2025
Exploring barriers and potential solutions before implementing a scale-up strategy to expand methadone coverage among people who inject drugs in Tajikistan
O'Hara G, Madden L, Burkhonov A, Alaei A, Mohsinzoda G, Bromberg D, Abdullozoda J, Yusufi S, Altice F. Exploring barriers and potential solutions before implementing a scale-up strategy to expand methadone coverage among people who inject drugs in Tajikistan. Journal Of Substance Use And Addiction Treatment 2025, 172: 209682. PMID: 40139416, DOI: 10.1016/j.josat.2025.209682.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOpioid agonist therapyNominal group techniquePre-implementationImplementation strategiesSecondary HIV prevention strategyHIV prevention strategiesPre-implementation studyAgonist therapyOpioid agonist therapy scale-upHIV epidemicPre-implementation activitiesMethadoneFocus groupsPrevention strategiesCentral Asian regionOpioidGroup techniquePWIDOrganizational factorsNIATxSocietal factorsRecipientsScale-up strategyDrug
2024
Transformation of the HIV treatment cascade for people who inject drugs in Ukraine
Bromberg D, Rhoades D, Madden L, Ivasiy R, Meteliuk A, Pykalo I, Filippovych M, Nikitin B, Farnum S, Fomenko T, Dvoriak S, Altice F. Transformation of the HIV treatment cascade for people who inject drugs in Ukraine. AIDS 2024, 39: 306-311. PMID: 39589135, DOI: 10.1097/qad.0000000000004056.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchOpioid agonist therapyAntiretroviral therapyImprove HIV treatment outcomesHIV treatment outcomesHIV care cascadeCross-sectional biobehavioral surveyTreatment outcomesCare cascadeUkraine's HIV epidemicPrescription of antiretroviral therapyPrescribed antiretroviral therapyAdherence to antiretroviral therapyHIV treatment cascadeAgonist therapyBiobehavioral surveyOpioid dependenceHIV diagnosisTreatment cascadeHIV epidemicHIVOpioidPWIDTherapyDrugOutcomesTrajectory and progress of opioid agonist therapy programs in the Kyrgyz Republic
Liberman A, Kurmanalieva A, Biibosunova D, Shumskaya N, Ivasiy R, Bromberg D, Madden L, Altice F. Trajectory and progress of opioid agonist therapy programs in the Kyrgyz Republic. Global Health Economics And Sustainability 2024, 2: 2536. PMID: 40212662, PMCID: PMC11985161, DOI: 10.36922/ghes.2536.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchOpioid agonist therapyHuman immunodeficiency virusMortality of human immunodeficiency virusOpioid agonist therapy programsOpioid use disorderMethadone programsHIV prevention strategiesAgonist therapyImmunodeficiency virusClinical protocolsEffective treatmentUse disorderNeighboring countriesHIV preventionKyrgyz RepublicMethadoneOpioidCentral AsiaIncreased state supportCentral Asian countriesDrugCarceral systemInternational donorsLocal news coveragePolitical challenges
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