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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

UK sees huge rise in heroin and morphine-related deaths

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The Guardian
4 September 2015
Harm reduction

Study: Needle exchange policy prevented HIV

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USA Today
3 September 2015
Harm reduction

Innovation Born of Necessity - Drug Consumption Rooms in Spain

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Drug Reporter / YouTube
1 September 2015
Undetectable viral load & treatment as prevention

HIV treatment as prevention scale-up linked to reduced mortality among people who inject drugs in Vancouver

News
1 September 2015
Harm reduction

Glasgow in grip of "unusual" HIV outbreak as the number of new cases soar

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Glasgow Evening Times
1 September 2015
Harm reduction

Unsafe drug use behind HIV boom in Malaysian fishermen

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Sci.dev.net
25 August 2015
People who inject drugs

While Washington Tackles Opioid Abuse Epidemic, Hepatitis C Treatment Remains Unaffordable

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National Journal
19 August 2015
Harm reduction

How the Heroin Crisis Ushered in a Hepatitis C Epidemic

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Boston magazine
12 August 2015
People who inject drugs

Low-threshold methadone maintenance reduces HIV risk for people who inject drugs

News
12 August 2015
Harm reduction

New study shows increased accessibility to methadone treatment through primary care decreases spread of HIV

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British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS
11 August 2015
Harm reduction

Indiana HIV outbreak offers lessons about containing local outbreaks and need for harm reduction

News
10 August 2015
Epidemiology & behaviour

New HIV cases soar in Florida

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South Florida Sun-Sentinel
7 August 2015
Hepatitis C treatment

Improving access to, and completion of, hepatitis C treatment

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Public Health England
4 August 2015
People who inject drugs

Vancouver's treatment as prevention success is also due to harm reduction and addiction treatment

News
27 July 2015
Harm reduction

Inside look at Insite

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Positive Lite
27 July 2015
Harm reduction

Peer-led network intervention substantially lowers HIV infections in people who use drugs in Ukraine

News
26 July 2015
Harm reduction

Opioid substitution therapy combined with HIV treatment saves the lives of more drug users than ART alone

News
23 July 2015
People who inject drugs

Improving access to, and completion of, hepatitis C treatment

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Public Health England
17 July 2015
Harm reduction

Can Rural America Learn to Live With Needle Exchange?

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Poz
10 July 2015
Harm reduction

Drug consumption rooms: an overview of provision and evidence

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Drug & Alcohol Findings
6 July 2015
Drug policy & policing

Theresa May's legal highs ban is unenforceable, say government advisers

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The Guardian
6 July 2015
Harm reduction

Russia has a serious HIV crisis, and the government is to blame

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The Verge
3 July 2015
HIV & criminal law

4 arrested in connection with southern Indiana HIV outbreak

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Indianopolis Star
25 June 2015
Finance & funding

Paying drugs services for success leads to fewer successful treatments

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Drug & Alcohol Findings
24 June 2015