UNAIDS Pacific states that needle-syringe programs have been successful in countries like Australia, where they have helped reduce HIV infections. These programs provide clean needles to people who ...

Information collected included demographics of the injecting population covered ... data (see inclusion criteria above) were needle and syringe exchange programs. The primary outcomes of interest ...

There is still a long way to go, however. A 2008 study in the Harm Reduction Journal found that more than half of injection drug users were not able to consistently use sterile needles. And while ...

Background: Persons who inject drugs (PWID) are at an elevated risk for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection. In many high-income countries, needle and syringe ...

Last year, outreach and syringe litter teams collected ... “What I tell them is it’s dangerous, and these are needles that people use to inject themselves. They shouldn’t be exposed to ...

Nigeria study results show how using Tropis for routine immunization programs can provide significant benefits at all levels ...

Syringe service programs offer supplies, including sterile needles, naloxone and test strips for fentanyl and xylazine, to people who inject drugs, with the goal of reducing overdose deaths and ...

In a horrific incident from Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, a 30-year-old woman was allegedly injected with an HIV-infected syringe by her in-laws after her family failed to fulfil their dowry demands.

A Saharanpur court has ordered UP police to file a case against a woman's in-laws for allegedly injecting her with an ...

Father alleges in-laws demanded Rs1 million and a bigger SUV despite spending Rs4.5 million on daughter's wedding.