursing health care. These standards, developed by the American Nurse Credentialing Council of the American Nurses Association, are a mark of excellence in nursing in the US. The AIHA program provides intensive developmental assistance to the selected institutions that will enable them to meet the standards. The program is being implemented by AIHA in collaboration with the Center for Health Outcomes and Policy Research (CHOPR) of University of Pennsylvania, with assistance from American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) and volunteer US partners involved in the countries specified. At the end of the project an evaluation will be conducted by the CHOPR to determine whether the project produced significant impact on the quality standards as measured by higher levels of nursing and patient satisfaction in the hospital, and hence merits replication in other hospitals across the NIS region. Sokolov Hospital and Central Hospital, both graduated Russian hospital partners, were nominated in spring 2001 to participate in this two-year, multi-site pilot project. ¾ In order to measure improved nursing practice, AIHA incorporated questions related to introduction of new models of nursing care and nursing roles into partnership self-assessment forms distributed during FY03. Six partnership institutions in Russia indicated they have institutionalized new roles and responsibilities for nurses, including independent patient assessment and care planning, infection control, patient education and counseling. In addition, all of them except Volgograd and Schuche, reported they had institutionalized written standards for nurses. Nursing Resource Centers ¾ In the first quarter of FY03, AIHA conducted an assessment of all Nursing Resource Centers to determine the extent to which the Centers are accomplishing the goals initially established for them and to identify factors affecting their success. The assessment found that a continuing demand exists for the NRCs, with 21 of the 24 centers, including all five in Russia, still fully operational. Other key findings included the existence of strong relationships with host institutions and recognition that dedicated staff constituted the center’s most important resources. Lack of financial resources and translated materials were the main obstacles identified during the assessment. All five of the Russia NRCs offer clinical skills training and provide access to the library and other services. Four centers organize various meetings and three of them engage in various advocacy initiatives and provide computer training. The centers are typically visited by nurses of various specialties, faculty members, nursing students and, in some cases, by PHC physicians. A complete survey report is available on AIHA’s Web site. ¾ The NRCs reported conducting a total of 273 courses in FY03, training 2,846 nurses and students. Courses were offered in clinical practice, maternal and child heath, management, information systems and emergency care. ¾ In May 2003, through AIHA’s Web site, the Sokolov NRC was contacted by a professor at the School of Nursing Ana Guedes in Portugal. The contact resulted in the professor’s visit to Russia through the Russian Nursing Association and a presentation on Modern Aspects of Development of Nursing in EU Countries. EMERGENCY AND DISASTER MEDICINE Overall Goal: To create sustainable capacity within countries to effectively respond to emergencies ranging from routine medical cases to trauma to disasters involving mass casualties. Objectives: 1. Increased capacity in targeted countries to provide quality training and education in emergency and disaster medicine. 2. Improved knowledge and skills in first aid and emergency care among first responders, medical providers, and other targeted groups trained through EMS Training Centers. 