Visit of Ukrainian experts to study the OST applied in Kyrgyzstan

Two Ukrainian experts visited Kyrgyz facilities where Opiates Substitution Therapy is provided on 27th April.

The participation of two Ukrainian experts in the Paris Pact Experts Working Group (PPI EWG) on Drug Prevention and Treatment, held in Bishkek during 25 and 26 of April, offered EU-ACT the opportunity to achieve two activities at the same time, as the Project has supported the visit of two Ukrainian experts, already participating on the EU-ACT / CADAP hosted PPI EWG event, to relevant Kyrgyz facilities where Opiates Substitution Therapy is provided (particularly in prisons).

Their participation in the visit will help the Project to understand the similarities among both countries in terms of OST provision and the difficulties to overcome; this might help the Project also to follow up in Ukraine with a potential support to the implementation of the legal provisions -now pending to be approved- that set up OST in prisons.