New Publication: Effectiveness of an Intervention to Improve HIV Service Delivery for People Who Inject Drugs in Kazakhstan

New publication: Effectiveness of an Intervention to Improve HIV Service Delivery for People Who Inject Drugs in Kazakhstan

A Cluster Trial

A new publication in JAMA Online shares the effectiveness of an intervention that used harm reduction principles with an aim to increase both HIV testing and treatment options for people who inject drugs.

The intervention, funded by NIDA, was called Bridge, and was the first of its kind completed in Kazakhstan.  Bridge ran from 2017 - 2021.

To commemorate both this publication and World AIDS Day, our director University Professor Nabila El-Bassel shared her reflections about this publication in a Columbia News post: "What a Study in Kazakhstan Teaches Us About HIV & AIDS."

Read Dr. El-Bassel's article on Columbia News.

Publication authors: Nabila El-Bassel, PhD; Tara McCrimmon, MPH; Elwin Wu, PhD; Mingway Chang, PhD; Assel Terlikbayeva, MD, MSSW; Timothy Hunt, PhD; Meruyert Darisheva, PhD; Sholpan Primbetova, MSSW, MPharm; Alissa Davis, PhD; Lisa R. Metsch, PhD; Daniel J. Feaster, PhD; Baurzhan Baiserkin, MD, DMSc; Asylkhan Abishev, MD, PhD; Alfiya Denebayeva, MD, MPH; Beibit Sagimbayev, MD, PhD; Kulpan Kurmetova, MD; Kozhakhmet Mashirov, MD; Louisa Gilbert, PhD

• Read the publication in JAMA.

• Read Dr. El-Bassel's article on Columbia News.

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