3. Increased sustainability of NIS/CEE partner efforts related to emergency and disaster medicine. FY 2003 AIHA Annual Report/Russia 18 AIHA established two Emergency Medical Services Training Centers (EMSTCs) in Russia since 1994, with faculty trained using a common EMS curriculum meeting international standards and tailored to the needs and conditions specific to the NIS region. During FY03, AIHA provided continued to provide limited direct support to the EMSTCs in the form of Internet connectivity to enable the Centers to network with each other and to report to AIHA on their activities and outcomes. FY03 Key Activities/Outputs/Outcomes: Capacity Building ¾ The Vladivostok EMSTC developed and piloted a new 50-hour course on providing emergency care in disaster situations for physician/feldsher ambulance teams, and the Moscow EMSTC began working with the Institute of Biophysics to administer courses on radiation safety. Skills Building ¾ The Vladivostok EMSTC continued to offer on-site trainings in rural settings. For example, this year, the center trained feldshers at the Emergency Services in Nakhodka, at the Central Regional Hospitals in Chuguevka and Fokino. ¾ The centers in Moscow and Vladivostok reported training a combined total of 2,711 persons during the year, with trainees ranging from emergency physicians to primary care providers to students. This number is a slight increase from the 2,647 persons trained in FY02. The range of courses offered and clients served by the centers is demonstrated, for example, by the Vladivostok EMSTC’s training for rescue workers on how to evacuate people from tall buildings, training for the staff of the Krai Blood Transfusion Station, and training for students at local high schools, the Far East State Technical University, and Vladivostok Nursing College. Distribution of EMS Trainees Others 100% 80% 60% 40% 20% 0% Students Paramedics/Feldshers Nurses Physicians Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 FY03 ¾ The EMSTCs continued to increase public awareness this year. For example, the TV program “Road Patrol,” a daily broadcasted, showcases the staff of “Vladspas” who were trained at the Vladivostok EMSTC. Sustainability ¾ Local and national governments continued to support the EMSTCs this year. For example, all participants who completed the training, First Aid and Emergency Assistance during Disasters, at the Moscow EMSTC received state-recognized certificates, and the Vladivostok EMSTC continues to provide training to cadets from the Russian Ministry for Emergency Situations. IV. Success Stories PRIMARY HEALTH CARE: ¾ Seven-year-old Artyom was diagnosed with moderate-persistent asthma when he first became involved in the Sarov/Los Alamos partnership project on asthma care in 2001. Artyom and his mother attended the asthma patient school at Sarov Medical Sanitary Unit #50, where the curriculum was developed jointly by US and Russian partners, and he received medications donated at first by the US partners and later by the Sarov City Administration. Over the past two years, Artyom’s condition steadily improved, and recently his diagnosis was changed to light-persistent asthma. This September, he enrolled in one of the city schools, and thanks to his improved condition, his physicians say Artyom can be active, play sports and live the life of an ordinary boy. FY 2003 AIHA Annual Report/Russia 19 WOMEN’S HEALTH: ¾ Vera, a 58 year-old woman, had heard several times a radio presentation by the Snezhinsk Women’s Wellness Center director on the importance of breast self-exams and mammography screening. In June 2003, Vera came to the Center for her regular check -up and, referring to the radio presentation, requested a clinical breast exam. While the ob/gyn did not detect anything suspicious during the exam, considering the patient’s age, she advised Vera to get a free mammography test, a service newly available at the WWC since February. The mammogram showed stage-I cancer, which was confirmed by biopsy results, and Vera underwent a mastectomy at Snezhinsk Medical Sanitary Unit #15. Now Vera participates in the breast cancer support group through the WWC, and soon she will receive her individually tailored breast prosthesis. US partners had provided breast prostheses for members of the breast cancer patient support group, but since the partnership’s graduation in December 2002, the support group established relations with specialized companies in Moscow and Chelyabinsk to provide the prostheses. EMERGENCY AND DISASTER MEDICINE: ¾ Among students of the Vladivostok EMS Center are traffic police who take the paramedics course offered at the Center. One day, the car of one of the EMS faculty was stopped by police for a document check. When the policeman saw who the driver was, he said, “Thank you.” The