HealthProm is a UK-based international development NGO that works with local communities in Eastern Europe and Asia to improve health and social care for vulnerable groups like women and children. It currently operates in Eastern Europe, Central Asia, the Caucasus, and Northern Afghanistan. Some of its key work includes preventing maternal and infant mortality, supporting disabled children and their families, and building the capacity of local healthcare professionals and organizations. It implements projects focused on areas like safe motherhood, childbirth assistance, early childhood intervention, and supporting vulnerable parents.

1. HealthProm

2.  UK-based international development NGO
working with local communities in Eastern
Europe and Asia to improve health and social
care for vulnerable women and children.
 We currently work in Eastern Europe, Central
Asia, the Caucasus and Northern
Afghanistan.
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3. UK – USSR Medical Exchange
Programme, 1984
Aim: To build up friendship and trust
between the UK and the USSR through the
medical network

4. ...to achieve sustainable, culturally sensitive
dissemination of best practices in health and social
care for vulnerable groups in the region in
partnership with our overseas partners

5. To keep women and their babies safe
We work with local partners to promote safe
childbirth
To keep families together and prevent child
institutionalisation
We ensure parents get the support they need to care for
their children, especially those with a disability or at risk.

6.  Prevention through safe motherhood
 Safe childbirth and newborn care
 Early intervention for improved child social care
and development
 Supporting vulnerable parents to care for their
children, especially children with disabilities.

7. capacity- evidence- partnership cost-
building based practice work effectiveness

8.  Kyrgyzstan
 Tajikistan
 Uzbekistan
 Azerbaijan
 Northern Afghanistan
 Russia
In the past we also worked in Ukraine and Kazakhstan.

9.  Train health and social care professionals
 Develop effective interventions, publications and
training materials
 Raise public awareness and advocate at regional
and national levels
 Organise public health education and prevention
campaigns
 Build capacity of local NGOs and provide
networking opportunities

10. Safe Childbirth Project in Azerbaijan
Together with our Azerbaijani partner NGO “Family and Society” we trained
more than 300 doctors and midwives in more than 6 regions in the country
and provided necessary medical equipment to local hospitals in Sheki and
Kizhi regions. The project was funded by GlaxoSmithKline and started in
2003.
Inter-regional League of Midwives of Russia
HealthProm helped develop the first professional association for midwives
for Russia, which acts as a voice for Russian midwives and advocates for a
defined professional role for midwives based on international definitions
and standards of midwifery education and practice.
Bologoye Hospital Project (Tver region, Russia)
HealthProm provided essential medical equipment and professional
training for the Bologoye Hospital Maternity Department
Newborn care in Uzbekistan
HealthProm provided training of trainers in resuscitation of newborn babies
in Uzbekistan in partnership with the Ministry of Health and UNICEF

11. Altai Child Disability Project (Siberia, Russia)
 HealthProm and our Russian partner NGO Revival established two day care centres for disabled
children and their families, which provided community based care and support service for
disabled children and their families in this Siberian region
Young Child Attachment, St. Petersburg
 In partnership with the St Petersburg Early Intervention Institute
 Focus on understanding of children's needs for development and a Russian evidence base of research
findings on what works best for child development
 Building awareness and dissemination of information on child attachment

12. “Supporting young disabled children and their
families in Kyrgyz Republic”
•2008-2011
•Funded by the Big Lottery Fund, UK
•Working in partnership with two Kyrgyz
NGOs – Association of Parents
of Disabled Children, Bishkek, and Public
Association “Shoola-Kol”, Issyk-Kul region

13.  To support most vulnerable children with intellectual and
physical disability AND their families by providing
community-based early childhood intervention services
 To improve understanding by government and
community of child disability and rights of disabled
children through work with media, government and
general public
 To provide parents and specialists with access to
accessible information and resources on child disability
to help them provide better care for the children

14.  Established 2 unique Day care centres in Bishkek
and Bokonbaevo with outreach work/home visits
to isolated families
 Bishkek day centre – the only centre in the
country with the focus on early intervention for
young children with severe disabilities aged from 0
to 7 y.o.
 Bokonbaevo centre -a rural centre based in a
mainstream school with outreach work to other
villages, works with local FAPs

15.  Established excellent links with local and national
media, with successful awareness campaigns and
PR work. positively changing attitudes
 HealthProm provided multi-disciplinary training
for local specialists and parents on family support,
child disability and child development.
 A series of accessible publications for parents and
specialists

16.  Built capacity of local partners and empowered parents
though training and regular support, study visits and
activities
 Each year provided summer holidays opportunities for
more than 100 children with disabilities (and their
families) including children from Belovodsky Internat
 Established active links with maternity hospitals, FAPs
and policlinics to reach new families

17. “Reducing poverty, empowering vulnerable
families, strengthening partnerships and
advocating for rights”
Funded by the European Commission
Partners – NGO Disabled Women’s League
“Ishtirok”
Opened Kishti Centre providing Early Year Support
Services to babies and mothers at risk of institualisation

18. Project Aims:
 To reduce maternal and newborn deaths through
recruiting and training community health workers in local
villages to provide basic health care
 To raise awareness and improving quality of care in 10
poor villages
 To provide essential equipment and supplies, build
premises for the health centre
 To provide motor transport for obstetric emergencies

19.  New project funded by ICCO started in January 2011
 Main partner: NGO Nur Bala, Talas
 Other partners - Association of Parents of Disabled Children
(ARDI), Shoola-Kol
 Aim: to support children with severe and multiple intellectual
disabilities and their families in Talas region through
establishing and strengthening sustainable community-based
support mechanisms in the region.

20.  …based on the success of our current project
funded by the Big Lottery Fund and will continue
our partnership with ARDI in Bishkek and Shoola-
Kol in Bokonbaevo.
 Through Nur Bala we will support 6 parents groups
to become local Family Support Centres and will
establish a regional network of parents groups that
will give a voice to families of children with
disabilities, with a specific focus on intellectual
disabilities.

21.  HealthProm is currently embarking on an
ambitious growth strategy that will take it to
its next development phase, and enable it to
increase its influence and impact.
 Developing regional strategy for Central Asia,
new cross-border and cross-sector
programmes and projects
 Expanding and diversifying its partners and
supporter base