Management Science for Health (MSH)
The study was conducted on the use of drugs for ART in order to improve the quality of treatment, optimize its costs and improve the patients’ condition, as well as increase the professional level of physicians involved in the treatment of patients with HIV-infection.
Global Health Initiative, Brown University
Supervision of the purchase of equipment and reagents for the cultivation of TB samples.
Pact Inc. USAID «RESPOND»
Randomized prospective study, main aim of which is evaluation of conscientiousness of implementation of perspective behavioral interventions “Steps towards health” and “TB is curable”, as well as its effectiveness and cost.
USAID HIV Reform in Action Project / Deloitte Consulting Overseas Projects Llc
The main goal of the project was improvement and optimization of resource allocation and funding of national and some regional programs to fight HIV / AIDS on the most vulnerable groups.
Using a randomized clinical trial (RCT), this study was designed to assess the effectiveness of HIV risk-reduction interventions targeting injection drug users (IDUs) in three Ukraine regions. The investigators proposed to compare the effectiveness of a revised and updated manually-driven HIV testing and counseling intervention, the Counseling and Education (C & E) model developed by NIDA, with the C & E plus a manualized network intervention.
National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
To study the spread of socially dangerous infectious diseases, including HIV, viral hepatitis B and C, syphilis; injecting drug use, the use of other psychoactive substances and mental disorders not related to the use of PS among prisoners in Ukraine.
Frederick L Altice, Lyuba Azbel, Jack Stone, Ellen Brooks-Pollock, Pavlo Smyrnov, Sergii Dvoriak, Faye S Taxman, Nabila El-Bassel, Natasha K Martin, Robert Booth, Heino StÖver, Kate Dolan, Peter Vickerman. The perfect storm: incarceration and the high-risk environment perpetuating transmission of HIV, hepatitis C virus, and tuberculosis in Eastern Europe and Central Asia. The Lancet. July 14, 2016. (EN)
Azbel L., Wickersham J.W., Wegman M., Polonsky M., Suleymanov M., Ismayilov R., Dvoryak S., Altice F.L. Burden of substance use disorders, mental illness, and correlates of infectious diseases among soon-to-be-released prisoners in Azerbaijan. Drug and Alcohol Dependence. 2015 Mar 19 (EN)
Polonsky, M.; Rozanova, J.; Azbel, L.; Bachireddy, C.; Izenberg, J.; Kiriazova, T.; Dvoryak, S.; Altice, F.L. Attitudes toward addiction, methadone treatment, and recovery among HIV-infected Ukrainian prisoners who inject drugs: Incarceration effects and exploration of mediators. AIDS and Behavior. 2016 Dec; 20(12) (EN)
Azbel L., Grishaev, Y., Wickersham J.W., Chernova O., Dvoryak S., Polonsky, M., Altice F.L. Trials and tribulations of conduction bio-behavioral surveys in prisons: Implementation science and lessons from Ukraine. International Journal of Prisoner Health. 2016 Jun 13; 12(2) (EN)
Polonsky M, Azbel L, Wickersham JM, Marcus R, Doltu S, Grishaev E, Dvoryak S, Altice FL. Accessing methadone within Moldovan prisons: Prejudice and myths amplified by peers. Int J Drug Policy. 2016; 29 (EN)
Azbel L, Grishaev Y, Wickersham JA, Chernova O, Dvoryak S, Polonsky M, Altice FL. Trials and tribulations of conducting bio-behavioral surveys in prisons: implementation science and lessons from Ukraine. Int J Prison Health. 2016; 12(2) (EN)
Звіт про відвідування м. Суми групою дослідників за проектом «Співпраця із запобігання поширення ВІЛ в місцях позбавлення волі» УІПГЗ, 2018 (UA)
The U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR)
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
Abstract “Implementing large multisite experimental study in Ukraine” was presented at NIDA International Forum 2016
Pact Inc. USAID «RESPOND»
The goal of this study is to evaluate the implementation in the Ukrainian context of the START intervention, which combines HIV/hepatitis/STI prevention case management, motivational interviewing and incremental risk reduction to aid soon-to-be-released prisoners to successfully re-integrate into the community and to protect them from HIV-related risks. The study has been conducted in the Mykolaiv, Lviv, and Dnipropetrovsk regions, including Mykolaiv and Kryvyi Rig cities, in collaboration with the local partners: local HIV-servicing NGOs and health care facilities.
Research has proven the effectiveness of interventions START in Ukraine. Results of the study have shown a significant reduction in risky sexual behavior, a higher level of seeking for harm reduction services and testing for HIV, and improvement of knowledge about HIV among men in the intervention group compared with the control group. The project results were presented at the International AIDS Conference 2016 in Durban (South Africa)
Pact Inc.
This study seeks to evaluate the implementation of the Street SMART evidence based behavioral intervention (EBI) in the Ukrainian context in order to determine its feasibility and effectiveness