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26 October 2009

Drop-In Center: Building a Movement

Written by Maryna Reshetnyak · Feature, Projects

A conference in early October brought together people living with drug addictions from 25 regions of Ukraine. Together they identified obstacles and strengthened their community.

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7 October 2009

Drop-In Center: The Anti-Methadone Backlash

Written by Maryna Reshetnyak · Feature, Projects

Pavel Kutsev, a leader of the harm reduction movement in Ukraine, writes about a war against substitution therapy programs, which includes banning methadone programs in municipal hospitals, anti-methadone campaigns in the mass media and police searches of methadone sites.

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22 September 2009

Drop-In Center: Improved Selection, Improved Program

Written by Maryna Reshetnyak · Feature, Projects

Pavel Kutsev, leader of the organization Drop-In Center, points out how the selection of patients for substitution therapy programs in Ukraine is flawed, and calls on the authorities and the harm reduction community to improve it.

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9 September 2009

Drop-In Center: New Awareness Program Launched

Written by Maryna Reshetnyak · Feature, Projects

Pavel Kutsev, leader of the Ukrainian harm reduction movement and director of Drop-In Center, blogs about a new HIV/AIDS awareness program launched by his organization. These awareness displays will be placed in pharmacies frequented by drug users.

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1 September 2009

Drop-In Center: Small Changes, Big Victories

Written by Maryna Reshetnyak · Feature, Projects

Pavel Kutsev, leader of the Ukrainian non-profit Drop-In Center, sums up his organization's main achievements in defending the rights of people living with a drug addiction. A former drug addict and patient of substitution therapy himself, Pavel uses his position to advocate for the very specific needs of people like him.

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17 August 2009

Drop-In Center: A Call to Action

Written by Maryna Reshetnyak · Feature, Projects

Pavel Kutsev, leader of Drop-In Center, writes about issues impacting the lives of people living with drug addictions in Ukraine. In his recent post, he provides various strategies that patients of substitution therapy programs can use to influence local politicians.

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3 July 2009

Drop-In Center: The Work Continues

Written by Maryna Reshetnyak · Feature, Projects

Pavel Kutsev, leader of the Drop-In Center project, posts an update of what's going on in the community of Ukrainian substitution therapy program patients.

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21 June 2009

Drop-In Center: A Reason to Celebrate

Written by Maryna Reshetnyak · Feature, Translation

Drop-In Center, the Ukrainian organization uniting people living with drug addictions, has cause for celebration. The Ministry of Health of Ukraine has allowed participants of substitution therapy programs to receive their medication in a drugstore with a prescription. This move will make life significantly easier and save time for many replacement therapy patients.

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27 May 2009

A New Era of Human Rights Advocacy

Written by David Sasaki · Hiper-Barrio, Feature

Representatives from several Rising Voices projects took part in this month's "Soul of the New Machine" conference convened by the University of California at Berkeley's Human Rights Center. Their comments and their projects are indicative of a new era of human rights advocacy.

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Drop-In Center: Will Controlling Meds Cause More Harm?

Written by Maryna Reshetnyak · Feature, Projects

Drop-In Center continues to discuss the issues of people living with drug addictions. Recently, the organization's leader Pavel Kutsev reacted to the Ukrainian government's decision to tighten rules around the sale of medications that can be used by drug users to mitigate withdrawal.

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