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HealthProm is a UK registered charity no. 1100459. It's main purpose is to promote health and social care for women and children in Eastern Europe and Central Asia.

History
HealthProm was first established in 1984 as a USSR-UK Medical Exchange Programme set up by doctors and allied professionals to promote health education through tours, conferences and exchange visits. It has evolved into a small international development organization that runs various projects in Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Kyrgyzstan, Russian Federation, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.

Principles
The essential principles guiding the activities of HealthProm are capacity-building for sustainability, evidence-based practice and partnership working, pursued through :


 * a participatory approach driven by the needs of beneficiaries
 * expertise, commitment and sharing
 * integrated and multi-disciplinary approach
 * value-for-money
 * learning and innovation
 * flexibility and adaptability to local needs and situations
 * respect for diversity and promotion of equality of opportunity
 * openness and transparency

Afghanistan
The project in Afghanistan started in 2008 and is a bottom-up project based in Charkent District, Balkh Province. It is run in partnership with Co-ordination of Humanitarian Assistance. The purpose of the project is to reduce maternal and child mortality which is caused by a lack of access to medical facilities and trained medical staff. One of the solutions proposed by the charity is a special saddle for donkeys which are the only means of transport in remote villages in Afghanistan.

Azerbaijan
The project in Azerbaijan ran between 2003 and 2010 as part of a national reproductive health strategy developed in conjunction with the Azerbaijan government, and was funded by GlaxoSmithKline.It was aimed at improving the health of mothers and their babies through the delivery of maternity and neonatal care for the local population, refugees and internally displaced persons living in Azerbaijan. Workshops were designed to improve knowledge and clinical skills of the local medical staff and low-cost, essential equipment was provided for several hospitals.

Kyrgyzstan
HealthProm started working in Kyrgyzstan in 2008 and has been supporting families with children with disabilities. The charity developed a successful model of community-based support for disabled children and their families with a focus on early childhood intervention.

Russian Federation
HealthProm worked in partnership with the Early Intervention Institute and EveryChild on the Children Need Families project to produce a Russian language version of the Robertsons’ film ‘John’, the film ‘The Road Home’.

HealthProm also worked in Altai to raise awareness of the needs of children with disabilities to live in families, developed practice with families and supported the setting up of a day centre. This model was applied in Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan.

Tajikistan
In 2006, HealthProm started the ‘Babies at Risk’ project in Dushanbe with the help of partner organisations and in 2008 opened the Kishti Centre whcich supports families and disabled children. The most recent project in Tajikistan 'Keeping and finding families: inclusive social services for vulnerable young children in Tajikistan' has been active since 2013 in Dushanbe and Khujand. The project aims to to contribute to the development of modern social services by the creation of new Family Support Centres which focus on family crisis intervention, befriending, fostering and training in early childhood development. It is funded by the European Union.