“Don’t Let Anyone Know”: OST Stigma in Armenia’s Post-Soviet Healthcare System
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As an addiction medicine specialist in Armenia, I often meet patients that, lowering their voices, tell me: “Doctor, please don’t…
Anna Asatryan
Anna Asatryan is an addiction medicine specialist, founder and president of the “Addictions & Public Health” NGO, and a lecturer at the National Institute of Health in Armenia. She has worked as Head of the Opioid Substitution Therapy (OST) service at the National Center for Addiction Treatment. She is an IVLP alumna with experience in international collaboration in the field of drug policy and public health, including with the European Union Drugs Agency (EUDA).