driver did not understand the policeman’s behavior and asked what he meant. The policeman explained that, “Instead of an icon my mother-in-law keeps a picture of me, and that’s thanks to you.” He further explained that his mother-in-law had given a biscuit to her 3-year-old grandson who started choking on the biscuit, stopped breathing and turned blue. At that moment the boy’s father (the policeman) came in and saw his son’s condition. Immediately, he applied the first aid skills he learned at the EMS center and saved his son’s life. NEONATAL RESUSCITATION: ¾ AIHA organized an NRP TOT course for future instructors of Saratov NRTC in February 2002. Galina Moskvina, head of newborn department of the maternity house in Balakovo, Saratov Oblast, was not selected by the hospital chief physician to be a NRP instructor or to participate in the TOT course. However, being highly motivated to improve her own knowledge in neonatal resuscitation, Galina took a week of personal vacation time, traveled to Saratov, and joined the TOT group. Galina successfully passed the course exam. In May 2002, the Saratov NRTC was opened and Galina is recognized as one of the most active regional NRP instructors-- she has trained 40 health care providers in the Balakovo maternity hospital. Not only is Galina active, she is valued for the quality of her training by the Director and instructors at the Saratov NRTC. To further enhance her training skills, Galina applied for an advanced course for trainers organized by USAID/Moscow and she was selected to participate in the five-day training conducted in September 2003. ¾ Due to a lack of physicians in the rural hospitals of the Buriat Republic, only a midwife attends deliveries at the Turuntayevo district hospital (70 km from Ulan-Ude); a pediatrician and ob/gyn are only called if there is an emergency complication. In March 2003, Valentina, a midwife from Turuntayevo, completed a training course in neonatal resuscitation at the Ulan Ude NRTC. Almost immediately (in April), her newly learned skills were needed. Although the delivery was not complicated and the newborn boy was fully matured, he did not cry and breathe. When Valentina tried to reach the pediatrician he was not available and it would be an hour before the specialists from Ulan-Ude would arrive. Valentina began artificial lung ventilation with an ambu bag and mask as she was taught in the NRP course. She was successful in getting the baby to breathe and more than an hour later when the pediatrician and Ulan-Ude neonatologists arrived, the baby had a healthy pink complexion and was crying as expected. V. Attachments Attachment I: Russia Strategic Objective/AIHA Indicator Chart Attachment II: Data Tables Attachment III: New Health Practices FY 2003 AIHA Annual Report/Russia 20 Attachment 1 SO 3.2 Use of Improved Health and Child Welfare Practices Increased IR 3.2.1 Access to more Effective Primary Health Care Services Increased IR 3.2.1.1 Use of Evidence-Based Practices in Women/Infants Health and NonCommunicable Diseases IR 3.2.1.2 Quality Improvement Methodologies Applied to Primary Health Care IR 3.2.3.1 Awareness of Preventative Health Care Benefits Increased IR 3.2.3.2 Capacity to Mobilize for Preventative Health Increased Primary Health Care 1.1 % of partnership primary healthcare institutions that meet AIHA’s model. Primary Health Care 4.1 % of PHC partnerships with active community-based initiatives Primary Health Care 3.1 % of WWCs achieving a threshold score on the WWC patient satisfaction survey 4.1 % of PHC partnerships with active community-based initiatives Primary Health Care 1.1 % of partnership primary healthcare institutions that meet AIHA’s model. Primary Health Care 4.1 % of PHC partnerships with active communitybased initiatives Women’s Health 1.1 % of WWCs established that provide core services consistent with the WWC model Nursing 4.1 # nurses visiting Nursing Resource Centers (NRCs) each year for information, training or networking Women’s Health 4.1 % of WWCs implementing women’s health clinical practice guidelines, as documented through quality monitoring procedures 5.1 % of center users of reproductive age who wish to avoid pregnancy and report using a contraceptive method Neonatal Resuscitation 2.1 # of countries where the MoH has adopted, in full or