CIENCIASMEDICASNEWS: Regional Efforts to Support Syringe Services Programs in Vulnerable Communities

viernes, 10 de abril de 2020

Regional Efforts to Support Syringe Services Programs in Vulnerable Communities | HIV.gov

Regional Efforts to Support Syringe Services Programs in Vulnerable Communities | HIV.gov

SSPs are a safe, effective, and cost-saving way to prevent the spread of HIV and HCV through injection drug use.

SSPs are a safe, effective, and cost-saving way to prevent the spread of HIV and HCV through injection drug use.

National Youth HIV & AIDS Awareness Day

National Youth HIV & AIDS Awareness Day is on April 10 -- please read the Office of Infectious Disease and HIV/AIDS Policy's blog about this important observance.

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Regional Efforts to Support Syringe Services Programs in Vulnerable Communities

This past Fall, the HHS Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health’s 10 Regional Health Administrators hosted three webinars to raise awareness and provide accurate and factual information about comprehensive syringe services programs (SSPs). The series was a first step of a coordinated effort to support the expansion of SSPs in communities across the nation vulnerable to outbreaks of hepatitis C and/or HIV among persons who inject drugs.

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