Social and structural determinants of injection drug use‐associated bacterial and fungal infections: A qualitative systematic review and thematic synthesis

TD Brothers, M Bonn, D Lewer, E Comeau, I Kim… - …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Background and aims Injection drug use‐associated bacterial and fungal infections are
increasingly common, and social contexts shape individuals' injecting practices and …

Interest without uptake: A mixed-methods analysis of methadone utilization in Kyrgyz prisons

AR Liberman, DJ Bromberg, T Litz, A Kurmanalieva… - Plos one, 2022 - journals.plos.org
HIV incidence continues to increase in Eastern Europe and Central Asia (EECA), in large
part due to non-sterile injection drug use, especially within prisons. Therefore, medication …

Decisional considerations for methadone uptake in Kyrgyz prisons: The importance of understanding context and providing accurate information

AR Liberman, DJ Bromberg, L Azbel… - International journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Background The Kyrgyz Republic (Kyrgyzstan) is one of few countries in Eastern
Europe and Central Asia to provide methadone within its prisons, but uptake of this program …

[HTML][HTML] Implementation opportunities for scaling up methadone maintenance treatment in Kyrgyzstan: Methadone dosage and retention on treatment over two years

R Ivasiy, LM Madden, SO Farnum, N Shumskaya… - Drug and alcohol …, 2022 - Elsevier
Background Methadone maintenance treatment (MMT) is the most effective and cost-
effective strategy to control HIV in Central Asian countries, where the epidemic is …

Cohort profile: the Kyrgyzstan InterSectional Stigma (KISS) injection drug use cohort study

LR Smith, N Shumskaia, A Kurmanalieva… - Harm reduction …, 2022 - Springer
Abstract Background In Kyrgyzstan and other Eastern European and Central Asian
countries, injection drug use and HIV-related intersectional stigma undermines HIV …

How methadone becomes an intoxicant: The making of methadone within prisons in the Kyrgyz Republic

L Azbel, FL Altice - Routledge Handbook of Intoxicants and …, 2022 - taylorfrancis.com
This chapter presents a challenge to evidence-based approaches to intervention translation
by exploring how methadone—an opioid used as evidence-based treatment for opioid use …

Trajectory and progress of opioid agonist therapy programs in the Kyrgyz Republic

AR Liberman, A Kurmanalieva… - Global Health …, 2024 - accscience.com
The incidence and mortality of human immunodeficiency viruses (HIVs) are rising in Eastern
Europe and Central Asia (EECA), particularly among people who inject drugs. Opioid …

Matthew Ponticiello1, 2, Lyu Azbel3, Mary M. Tate2, Daniel J. Bromberg3, Iryna Pykalo 4, Tetiana Kiriazova 5*, Natalya Saichuk5 and Frederick L. Altice 1, 2

Y Khazaal, E Jeannot, CHU Vaudois… - … Addiction Problems and …, 2024 - books.google.com
Background: After pilot testing, methadone was newly being introduced into Ukrainian
prisons in 2021 as part of a national scale-up strategy to treat opioid use disorder and …