Extending a lifeline to people with HIV and opioid use disorder during the war in Ukraine

Abstract

Oleksander navigates a bomb-shelled northern Ukrainian city between air raid sirens. He is on his way to the clinic to collect methadone for his opioid use disorder—a trip he has made regularly since 2016. However, this time the situation is quite different. 3 days earlier he sent his wife and children to Lviv for safety and has been living with 20 other men in the basement of his building, which doubles as a bomb shelter. Water has been disrupted and food is increasingly scarce. Yesterday, his doctor texted him a 30-min window to pick up his methadone, when emergency sirens are less common.

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