The GTZ-programme, run in partnership with the Ukrainian Ministry of Health and well-established NGOs, has launched a comprehensive training course for providers of services to female drug users in Ukraine. Women who use drugs often engage in sex work and are thought to act as a bridge for HIV to the wider population.

By mid 2009, this programme had sensitized some 50 members of NGOs with good early results: for example, the Chernivtsi NGO immediately doubled the number of female IDUs receiving its services, reaching around 600 women in August 2009. GTZ-backed capacity building for services for female drug users and Oral Substitution Therapy (OST) is thus helping regional agencies to implement critical elements of Ukraine’s national strategy.

Developing Services for Female Drug Users (English version - 1.9 MB)

Разработка программ для женщин, употребляющих наркотики (Russian version - 2.7 MB)

Developing Services for Female Drug Users (PowerPoint Presentation - 1.0 MB)

Supporting Methadone Substitution Programmes in selected Asian countries through Public Private Partnerships (263 kB)

„Kann jemand mal bitte die Kuh aus der Tür schieben?!“ - Methadon substitution - Public Private Partnership (German Version 1.5 MB)
“Can someone please push that cow out of the door?!” - Methadone substitution - Public Private Partnership (English Version 1.5 MB)

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