Kazakhstan may approve a full scale state methadone program by 2016, Tengrinews reports from a Central Communications Services briefing in Astana.
"Our country approaches this therapy very carefully. Two expert evaluations of the therapy have been made and the latest one conducted by international experts from Columbia University in 2012 showed the same positive results that were observed in the course of implementation of this program in our country. Thus, we are planning to make the program a nationwide one in 2016. The efficiency of opioid substitution program for a select number of individuals has already become evident and there is a need for it on a wider scale,” Altynay Yeskaliyeva, head of the National Scientific and Practical Center on Medical and Social Problems of Drug Abuse, declared on August 20.
For more information see:http://en.tengrinews.kz/health/Controversial-methadone-therapy-may-become-nationwide-in-Kazakhstan-by-2016-255549/
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For more information see:http://en.tengrinews.kz/health/Controversial-methadone-therapy-may-become-nationwide-in-Kazakhstan-by-2016-255549/
Use of the Tengrinews English materials must be accompanied by a hyperlink to en.Tengrinews.kz
INC News, 06/10/2014
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