HIV and AIDS
The Western Balkans Programme to Fight HIV and AIDS trained infectious disease specialists, primary health care providers and mental health and social workers. The programme also supported capacity building and funds prevention programmes of local non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and provided HIV in the workplace education. The Phase II (2007-2010) programme covered Albania, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro and Serbia.

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The Opening Ceremony of the 5th and final Regional Conference  Zagreb, March, 2010

Adolescent Reproductive Health
A Reproductive Health Programme for youth in rural Tajikistan, in partnership with Mission East, was initiated in 2009. It educated youth in Penjikent in reproductive health through peer counseling and school-based education and referred them to youth friendly reproductive health services. 

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A similar program was completed in Navoi, Uzbekistan in 2007 and in Bosnia & Herzegovina with UNFPA in 2008.

Child-and family-centered Hospital Care in the Balkans
Hospitalization of children in the Balkans continues to be a traumatic experience for children and their families. Drs. Bettina Schwethelm and Cecilia Capello from FPH and the Director of the Child Life Department of the Johns Hopkins University Hospital, Patrice Brylske, and Erin Munn have worked to bring changes to the Balkans.

A trainer curriculum on child- and family-centered care has been completed and a first trainer course conducted in  May 2010 in Serbia with two hospital teams from Macedonia participating. This initiative is supported by funding from Oak Philanthropy and the Parrotia Stiftung.

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or contact bschwethelm@yahoo.com

Kozle Paediatric Hospital, Macedonia

Technical Services
 

Partnerships in Health has participated as a sub-contractor in the five years GFATM evaluation and has provided assistance to the Asian Development Bank on HIV, related to road infrastructure improvements in Central Asia.
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Family Medicine (1999 - completed 2007)
The Family Medicine (FaMI) program in Bosnia and Herzegovina, supported the national health care reform by retraining health care providers in up-to-date techniques and practices, modernizing and equipping clinics, providing on-site training and monitoring and supporting local health initiatives.  FaMI was supported by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) and implemented by the consortium Foundation PH and Geneva University Hospitals. 

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First-aid training, Continuous education course
Bosnia and Herzegovina

Improving Children's Respiratory Health Services
The Kozle Institute for Respiratory Diseases in Children (IRDC) in Skopje, Macedonia provides secondary health care for young patients with respiratory problems.  The project improved outpatient and inpatient services in pulmonology and psychosocial care with Swiss and international assistance.

The Kozle Institute also participated in the first trainer course on child-friendly health care.

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Professor M. Schoeni of Inselspital, Bern at IRDC

A multi-disciplinary approach to Diabetes prevention and care 2006-2008
This programme built the local capacity of specialists, primary care doctors and nurses, psychologists and social workers in diabetes prevention and care using the most up-to-date research and knowledge on diabetes. This project was implemented in partnership with the Medtronic Foundation, Vontobel Stiftung and Federal Ministry of Health.

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Educational Workshop on Diabetes

Adolescent Like-Skills Education, Bosnia & Herzegovina 2006-2008
The Sexual and Reproductive Health (SRH) Programme was implemented between 2006 and December 2008 by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and Partnerships in Health.

The programme goal was to empower the youth of Bosnia & Herzegovina to become free decision-makers about their sexual and reproductive health, through education, information and enhancement of youth-friendly SRH services, dedicated and adjusted for young people. This has been achieved through the introduction of innovative Information Centres in Banja Luka, Bihac and Mostar, initiating peer education presentations and media promotions, engaging public health experts, local government and NGOs and, importantly, community awareness events to reach the wider population and reverse what was historically a culturally sensitive issue. 

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Peers with their new poster