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Syringe Service Use Up, But a Third of People Who Inject Drugs Still Share Needles
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- Category: Injection Drug Use
- Published on Wednesday, 30 November 2016 00:00
- Written by Liz Highleyman
Use of syringe exchange and distribution services has increased substantially over the past decade, and HIV diagnoses among people who inject drugs have fallen by nearly half, but just a quarter of drug injectors use only sterile needles and a third reported sharing a needle within the past year, according to the latest Vital Signs report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Many U.S. Communities Vulnerable to HIV Outbreaks Due to Unsafe Opioid Injection
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- Category: Injection Drug Use
- Published on Wednesday, 06 July 2016 00:00
- Written by Michael Carter
Research published recently in the online edition of the Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes has identified the jurisdictions in the U.S especially vulnerable to the rapid spread of HIV or hepatitis C virus (HCV) due to unsafe injection drug use. A total of 220 countries in 26 states had a high level of vulnerability, with factors associated with unsafe injecting including unemployment, and poverty, and high rates of death due to drug overdose.
5. Indiana HIV Outbreak Linked to Opioid Injection
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- Category: Injection Drug Use
- Published on Wednesday, 30 December 2015 00:00
- Written by Liz Highleyman
In January the Indiana State Department of Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) began investigating an outbreak of HIV in rural Scott County, near the Kentucky border. The CDC issued an official health advisory in April, and CDC and Indiana investigators published a report in the May 1 edition of Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.
CROI 2016: Injection-Related Indiana HIV Epidemic Is Under Control, But Vigilance Needed
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- Category: Injection Drug Use
- Published on Friday, 04 March 2016 00:00
- Written by Liz Highleyman
Extensive epidemiological investigation followed by prevention and treatment interventions have largely succeeded in controlling an outbreak of HIV and hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection in rural Indiana linked to injection of prescription opioids, but new cases continue to appear and many other communities may be at risk for similar outbreaks, according to presentations at the Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI 2016) last week in Boston.
NHPC 2015: U.S. Syringe Funding Ban Impedes HIV and Hepatitis C Prevention
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- Category: Injection Drug Use
- Published on Tuesday, 15 December 2015 00:00
- Written by Liz Highleyman
Providing sterile syringes is a proven effective method for preventing HIV and hepatitis C virus (HCV) infections among people who inject drugs, yet the U.S. government continues to prohibit use of federal funds for this purpose, presenters said at the 2015 National HIV Prevention Conference (NHPC) last week in Atlanta. A federal budget bill now under consideration could lift the funding ban on syringe exchange programs.
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