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Bojko, Martha J.; Mazhnaya, Alyona; Makarenko, Iuliia; Marcus, Ruthanne; Dvoriak, Sergii; Islam, Zahedul; Altice, Frederick L. – Drugs: Education, Prevention & Policy, 2015
Aims: Opioid substitution therapy (OST) is an evidence-based HIV prevention strategy for people who inject drugs (PWIDs). Yet, only 2.7% of Ukraine's estimated 310,000 PWIDs receive it despite free treatment since 2004. The multi-level barriers to entering OST among opioiddependent PWIDs have not been examined in Ukraine. Methods: A multi-year…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Barriers, Access to Health Care, Drug Therapy
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Isralowitz, Richard; Reznik, Alexander; Rawson, Richard A.; Hasson, Albert – International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, 2009
This study examined drug use patterns, HIV/AIDS, and related outcomes among former Soviet Union (FSU) immigrants from Russia, Ukraine and the Caucasus mountain region in Israel who reported heroin use. A total of 253 FSU heroin users were interviewed from 2002 to 2007 as part of a large drug use surveillance study in Israel. Individuals were…
Descriptors: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), Substance Abuse, Drug Use, Foreign Countries