partially, NRP Guidelines as the standard of care for newborns Learning Resource Centers 2.2 % of partner institutions that have developed systems for evaluating and developing practice standards FY 2003 AIHA Annual Report/Russia Women’s Health 3.1 % of WWCs achieving a threshold score on the WWC patient satisfaction survey 4.1 % of WWCs implementing women’s health clinical practice guidelines, as documented through quality monitoring procedures Women’s Health 2.1 % increase in preventive visits as a total of all visits to the WWC 5.1 % of center users of reproductive age who wish to avoid pregnancy and report using a contraceptive method Neonatal Resuscitation 1.1 % of centers that have developed and implemented a recertification process. 1.2 % of instructors recertified Nursing 3.1 # of partnership sites that have institutionalized new roles, responsibilities and written standards for nurses 21 ATTACHMENT II: SELECTED PRIMARY HEALTH CARE DATA - RUSSIA Objectives & Indicators Russia FY'03* FY'99 FY'02 Increased capacity to deliver quality primary care services in targeted communities 71%* n/a % of partnership primary healthcare institutions that meet AIHA's model # of PHC centers opened # of PHC patient visits # of trainees by profession on PHC-related topics # of PHC training courses conducted # of trainers trained in PHC 0 3* 553,774* 197,714** 853* 66 165* 1,026** 55* 96** Increase patient satisfaction with PHC services n/a n/a % of PHC institutions using patient satisfaction survey that maintain threshold level of patient satisfaction # of institutions using patient satisfaction surveys as a quality n/a n/a improvement tool Increase acceptance and availability of PHC evidence-based practices and clinical practice guidelines % of partnerships that have developed systems for evaluating and 57%* 63%** developing practice standards # of trainees in CPG-related topics 0 # of products developed on CPG initiative (manuals, guidelines, etc.) 0 # of training courses in CPG-related topics 0 Increased community participation in improving the health of the community % of PHC partnerships with active community-based initiatives 71%* FY 2003 AIHA Annual Report/Russia 88%** 5* # of community health councils/ boards/ committees established through partnership that remain active # of training programs in community development # of community members trained in community development # of patient clubs/ support groups established through AIHA partnership that remain active # of individuals actively involved in patient clubs/support groups 493 10* 19 0 0 *5 out of 7 based on partnership self-assessment: Sarov¹, Samara, Sakhalin, Shchuche, Tomsk (however, Shchuche is not strictly a PHC center); Khabarovsk and Volgograd did not meet AIHA’s PHC model based on selfassessment criteria; Snezhinsk graduated. * Shchuche center no longer meets PHC criteria although services at the polyclinic are provided; Samara center temporarily closed in June and is expected to reopen in FY04. *data includes Shchuche polyclinic; **data since April 2002 *134 MDs, 559 RNs, 160 other; **data since April 2002 *data since April 2002 *data from Sarov (144 teachers from schools and kindergartens and 21 school psychologists); **data since April 2002 3 centers (Samara, Kislovka, Sakhalin) have completed only the first round of survey; Svetly HEC also conducted the survey. as above *4 out of 7: Sarov (+), Samara (+), Tomsk (+), Volgograd (+), Shchuche (-), Korsakov (-), Khabarovsk (-); Snezhinsk excluded **5 out of 8 partnerships (in the last year Annual Report Volgograd was accidentally omitted) *Tomsk (1), Sarov (4), Korsakov (2), Snezhinsk (1), Samara (2) *5 out of 7 PHC partnership sites (excluding Pereyaslavka and Volgograd) **7 out of 8 (except for Volgograd) * Korsakov , Samara , Tomsk , Sarov , Shchuche ; We do not have information about Snezhinsk and Pereyaslavka is no longer active 11 157 5 60+* Comments *Not all PHCs were providing monthly statistics. Some data regarding patient visits, professional and patient education are incomplete. excluding 4 patient education schools 535 *25 adolescents involved in peer to peer education groups in Sarov; 10+ people in AH 22 and 10 people in BA patient support group in Tomsk; 15 women involved in breast cancer support group in Snezhinsk 22,234 14,632* # of people who