A mixed methods exploration of injection drug use risk behaviors and place-based norms in Ukraine.  Owczarzak J, Slutsker JS, Mazhnaya A, Tobin K, Kiriazova T.  J Subst Use Addict Treat. 2023 Nov;154:209135. doi: 10.1016/j.josat.2023.20913…

Mariupol. The city that was killed This is the story of Natasha Kaluzhskaya, a patient in an opioid substitution programme in Mariupol, Ukraine. Mariupol was completely destroyed by the Russian army in 2022. Under the bombs, Natasha rescued people w…

Ukraine. LIFE UNDER OCCUPATION – Part III. Substitution therapy under fire Time passed. The occupation continued. As spring came, the situation in the city hardened. The Russians began to behave more brazenly and defiantly, and gradually life turned…

Leveraging existing provider networks in Europe to eliminate barriers to accessing opioid agonist maintenance therapies for Ukrainian refugees.  Nikitin BM, Bromberg DJ, Madden LM, Stöver H, Teltzrow R, Altice FL (2023)  PLOS Glob Public H…

WHO. Ukraine to finance expanded opioid substitution therapy programme The Government of Ukraine has committed to fund and expand access to opioid substitution therapy (OST) for over 10 000 patients at 178 health-care facilities in 2018. This repres…

Treatment of opioid use disorder in Ukraine during the first year of the Russia-Ukraine war: Lessons learned from the crisis.  Morozova O, Ivanchuk I, Gvozdetska O, Nesterova O, Skala P, Kuzin I, Dumchev K.  Int J Drug Policy. 2023 May 2…