Ukraine. Mass Deaths in Crimea as Russia Bans Methadone Soon one year will have passed since Russia’s annexation of Crimea. I remember it well: March 16, 2014. What happened next caused a lot of distress for everyone in Crimea. Life was upende…

Ukraine. Krim-Krise bedroht auch Substitutionsbehandlung für mehr als 800 Patienten Bei einem Anschluss der Halbinsel Krim an Russland wären Präventions- und Behandlungsprogramme für Drogengebraucher in Gefahr. (DAH, 17.03.2014 (!)) https://www.ai…

Patterns of harm reduction service utilization and HIV incidence among people who inject drugs in Ukraine: A two-part latent profile analysis.  Ompad DC, Wang J, Dumchev K, et al.  Int J Drug Policy. 2017;43:7-15. doi:10.1016/j.drugpo.20…

"Bureaucracy & Beliefs": Assessing the Barriers to Accessing Opioid Substitution Therapy by People Who Inject Drugs in Ukraine.  Bojko MJ, Mazhnaya A, Makarenko I, et al.  Drugs (Abingdon Engl). 2015;22(3):255-262. doi:10.3109/096876…

Treating opioid dependence with extended-release naltrexone (XR-NTX) in Ukraine: Feasibility and three-month outcomes.  Makarenko I, Pykalo I, Springer SA, Mazhnaya A, Marcus R, Filippovich S, Dvoriak S, Altice FL. J Subst Abuse Treat. 2019 S…

Effect of expanding opioid agonist therapies on the HIV epidemic and mortality in Ukraine: a modelling study.  Tan J, Altice FL, Madden LM, Zelenev A. Lancet HIV. 2020 Feb;7(2):e121-e128. doi: 10.1016/S2352-3018(19)30373-X. Epub 2019 Dec…