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

Affiliations

¹ Section of Infectious Diseases, Yale School of Medicine, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA; Department of Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA; Yale School of Public Health, Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA; Yale Institute for Global Health, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA; APT Foundation, New Haven, CT, USA. Electronic address: frederick.altice@yale.edu.
² Section of Infectious Diseases, Yale School of Medicine, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA; Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA; Yale School of Public Health, Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA.
³ Ukrainian Institute on Public Health Policy, Kyiv, Ukraine.
⁴ Alliance for Public Health of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine.
⁵ Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA; Yale School of Public Health, Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA.
⁶ Section of Infectious Diseases, Yale School of Medicine, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA; Yale School of Public Health, Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA; APT Foundation, New Haven, CT, USA.

Review

Frederick L Altice et al. Lancet Public Health. 2022 May.

. 2022 May;7(5):e482-e484.

doi: 10.1016/S2468-2667(22)00083-4. Epub 2022 Mar 28.

¹ Section of Infectious Diseases, Yale School of Medicine, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA; Department of Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA; Yale School of Public Health, Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA; Yale Institute for Global Health, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA; APT Foundation, New Haven, CT, USA. Electronic address: frederick.altice@yale.edu.
² Section of Infectious Diseases, Yale School of Medicine, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA; Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA; Yale School of Public Health, Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA.
³ Ukrainian Institute on Public Health Policy, Kyiv, Ukraine.
⁴ Alliance for Public Health of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine.
⁵ Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA; Yale School of Public Health, Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA.
⁶ Section of Infectious Diseases, Yale School of Medicine, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA; Yale School of Public Health, Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA; APT Foundation, New Haven, CT, USA.

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Conflict of interest statement

Declaration of interests We declare no competing interests.

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