Kyrgyzstan: Looking for Some Magic
Kyrgyzstan: Looking for Some Magic
Author(s): Hamid ToursunofSubject(s): Politics
Published by: Transitions Online
Keywords: methadone therapy; Kudesnik; drugs users; discrimination; HIV/AIDS; Kyrgyz society; mass media; prostitutes; Almaz Ismanov
Summary/Abstract: A group of former addicts have founded an organization to try to help current and former drug users, but they face an uphill battle in a conservative society that fears the spread of HIV/AIDS.
Journal: Transitions Online
- Issue Year: 2004
- Issue No: 12/14
- Page Count: 3
- Language: English
- Content File-PDF