MOSCOW. To mark the launch of World Immunization Week, Dr. Anna Popova, head of Rospotrebnadzor, the Russian federal agency in charge of immunization, invited Elena Rostropovich, president of the RVF, to co-chair a discussion with leading healthcare providers in Moscow … Read More
DUSHANBE. As part of its ongoing deworming initiative in Central Asia, the Rostropovich-Vishnevskaya Foundation (RVF) facilitated in July 2014 a cross-border training course for Tajik laboratory specialists, which was conducted by Kyrgyz experts who had been trained by the RVF. … Read More
The Rostropovich-Vishnevskaya Foundation (RVF), in cooperation with the Georgian Ministry of Labor, Health & Social Development (MLHSD) and with the support of the US Department of State, launched a pilot program to screen all newborns in the Georgian capital of … Read More
ST. PETERSBURG. RVF has completed a pilot program to prevent HIV and sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in young adults in the city’s vocational schools, colleges, institutes and youth communal organizations and reduce the social stigma associated with these infections within … Read More
BAKU. Since 2013, the Rostropovich-Vishnevskaya Foundation (RVF), in cooperation with the Azerbaijani Ministry of Health (MOH) and GAVI, has been implementing 3-year program to introduce the pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV) in Azerbaijan. All infants in Azerbaijan, approximately 140,000 babies every … Read More
PETERSBURG. As of January 2015, the Russian government has included the life-saving pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV) in the routine vaccination schedule for all infants and financed the procurement and availability of PCV throughout the Russian Federation. A pilot PCV vaccination … Read More
In April 2006, the late Maestro Rostropovich was named Special Representative of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS). The Foundation supports HIV/AIDS programs in Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan, to prevent the vertical transmission of HIV from mother to … Read More
In 2009 the Ministry of Labour, Health, and Social Affairs of Georgia and the National Center for Disease Control requested the assistance of the Rostropovich-Vishnevskaya Foundation in establishing a hepatitis B catch-up vaccination program for at-risk healthcare workers, medical students, … Read More
RVF has been working in cooperation with the Tajik Ministry of Health (MOH) and Tropical Disease Center to combat high rates of helminth, or intestinal parasite infestation rates in Tajikistan. RVF supported a national deworming campaign in 2012-2013 which provided … Read More
RVF helped ensure that 4.5 million individuals received deworming treatment and hygiene education between 2008-2012. During 2013-2014, while the Ministry of Health of the Kyrgyz Republic stepped up to continue deworming treatment of its population, RVF was actively involved in … Read More