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Azerbaijan
           

          Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

Burden of substance use disorders, mental illness, and correlates of infectious diseases among soon-to-be released prisoners in Azerbaijan.
Azbel L, Wickersham JA, Wegman MP, et al
Drug Alcohol Depend. 2015 Mar 19.

Abstract

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Drug resistant tuberculosis in prisons in Azerbaijan: case study. 
Coninx R, Pfyffer GE, Mathieu G E, et al.

BMJ
1998; 316: 1423-1425
Paper                                              


Belarus
           

Tuberculosis

          Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries           

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
E
valuation of Mycobacteria Growth Indicator Tube for Direct and Indirect Drug Susceptibility
Testing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis from Respiratory Specimens in a Siberian Prison
Hospital.

Goloubeva V, Lecocq M, Lassowsky P, et al. 
J Clin Microbiol 2001 Apr;39(4):1501-5
Paper

Georgia
           

          Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries 
  
  High levels of resistance to second-line anti-tuberculosis drugs among prisoners with
pulmonary tuberculosis in Georgia.

Jugheli L, Rigouts L, Shamputa IC, et al

Int J Tuberc Lung Dis
. 2008 May;12(5):561-6.
Abstract
 

Russia
           

General Reports
 

          Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 

 
FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Russia’s prison service is keeping its abuses under lock and key
Bulat Mukhamedzhanov

openDemocracy 31 March 2017
Paper

Incidence of tuberculosis in officials from penitentiaries of the Republic of Udmurtia
[No authors listed]
Probl Tuberk Bolezn Legk. 2008;(3):18-9
Abstract
 

Clinical features of tuberculous pleurisy in viral hepatitis and HIV infection at penitentiaries.
[No authors listed]
Probl Tuberk Bolezn Legk. 2007;(12):34-8.
Abstract
 
Drug injecting and syringe use in the HIV risk environment of Russian penitentiary institutions:
qualitative study.

Sarang A, Rhodes T, Platt L, et al

Addiction
. 2006 Dec;101(12):1787-96.
Abstract
 
 
Tuberculosis

          Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

 
Prisons as a source of tuberculosis in Russia.
Sarang A, Platt L, Vyshemirskaya I, Rhodes T.
Int J Prison Health. 2016 Mar 14;12(1):45-56.
Abstract

The detection and diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis in an investigatory isolation ward
[No authors listed]
Probl Tuberk Bolezn Legk. 2008;(7):26-9
Abstract
 

Comparative analysis of tuberculosis morbidity trends in the penitentiary and civil health
care systems of the Udmurt Republic over 10 years

[No authors listed]

Probl Tuberk Bolezn Legk. 2007;(8):38-9.
Abstract

Ukraine
           

          Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries 

 
Trials and tribulations of conducting bio-behavioral surveys in prisons: implementation science and lessons from Ukraine.
Azbel L, Grishaev Y, Wickersham JA, et al

Int J Prison Health
. 2016 Jun 13;12(2):78-87.
Abstract

Attitudes Toward Addiction, Methadone Treatment, and Recovery Among HIV-Infected Ukrainian Prisoners Who Inject Drugs: Incarceration Effects and Exploration of Mediators.
Polonsky M, Rozanova J, Azbel L, et al
AIDS Behav. 2016 Mar 24.
Abstract

Challenges to implementing opioid substitution therapy in Ukrainian prisons: Personnel attitudes toward addiction, treatment, and people with HIV/AIDS.
Polonsky M, Azbel L, Wickersham JA,  et al
Drug Alcohol Depend. 2014 Dec 22. pii: S0376-8716(14)01987-5
Abstract

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Correlates of HIV infection and being unaware of HIV status among soon-to-be-released Ukrainian prisoners..
Azbel L, Wickersham JA, Grishaev Y, et al

J Int AIDS Soc
. 2014 Sep 10;17(1):19005.
Paper

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Ukrainian prisoners and community reentry challenges: implications for transitional care.
Morozova O, Azbel L, Grishaev Y, et al 

Int J Prison Health
. 2013;9(1):5-19.
Paper

High rates of police detention among recently released HIV-infected prisoners in Ukraine: Implications for health outcomes.
Izenberg JM, Bachireddy C, Soule M,  et al

Drug Alcohol Depend
. 2013 Jun 11.
Abstract

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Burden of Infectious Diseases, Substance Use Disorders, and Mental Illness among Ukrainian Prisoners Transitioning to the Community.
Azbel L, Wickersham JA, Grishaev Y, et al
PLoS One
. 2013;8(3):e59643
Paper

 
 


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