Partners’ meeting on Expanding Medication-Assisted Therapies (MAT) in Central Asia (ExMAT-CA)  On January 16, 2023 we conducted a partners’ meeting to present the start-up of the study with the goal to get acquainted with the situation on MAT in Kazakhstan and considering the possibilities and prospects for further work within …

Expanding Medication-Assisted Therapies in Central Asia (ExMAT-CA)   Center of Scientific-Practical Initiatives has started a new study with Yale University (PIs: Dr. Frederick Altice (https://ysph.yale.edu/profile/frederick-altice/) and Dr. Lynn Madden (https://medicine.yale.edu/profile/lynn-madden/, https://aptfoundation.org/about-us/bios/). OBJECTIVE: To scale-up opioid agonist treatments (OAT) in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan by training, coaching, facilitating and supporting national …