The Barents Tuberculosis Programme

The logframe workshop on development of the Barents Tuberculosis Programme was conducted in June 2010 in Repino, Leningrad Region. The purpose of the programme is to strenghten the fight against TB and TB+HIV in the Barents Euro-Arctic Region through the Barents Coopoeration.

The TB Programme will be working under the Barents Joint Working Group on Health and Related Social Issues (JWGHS) and will have tight connection to the Northern Dimension Partnership on Health and Social issues (NDPHS).

The first Steering Committee meeting was held in St. Petersburg, Russia, on the 13th May, 2011. All documents and presentations from the meeting can be read and downloaded from the links below.

Meeting agenda, in English and Russian

List of participants, in English and Russian

Meeting protocol, in English and Russian

Presentation by Ms. Outi Karvonen, ITA for NDPHS Expert Group on HIV/AIDS and Associated Infections and
coordinator of the Barents HIV Programme: History of the Barents TB programme development, in English and Russian

Overviews of the TB situation, problems and challenges in the North West Russia and the Nordic countries, presented by Mr. Vladimir Galkin, St-Petersburg TB Research Institute, Representatives of Russia's Northwest regional TB services, and international experts (Ms. Rauni Ruohonen, Mr. Sven Hoffner, Ms Silje Hagerup) :

Presentation of challenges in North West Russia, in English and Russian

Presentation of challenges in Finland, in English and Russian

Presentation of challenges in Sweden, in English and Russian

Presentation of challenges in Norway, in English and Russian

Presentation by Mr. Andrey Maryandyshev, Northern State Medical University / Archangelsk, Introduction of the Barents TB Programme, in English and Russian


The second Steering Committee will be held in St. Petersburg, Russia, on the 19th October 2011. Links to the preliminary meeting documents can be found on this page.