Improving Treatment, Engagement and Adherence for People Who Inject Drugs in Ukraine
Head
Oleksandr Zeziulin
The term of realization
01.06.2015 - 31.03.2019
Donor
The U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR)
The aim of the progect
The purpose of this study was to test the effectiveness of two strategies: a community initiated treatment intervention (CITI) and MAT on HIV care enrollment and ART enrollment compared to the standard of care
Goals and objectives
1. Evaluation of the effectiveness of two strategies – Community-Initiated Treatment Intervention (CITI) and Medication-Assisted Treatment – and their impact on the rates of involvement of patients to HIV treatment programs and ART programs compared to Standard Care.
2. Identification of barriers associated with the client and the service provider, which impede the involvement of IDUs to HIV treatment programs, ART and also affect the rates of retention
3. Determination of the costs for each participant in the program, taking into account the breakdown of cost components within the cascade model, reflecting the results of ART for CITI and MAT
Results and publications
Abstract “Implementing large multisite experimental study in Ukraine” was presented at NIDA International Forum 2016