participate in health education/promotion courses and other activities organized by PHC institutions # of health education/promotion courses 1,201 303* ¹Sarov was formally developed by AIHA as a WWC but it offers a wide range of PHC services FY 2003 AIHA Annual Report/Russia *data since April 2002 *data since April 2002 23 ATTACHMENT II: SELECTED WOMEN’S HEALTH DATA – RUSSIA Russia Objectives & Indicators FY'03 Comments FY'99 FY'02 Increased capacity to deliver comprehensive, outpatient health service to women of all ages % of WWCs established that provide core services consistent with the WWC model # of WWCs opened 1* 4** # of patient visits # of WWC staff trained on WH-related topics in AIHA-sponsored programs 260,435 152,063* 9* 95** # of workshops AIHA has offered on WH topics 1* 8 Increased utilization of health promotion and prevention services within the WWC % increase in preventive visits as a total of all visits to the WWC 7% 114,687 42,101* # of preventive visits # of participants in WWC-sponsored educational programs 16,897 8,138* Maintenance of a high level of patient satisfaction with the WWC and its services % of WWCs achieving a threshold score on the WWC patient 33%* n/a satisfaction survey 7* n/a # of WWCs administering a patient satisfaction survey as a quality improvement tool Increased implementation of women’s health clinical practice guidelines # of women’s health CPGs developed and disseminated to WWCs 1* 10** # of WWCs with a quality improvement procedure in place to enable 8* n/a determination that clinical practice guidelines are being used (or not) Increased use of contraceptive methods among women of reproductive age who wish to avoid pregnancy % of center users of reproductive age who wish to avoid pregnancy 60%* n/a and report using a contraceptive method FY 2003 AIHA Annual Report/Russia see self-assessment results under WH “Program Accomplishments” section *WWC in Snezhinsk (Oct. 23, 2002) **4 other centers were opened before October 1998 **data since April 2002 *all 9 people (WWC directors and physicians) participated in AIHA-sponsored events prior FY03 **this number includes staff trained in the period of 10/98-09/01 * WWC CPG and PMTCT workshop, September 2003, Odessa comparison of the 4th quarter of FY02 and FY03 (39% vs. 46%) *data since April 2002 *data since April 2002 n=3 *based on WWC self-assessment * Translated Guidelines on Medical Care for HIV Positive Women **between FY99 and FY01 *based on WWC self-assessment *percent of women who use contraceptive methods 24 ATTACHMENT II: SELECTED NEONATAL RESUSCITATION PROGRAM DATA – RUSSIA Russia Objectives & Indicators FY’03 Comments FY’99 – FY’02 Increased capacity to provide training in evidence-based neonatal resuscitation care as the standard of clinical practice 83%* 50% % of centers that have developed and implemented a recertification process. 6 # of AIHA NRTCs established # of new instructors trained # of providers trained # of providers recertified # of NRP Training centers with annual schedules of activities Improved sustainability of the NRP # of countries where the MoH has adopted, in full or partially, NRP Guidelines as the standard of care for newborns # of replication sites, established at the request of the local health administration, that have adopted the AIHA NRTC model FY 2003 AIHA Annual Report/Russia 15 769 1,337 158* 5,643 29 * 5 out of 6 NRTCs (excluding Moscow) *data since April 2001 6 The Russian MOH issued Prikaz # 372 (on neonatal care in delivery room) based on AAP/AHA NRP Guidelines in December 1995. Currently, the MOH reviews a proposal submitted by the NRTCs to change Prikaz # 372 according to the NRP 2000 Guidelines. adopted 0 4* *Perm, Arkhangielsk, Saratov, and Smolensk 25 ATTACHMENT II: SELECTED LEARNING RESOURCE CENTER DATA – RUSSIA Russia Objectives & Indicators FY02 FY02 Increased access to up-to-date health care knowledge resources % of targeted health professionals using (computer-based) knowledge resources 75% 76% % of literature-based health information needs met through computer-based knowledge resources 32% 34% % of health professionals trained to use computers and the Internet 45% 46% # of health professionals trained to use computers and the Internet 596 562 # of information requests from health professionals/patients 2,620 2,129 # of