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16 January 2011
Drop-in Center: A Look Back at 2010 and Plans for the Future
The blog of Ukrainian organization of people living with drug addiction “Drop-in Center” was one of the first projects supported by Rising Voices. In this e-mail interview with its leader Pavel Kutsev, he talks about the accomplishments of the organization in 2010 and its plans for the future.
5 January 2011
Drop-in Center: Uniting Ukrainian Society in Fighting HIV/AIDS Epidemic
The recent blog post by Pavel Kutsev of the Drop-In Center advocates for the uniting of different sectors of Ukrainian society to fight the HIV/AIDS epidemic. He believes that the active involvement of law enforcement through awareness campaigns can help reduce the disease's prevalance.
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1 December 2010
Citizen Media on World AIDS Day 2010
Citizen media continues to play a role in reducing stigma and bringing personal stories of those affected by HIV/AIDS to a wider audience. To commemorate World AIDS Day 2010, Rising Voices is sponsoring a live chat on December 2 to examine how we as a community can continue to support those initiatives that use these digital tools.
27 September 2010
Drop-In Center: Continuing to be an Online Resource for Ukrainian Harm Reduction Movement
Pavel Kutsev, a leader of a Ukrainian harm reduction movement, started blogging in 2008 within the framework of the Rising Voices project the Drop-In Center. Now, nearly two years later it has become an important on-line platform where patients of substitution therapy can receive the recent news, and share their thoughts and opinions.
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22 December 2009
Drop-in Center: Playing Many Roles at the Same Time
The leader of the Ukrainian harm reduction movement Pavel Kutsev shares his thoughts on what it means to be a public activist and a representative of a marginalized group at the same time.
7 December 2009
Drop-in Center: How Rehab should Work
Pavel Kutsev, the leader of Drop-in Center, a non-profit organization dealing with issues of people living with drug addiction, recently shared his opinion about the effectiveness of work of drug addiction rehabilitation centers. He offers some specific suggestions to curb corruption and encourage sustainability and self-sufficiency for rehab clinics.
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28 October 2009
[Video] Interview with Pavel Kutsev of Drop-In Center
Pavel Kutsev is the co-founder of Drop-In Center, a Ukrainian organization which advocates for the rights of the injection drug user communication and for better national policy related to substitution therapy. In this video he gives us a basic introduction to the "harm reduction from injection drug use" movement, and summarizes the outcomes of a recent conference in Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine which sought to establish a national network of harm reduction acti
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