MSF teams are also responding to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Our teams have been working in Russia since the early 1990s, running programs in Moscow, Saint Petersburg, Kemerovo region, Chechnya, Ingushetia, and Dagestan.
Russian Federation 2020 © Seymur Veliyev/MSF
Russian Federation
In Russia, MSF provides drugs and technical advice to support the treatment of patients with the most severe forms of TB. In 2020, we launched several new activities.
Our work in the Russian Federation
During the COVID-19 pandemic, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) supported drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB) patients with food parcels and health education about infection prevention measures.
What's happening in the Russian Federation?
In 2019, our teams in Arkhangelsk region began providing drugs and technical advice to support the treatment of patients with the most severe forms of TB in line with the latest World Health Organization recommendations. We are currently supporting the treatment of dozens of patients.
In partnership with Arkhangelsk Regional Ministry of Health, Northern State Medical University, and Arkhangelsk Clinical TB Dispensary, we are building on existing expertise and working together to implement new all-oral short-course regimens. The aim of the collaboration is to provide evidence for future developments in TB policy in Russia and increase the availability of more effective models of treatment.
How we're helping in the Russian Federation
During the COVID-19 pandemic, MSF supported drug-resistant TB (DR-TB) patients with food parcels and health education about infection prevention measures. We also donated laboratory materials to Ministry of Health partners conducting COVID-19 testing.
In addition to our ongoing partnership with Arkhangelsk Regional Ministry of Health, Northern State Medical University, and Arkhangelsk Clinical TB Dispensary, we entered into a technical agreement with the Regional TB Control Center in Vladimir, to build on existing expertise and work together to implement novel, all-oral, short-course treatment regimens.
How we're helping in 2020
20
Staff in 2020 (full-time equivalent)
$1.46M
Expenditure in 2020
1992
Year MSF first worked in the country
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