1. Health and social sector international development projects and programmes from recipient's point of view
Vice-rector on science and international collaboration SPb MAPS
Professor O.Y. Kuznetsova
International conference «Conference on promotion of healthy lifestyles, work ability and social inclusion»
St. Petersburg, December

2. Main projects and programs
International project «SPb School of public health» supported by Finland, Sweden,Norway
International project Task Force devoted to infectious diseases prevention in Baltic Sea region supported by Finland, Sweden,Norway
International projects oriented on development of primary health care system (general practice type) and support of SPb School of public health, supported in collaboration with STAKES (Finland) and EEK (Sweden)

3. Main directions of international collaboration. Capacity building
Establishment of School of public health on the base of the SPb MAPS
Study-visits of trainers at the Universities and Research Centers of Finland, Sweden, Norway
Seminars under expert’s leadership
Capacity building (leaders of public health)
Development of new postgraduate courses devoted to disease prevention and health promotion

4. Development of new curriculums devoted to disease prevention and health promotion
Prevention for general practitioners
COPC
Patient’ education programs
Health promotion and prevention (distance learning course)
Clinical epidemiology and biomedical statistics
Evidence-based medicine

5. Training materials

9. Training’s centers for GPs in NW region of RF

10. Training Centers for general practitioners: SPb, Leningradskaya oblast, Pskov, Murmansk, Vologda.
Trainers: specialists and general practitioners
Capacity building with participation of foreign experts
Teaching equipment – grant′s resources
Close collaboration with health care committees
Joint teaching in the frames on national project

11. Joint research and research capacity building
Hepatitis C prevalence research in SPb Kolpinskii district
Smoking prevalence research among citizens of SPb
Analyses of long-term results and preventive programs effectiveness in SPb
Development of primary care quality indicators
Research of social determinant influencing reproductive women's health
Training of PhD students at Тampere University (for SPb MAPS′ specialists)

12. Outcomes of international projects
Formation of new generation of trainers
Development of general practice in NWFR
Formation of modern approaches of health care leaders on health promotion and disease prevention
Creation of basis for inter-university collaboration in the field of public health