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Extending a lifeline to people with HIV and opioid use disorder during the war in Ukraine

Year: 2022

Type: article

Abstract: Oleksander navigates a bomb-shelled northern Ukrainian city between air raid sirens. He is on his way to the clinic to collect methadone for his opioid use disorder—a trip he has made regularly since 2016. However, this time the situation is quite different. 3 days earlier he sent his wife and children to Lviv for safety and has been living with 20 other men in the basement of his building, which doubles as a bomb shelter. Water has been disrupted and food is increasingly scarce. Yesterday, his doctor texted him a 30-min window to pick up his methadone, when emergency sirens are less common.

Source: The Lancet Public Health

DOI: 10.1016/s2468-2667(22)00083-4

Authors: Frederick L Altice, Daniel J Bromberg, Sergii Dvoriak, Anna Meteliuk, Iryna Pykalo, Zahedul Islam, Lyu Azbel, Lynn M Madden

Institutions: Yale University, APT Foundation, Ukrainian Institute of Public Health Policy, Alliance for Public Health

Language: English

Topic: HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk

Subfield: Epidemiology

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $5,500

Funders: National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Mental Health, National Institute on Drug Abuse, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

Awards: G117400414, G2696511142, Modeling the impact and cost-effectiveness of opioid agonist treatments to reduce the negative consequences of incarceration on HIV and TB transmission in Eastern Europe and Central Asia, G7053626112, Expanding Medication Assisted Therapies in Central Asia

OpenAlex ID: W4220983142

FWCI: 4.27

Cites: 5

Cited by: 35

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