Showing 916 news articles about Harm reduction

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Harm reduction programmes and practices aim to reduce the harms associated with drug use. These include needle and syringe programmes, opioid substitution therapy, drug consumption rooms and overdose prevention.

People who inject drugs

Heroin and crack use 'plummeting'

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BBC Health
6 March 2013
Prisoners

Give needles, condoms to inmates to curb HIV, experts urge

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Medical Xpress
1 March 2013
Harm reduction

New treatment gives hope to East Africa’s drug users

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Bulletin of the World Health Organization
21 February 2013
Hepatitis B

Study: One-third of hepatitis B and C cases in Pakistan are preventable

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Vaccine News Daily (blog)
14 February 2013
HIV prevention policy

Making recovery real: the public health future of drug and alcohol treatment

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National Treatment Agency
12 February 2013
Hepatitis C transmission & prevention

The Evolution of How Drug Injection Equipment Harbors Hep C

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Hepatitis Central
6 February 2013
Harm reduction

Heroin dependence treatment reduces HIV infections in Spain

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Institut Hospital del Mar d'Investigacions Mèdiques press release
6 February 2013
Harm reduction

Paris to try first clean drug room

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The Connexion
6 February 2013
Hepatitis C transmission & prevention

Spread of hepatitis C pinpointed

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BBC Health
1 February 2013
Harm reduction

Dave Purchase Dies at 73; Led Early Needle Exchange

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New York Times
31 January 2013
Chemsex & recreational drug use

Is London’s gay scene self-harming through sex and drug use?

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Pink News
24 January 2013
Epidemiology & behaviour

One out of ten fishermen infected with HIV

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Malay Mail
23 January 2013
Harm reduction

Insite - Not Just Injecting, But Connecting

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Drug Reporter
21 January 2013
Harm reduction

Better Syringe Designs Could Nearly Eradicate Global Annual HIV Infections from Syringe Sharing Within Eight Years

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Newswise (press release)
16 January 2013
Chemsex & recreational drug use

High-risk drug practices tighten grip on London gay scene

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The Lancet
11 January 2013
Government, leadership & policy

Greece HIV Remedies Hit as Crisis Threatens Drug Curbs

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Bloomberg
9 January 2013
People who inject drugs

Rising Death in the Streets of Athens: The Human Toll of the Greek Tragedy

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Huffington Post
7 January 2013
Harm reduction

Naloxone Is Cost-effective Way to Prevent Heroin Overdose Deaths

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HIVandHepatitis.com
4 January 2013
Drug policy & policing

Consider drugs decriminalisation system, MPs say

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BBC
10 December 2012
Harm reduction

New EMCDDA report shows heroin use in decline and patterns of drug use shifting

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European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction
5 December 2012
Epidemiology

Ukraine fights spreading HIV epidemic

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Huffington Post
1 December 2012
Epidemiology

New HIV epidemic looms over Romania

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IPS
1 December 2012
Harm reduction

Wider Availability of Methadone Helps Curb HIV in Vietnam

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Voice of America
1 December 2012
Finance & funding

Health officials tell Greece to act fast to control HIV

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Reuters
1 December 2012