The Linkage Between Syringe Use and Infectious Disease

Infectious diseases associated with substance use, such as HIV, AIDS, and Hepatitis C are largely contracted through both unsafe substance use conditions and ...

Colocating Syringe Service, COVID-19 Vaccination, And Infectious ...

The burden of COVID-19 infection was also higher for people who use drugs compared to the general population, leading to increased ...

Infectious Diseases in Persons Who Inject Drugs - CDC

Nearly 30 years of research shows that comprehensive syringe services programs (SSPs) are safe, effective, and cost-saving, do not increase ...

Lowering the Transmission of Syringe-Borne Diseases and Beyond

the use of shared syringes was reported to have decreased from occurring in ... lated with incidence of syringe-borne infections. Three studies ...

Safety and Effectiveness of Syringe Services Programs - CDC

The best way to reduce the risk of acquiring and transmitting disease through injection drug use is to stop injecting drugs. For people who do ...

Syringe Services Programs | HIV.gov

The best way to reduce the risk of acquiring and transmitting disease through injection drug use is to stop injecting drugs. For people who do not stop ...

Infectious Diseases and Injection Drug Use: Public Health Burden ...

Increases in IDU have led to outbreaks of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and higher rates of infections transmitted during nonsterile injection events.

Colocating Syringe Services, COVID-19 Vaccination, And Infectious ...

The burden of COVID-19 infection was also higher for people who use drugs compared with the general population, leading to increased ...

Substance Misuse, Infectious Disease, and the Powerful Potential of ...

Injection drug use has also been associated with local HIV outbreaks in multiple areas of the country. In 2017, approximately 9% of new HIV ...

Prevention and control of infectious diseases among people ... - EUDA

These are mainly spread through the sharing of needles, syringes and drug preparation equipment or unprotected sexual contacts. In the European ...

Infectious Diseases Continue to Spread Among People Who Inject ...

Philadelphia residents who use drugs and the need for expanded syringe services in the city. Since 2016, HIV infections have increased by ...

Syringe Services Programs' Role in Ending the HIV Epidemic in the ...

Pre-exposure prophylaxis. Daily oral emtricitabine and tenofovir as PrEP can reduce the risk of HIV infection among PWID by 49%, with even higher efficacy (74%) ...

Six Moments of Infection Prevention in Injection Drug Use

Injection drug use–associated bacterial and viral infections are increasing. Expanding access to harm reduction services, ...

Among people who inject drugs, the sharing of needles and syringes is the key risk factor for acquiring blood-borne diseases. Needle and syringe ...

CENTER FOR SUBSTANCE USE & INFECTIOUS DISEASE CARE ...

Falade-Nwulia is an Associate Professor at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore, MD. She previously served as Medical Director of the ...

Syringe Services Programs' Role in Ending the HIV Epidemic in the ...

Sharing syringes and other injection equipment during injection drug use (IDU) continues to be an important route of HIV transmission in the U.S. and worldwide.

Recommendation Needs-Based Syringe Access

Do Needle Syringe Programs Reduce HIV Infection Among Injecting. Drug Users: A Comprehensive Review of the International Evidence. Subst Use Misuse. 2006;41:777 ...

A Qualitative Study Exploring the HCV Risk Environment in Rural ...

Most of these new HCV infections are likely attributable to injection-sharing practices, including sharing syringes and other drug paraphernalia [3,4,5]. The ...

Do Not Share Syringes: Department of Health

Blood borne infections are commonly spread by people who inject drugs and share needles or syringes. Diseases that are spread this way include: HIV/AIDS, ...

A Case for Needle Exchange Programs: Not Letting Perfection be ...

Injection drug use contributes to overdose deaths as well as infectious disease transmission, namely, hepatitis and HIV.2–5 Syringe services ...