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Advocacy toolkit with indicative targets for countries in the EECA region based on the Stop TB Partnership's country shares of global UNHLM TB targets.

This material has been developed by the Center for Health Policies and Studies (PAS Center) within “Addressing CRG barriers through data-driven evidence and monitoring of the UN HLM 2023 targets” project, supported by the Stop TB Partnership’s Challenge Facility for Civil Society initiative, Round 11.

This independent review of progress on Ukraine‘s plan to transition from international to domestic systems by the end of 2021 was commissioned with the aim of “developing detailed recommendations and actions for further strengthening and support. The recommendations are intended to “serve as the basis for a new plan for the institutionalization of the existing mechanism for contracting HIV prevention services for key and vulnerable populations, with a future vision for people living with HIV support services and TB care services incorporation.”  It was commissioned in response to a 2020 request from the Technical Review Panel (TRP) of the Global Fund to the National Coordination Council on TB and HIV/AIDS. The PAS Center undertook the review, based on the TOR co-defined by the Ukraine’s Public Health Center, the Global Fund, and UNAIDS.

These recommendations were developed within the framework of the Project "Support to reforms in the primary health care in Moldova", implemented by the Center for Health Policies and Studies (PAS Center), with the financial support of the Embassy of the Republic of Lithuania in the Republic of Moldova. The opinions expressed in this publication belong exclusively to the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Embassy of the Republic of Lithuania in the Republic of Moldova and the PAS Centre.

This report was developed within the project "Palliative Care in the Republic of Moldova, 2007-2017", implemented by the Center for Health Policies and Studies (PAS Center) with the financial support of the Soros Foundation Moldova/Public Health Department. The views and conclusions expressed in this report are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the official position of the Soros Foundation Moldova.

The assessment of opioid substitution therapy (OST) in Moldova was organized by joint efforts of PAS Centre, UNODC and WHO Offices in Moldova. The assessment aimed at identifying constraints towards ensuring OST coverage among injection drug users (IDU), accessibility and quality of OST services and most important steps for achieving progress and efficiency in OST implementation through provision of comprehensive and integrated care to OST patients, cost-efficiency analysis including future cost implications on national budget.

The Maternal and child health equity analysis was commissioned by UNICEF Moldova to describe and assess the extent of inequalities in maternal and child indicators and other key indicators causally relating to maternal and child health in the Republic of Moldova. This situational analysis focuses on the differences in various categories and to confirm whether and if these groups, of the child and woman populations, of the country may suffer disproportionately.

Following the interests of this study there was evaluated the level of knowledge of medical staff and representatives of local public authorities regarding the process of decentralization in the domain of health care, described the attitude of medical staff and representatives of LPA towards the existent degree of decentralization and necessity in decentralization or centralization of the health care system, as well as the attitude of the respondents towards the process of autonomisation or privatization in the field of primary medical assistance and other levels of health care administration.