Baltic Sea Region

From 2000 through 2004, FHI managed the IMPACT Project in the Baltic Sea region, helping local and regional governments and nongovernmental organizations strengthen their HIV/AIDS/STI prevention programs.

Collaborating with the Ministries of Health and local partners in Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia and in the cities of St. Petersburg and Kaliningrad, FHI developed and supported a regional advisory committee and the Baltic Sea Network of Excellence. These organizations fostered program coordination across the region and helped local partners build their technical capacity to implement HIV/AIDS programs. 

Through collaborative technical, programmatic, and organizational workshops and educational trainings at local and regional levels, FHI responded to urgent national priorities related to sex workers, injection drug users and youth.

To learn more about FHI's work in the Baltic Sea Region, browse below for news about FHI activities at the time they were implemented.

FHI Receives Visitors from Belarusian NGOs

JUNE 2007—Representatives from four Belarusian NGOs recently met with staff from FHI in its Washington offices to learn about FHI's experience in HIV/AIDS prevention and awareness. Speaking through an interpreter, FHI's Senior Technical Officer Emah Ekong shared his knowledge and fielded questions.

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FHI Joins the Baltic Sea Network of Excellence

FEBRUARY 2004 — The Baltic Sea Network of Excellence (NofEx) project was designed to respond to the expressed needs of a range of key HIV/AIDS/STI program implementers. The project was launched at a stakeholders' consensus-building workshop in Lithuania in March 2001. Based on the workshop results, a Regional Advisory Committee (RAC) was established that year with elected representatives from key stakeholders as well as regional donors.

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HIV/AIDS Prevention among IDUs in Lithuania

November 2003 — Through the financial aid of USAID and technical support of FHI's IMPACT Project, the Central and Eastern European Harm Reduction Network released a multilanguage set of HIV/AIDS prevention best practices. The set HIV/AIDS Prevention amongst Injecting Drug Users in Lithuania: Best Practices highlights the lessons learned in Lithuania when working with the socially isolated group of injection drug users (IDU). The set is available with English, Russian and Lithuanian translations.

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Featured Partner: Soros/OSI

Through our partners, such as Soros/OSI, FHI supports the Baltic Sea Region and its organizations in preventing the spread of HIV and improving HIV/AIDS care and support among those at highest risk.

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FHI no longer maintains an office in the Baltic Sea Region. To contact another FHI office, please visit the Contact Web page.