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Lyuba Azbel
Researcher at University of London
Publications - 16
Citations - 463
Lyuba Azbel is an academic researcher from University of London. The author has contributed to research in topics: Prison & Methadone. The author has an hindex of 8, co-authored 14 publications receiving 344 citations.
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The perfect storm: incarceration and the high-risk environment perpetuating transmission of HIV, hepatitis C virus, and tuberculosis in Eastern Europe and Central Asia
Frederick L. Altice,Lyuba Azbel,Jack Stone,Ellen Brooks-Pollock,Pavlo Smyrnov,Sergii Dvoriak,Faye S. Taxman,Nabila El-Bassel,Natasha K. Martin,Natasha K. Martin,Robert E. Booth,Heino Stöver,Kate Dolan,Peter Vickerman +13 more
TL;DR: Interventions that reduce incarceration itself and effectively intervene with prisoners to screen, diagnose, and treat addiction and HIV, hepatitis C virus, and tuberculosis are urgently needed to stem the multiple overlapping epidemics concentrated in prisons.
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Burden of infectious diseases, substance use disorders, and mental illness among Ukrainian prisoners transitioning to the community.
TL;DR: The prevalence of infectious diseases and SUDs is high among this sample of prisoners transitioning to the community and it is critical to address pre- and post-release prevention and treatment needs with the development of linkage programs for the continuity of care in the community after release.
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Intersecting epidemics of HIV, HCV, and syphilis among soon-to-be released prisoners in Kyrgyzstan: Implications for prevention and treatment.
Lyuba Azbel,Maxim Polonsky,Martin P. Wegman,Natalya Shumskaya,Ainura Kurmanalieva,Akylbek Asanov,Jeffrey A. Wickersham,Sergii Dvoriak,Frederick L. Altice,Frederick L. Altice +9 more
TL;DR: Drug injection, syphilis co-infection, and exposure to increased risk during incarceration are likely to be important contributors to HIV transmission among prisoners in Kyrgyzstan.
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Attitudes Toward Addiction, Methadone Treatment, and Recovery Among HIV-Infected Ukrainian Prisoners Who Inject Drugs: Incarceration Effects and Exploration of Mediators.
Maxim Polonsky,Julia Rozanova,Lyuba Azbel,Chethan Bachireddy,Jacob M. Izenberg,Tetiana Kiriazova,Sergii Dvoryak,Frederick L. Altice,Frederick L. Altice +8 more
TL;DR: This paper’s key finding is that MMT treatment and addiction recovery were predominantly viewed as mutually exclusive processes.
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HIV, Drug Injection, and Harm Reduction Trends in Eastern Europe and Central Asia: Implications for International and Domestic Policy.
Katherine LaMonaca,Kostyantyn Dumchev,Sergii Dvoriak,Lyuba Azbel,Olga Morozova,Frederick L. Altice +5 more
TL;DR: Scaling up evidence-based HIV prevention strategies like opioid agonist therapies, syringe services programs, and antiretroviral therapy to mitigate the harms of drug injection is crucial within Eastern Europe and Central Asia.