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Methadone substitution therapy helps prevent new HIV infections in Belarus
02 March 2011|
Substitution therapy with methadone was introduced in Belarus three years ago and has since expanded from one pilot clinic to a network of centres. Today, over 450 people in eight cities across the country are receiving treatment on a daily basis.
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Lars Kallings: UN Special Envoy for AIDS in Eastern Europe and Central Asia
20 October 2008|
In the second of a series of interviews with the UN Special Envoys for HIV/AIDS, Professor Kallings shares his views on his role and the challenges facing the AIDS response in Eastern Europe and Central Asia.
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Addressing AIDS challenges in Belarus
25 October 2006|
In less than a decade, numbers of new infections have increased twenty-fold in Eastern Europe and Central Asia. Belarus is no exception. Professor Lars Kallings, the UN Secretary General’s Special Envoy on HIV/AIDS in Europe, recently visited the country and urged political leaders to step forward and talk openly about the epidemic.

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