HIV/AIDS Topics HIV Prevention Injection Drug Use
Can Low Volume Syringes Help End HIV and HCV Transmission Among People Who Use Drugs?
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- Category: HIV Prevention
- Published on Thursday, 24 January 2013 00:00
- Written by Cyd Nova
Syringes that have a lower "dead space" volume retain less fluid that can harbor HIV and hepatitis C virus (HCV), and switching to this type could help reduce viral transmission among injection drug users, according to an article in the January 2013 issue of International Journal of Drug Policy.
Methadone Use Reduces Risk of HIV Infection among Injection Drug Users
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- Category: HIV Prevention
- Published on Wednesday, 10 October 2012 00:00
- Written by Liz Highleyman
Methadone maintenance therapy is associated with a lower risk of HIV infection among people who inject drugs, though this may be attributable in part to differing behavior among people who do and do not seek treatment for addiction, according to a report in the October 3, 2012, British Medical Journal. 
Federal Syringe Access Policy: Where Are We Now?
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- Category: Injection Drug Use
- Published on Tuesday, 20 March 2012 00:00
- Written by Matt Sharp
Late last year Congress voted to reinstate a ban on federal funding for syringe exchange programs, which had only been repealed in 2009 after 2 decades of concerted advocacy by harm reduction and HIV and hepatitis prevention activists. Matt Sharp talked with Laura Thomas, the Drug Policy Alliance's Interim State Director for California and a long-time needle exchange volunteer, about the status of syringe access in the U.S. and where do we go from here.
AIDS 2012: Syringe Exchange Expansion in U.S. Would be Cost-saving
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- Category: HIV Prevention
- Published on Tuesday, 31 July 2012 00:00
- Written by Kelly Safreed-Harmon
According to a mathematical analysis presented at the XIX International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2012) last week in Washington, DC, providing clean syringes to reduce HIV transmission among Americans who inject drugs is considerably less expensive than treating the new cases of HIV that would occur in the absence of this intervention.
March 21: National Day of Action on Syringe Access
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- Category: Injection Drug Use
- Published on Tuesday, 20 March 2012 00:00
- Written by Liz Highleyman
Last December Congress voted to reinstate a ban on federal funding for syringe exchange programs, overturning a hard-won 2009 victory by harm reduction and HIV and viral hepatitis prevention advocates. Access to clean syringes is a proven approach to reducing transmission of HIV, hepatitis B and C, and other blood-borne diseases, without increasing drug use.
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