health professionals with access to the LRC 22,463 26,935 # of LRC visitors 4,430 4,434 Increased promotion of evidence-based practice. % of LRCs producing practice standard reviews using evidence-based methodologies 52% 52% % of partner institutions that have developed systems for evaluating and developing practice standards 20% NA # of active information coordinators trained in evidence-based practice/critical information quality assessment 16 13 # of practice standard reviews conducted at partner institutions 15 34 % of staff using Ovid/MEDLINE 37% 37% % of staff using Cochrane Library 39% 35% Demonstrated ability to sustain access to knowledge resources independent of AIHA funding. % of active LRCs no longer receiving funding from AIHA for Internet connectivity 40% 32% % of LRCs that have received grants from external sources to support access to knowledge resources 24% 12% % of LRCs that are generating revenues and/or recovering costs from outside sources 24% 12% % of LRCs applying for grants 28% 20% # of information coordinators trained in grant proposal-writing and sustainability strategies 18 21 Increased development and use of information and communication technology tools and applications. % of partner institutions that have developed and are using databases to manage administrative and/or health care information 68% 68% % of partner institutions that have developed local area networks that enable expanded access to knowledge resources 72% 64% % of partner institutions that have developed an institutional Web site 96% 84% % of partner institutions using LRC for telemedicine, including remote e-mail-based teleconsultations 76% 76% # of active information coordinators trained in database design 17 18 # of active information coordinators trained in Web page design 17 18 FY 2003 AIHA Annual Report/Russia FY99FY01 Comments 76% 34% 46% 1,530 6,994 26,935 5,742 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 26 ATTACHMENT II: SELECTED INFECTION CONTROL DATA – RUSSIA Russia Objectives & Indicators FY’03 Comments FY’99 – FY’02 Improved surveillance and assessment capacity in the areas of nosocomial infections and a/b resistant microorganisms # of hospitals from a pre-selected sample that demonstrate an active infection control program % of WHONET centers that generate valid data on an on-going basis. 92%* n/a # of hospital IC surveillance protocols developed 3 1 # of WHONET centers developed 6 Strengthened training capacity in infection control, clinical epidemiology and evidencebased medicine % of trainees with improved knowledge after training # of IC Training Centers established 1 6* 2 # of curricula developed for IC, clinical epidemiology and evidencebased medicine #of trainers trained at ICTCs 69 414 # of health professionals trained at ICTCs 749* 17 # of courses conducted at ICTCs 30 Improved infection control practices based on evidence-based clinical and management practice protocols % of hospitals (from pre-selected sample) targeted by AIHA Infection Control Program with improved infection control practices of clinical staff. 43%* n/a % of AIHA PHC partnerships with improved infection control practices at PHC facilities # of infection control manuals distributed 500 n/a* # of AIHA workshops on infection control in PHC settings # of trainees trained in AIHA workshops on IC in PHC setting Enhanced sustainability of Infection Control program # of countries where ministries of health have demonstrated support for adopting evidence-based infection control practices at a national level # of ICTCs generating revenue and/or recovering costs through outside sources Regulatory documents developed for review by ministries of health FY 2003 AIHA Annual Report/Russia 1* 30 5 156 1 see assessment results under IC “Program Accomplishments” section n=13 Due to staffing limitations, it was not possible to conduct this survey during FY03. *2 new curricula in IC, 2 – clinical epidemiology and 2 EBM 15 new trainers were trained in FY03 *data since October 2000 *3 centers out of 7 based on partnership self-assessment: Sarov, Samara, Tomsk; *the 1st edition of the IC Manual was available on the AIHA website and thus it is not possible to track the number of distributed manuals *(11/02) workshop on IC-related issues in Tomsk drafts of two regulations were submitted to the