A pilot implementation study to scale-up methadone in incarcerated persons with opioid use disorder and retain them on treatment after release in Moldova

• Main Authors: Dorgay, Coriann E., Bromberg, Daniel J., Doltu, Svetlana, Litz, Taylor, Galvez, Samy, Polonsky, Maxim, Dvoryak, Sergey, Altice, Frederick L.
• Format: Article
• Published: Elsevier 2022
• Subjects: R Medicine
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/42293/

Background: Eastern Europe and Central Asia have intertwined HIV and incarceration epidemics, concentrated in people who inject drugs . Moldova is one of the few countries in this region that offers methadone within prisons, but uptake and post-release retention remains suboptimal. Screening, brief...