Abstract
Currently, the prevalence of HIV in people who inject drugs in Ukraine is over 22 %. Medication-assisted treatment (MAT) is an effective evidence-based means of HIV prevention in people who inject drugs (PWID). The objective of this article was to present the overview of medication-assisted program in Ukraine. Descriptive statistics were used to summarize the open-access official data as well as the results of most recent studies in the field of research to analyze and describe the current state of MAT program for PWID. Presented results summarize demographic, clinical data and access to psycho-social support of PWID on MAT in Ukraine as well as present effective approaches for program scale up for prevention of HIV transmission in people who inject drugs in Ukraine.
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