RF MoH for approval 1 yes three drafts were developed and are currently under review 27 ATTACHMENT II: SELECTED NURSING DATA – RUSSIA Russia Objectives & Indicators FY’03 Comments FY’99 FY'02 Enhanced capacity for professional nursing education that meets international standards. # nurses serving as faculty in nursing schools involved in AIHA 30* 79 partnerships # of new nursing curricula developed by AIHA partner institutions Increased status of nursing as a profession. # of INLI nurses promoted to leadership positions after receiving AIHA’s leadership training # of nursing associations and related organizations created or strengthened through AIHA 4* 22** 0 1 3* 3 0 8 # nurses trained in leadership skills through INLI # new NIS/CEE members of int’l nursing associations & other n/a 24 membership organizations Improved nursing practice through nurse training and introduction of new models of nursing care and nursing roles. 6* n/a # of partnership sites that have institutionalized new roles, responsibilities and written standards for nurses % increase in patient satisfaction at “Magnet Program” hospitals 0 107 # nurse participants in AIHA workshops “Magnet Program” sites achieve recognition of meeting international standards of nursing care excellence Increased access of nurses to information resources and networking opportunities through sustainable Nursing Resource Centers. n/a # nurses visiting Nursing Resource Centers (NRCs) each year for ~2,600* information, training or networking purposes % of NRCs operating w/o AIHA funding 100%* n/a # NRCs established 5 # of participants in AIHA’s NRC workshops 0 11 # of training courses offered annually by NRCs 273 307 # of nurses trained by NRCs 2,846 4,749 FY 2003 AIHA Annual Report/Russia *10 nursing faculty at Samara Nursing College, 3 nursing faculty at Pavlov Nursing School (Saint Petersburg), 17 nursing faculty at Sokolov Center of Postgraduate education *3 by Sokolov and 1 by Pavlov; **8 by Sokolov; 6 by Pavlov; 6 by Vladivostok NRC; and 2 by Korsakov (Sakhalin) PHC partners *Nursing Association of Primorsky Krai, Nursing Association of Kurgan Oblast, Nursing Association of Sakhalin Oblast *2 of the partnerships: Volgograd & Schuche institutionalized new roles but have no written job descriptions assessment will be implemented in FY04 assessment will be implemented in FY04 * Estimate based on NRC assessment *4 centers receive funds for Internet connectivity 28 ATTACHMENT II: SELECTED EMERGENCY AND DISASTER MEDICINE DATA - RUSSIA Russia Objectives & Indicators FY'03 Comments FY'99 FY'02 Increased capacity in NIS/CEE countries to provide quality training and education in emergency and disaster medicine (EDM). 100% % of EMS Training Centers (EMSTCs) regularly offering courses based on curricula developed through AIHA % of EMSTCs that have developed and are offering courses beyond the 100% basic courses developed through AIHA 2 # of EMSTCs established # of EMSTC trainers trained and working at EMSTCs 28 # of curricula independently developed and offered by EMSTCs 4* Vladivostok and Moscow EMSTC Vladivostok and Moscow EMSTC 10 # of trainers trained in nuclear disaster preparedness and response 0 2 (IAEA training) Improved knowledge and skills in first aid and emergency care among first responders, medical providers, and other targeted groups trained through AIHA's EMSTCs. 129* 66 # of classes held by AIHA’s EMSTCs – disaggregated by types of curricula # of emergency healthcare professionals trained – disaggregated by 2,711* 11,175** professional affiliation Increased sustainability of NIS/CEE partner efforts in EDM # of countries where EDM-related policies have been adopted and/or EDM integrated into health care and health education systems % of EMSTCs officially recognized and fully funded through government sources % of EMSTCs generating revenue from non-governmental sources FY 2003 AIHA Annual Report/Russia yes 20 trainers trained at Moscow EMSTC (10 full-time trainers including 1 new, and 10 part-time); 8 trainers trained at Vladivostok EMSTC. *1 curriculum was developed at Moscow EMSTC, and 3 at Vladivostok EMSTC *a breakdown is available * a breakdown is available **data since October 2001 In FY03 Moscow EMSTC course on Emergency Cardiology has been introduced into curriculum of post-graduate institute. 100% 100% 29