Nigeria. ‘HIV can kill faster than the drug abuse’: Nigeria opens first needle exchange to tackle infection The programme, seen as a shift in attitudes in a zero-tolerance country, is aimed at curbing the spread of blood-borne disease. (The Guard...

Schottland. Injecting equipment provision in Scotland 2021 to 2022 This release by Public Health Scotland (PHS) presents information on injecting equipment provision (IEP). This includes the number of outlets, attendances and the types of injecti...

USA. A Needle Exchange Project Modeled on Urban Efforts Aims to Save Lives in Rural Nevada ELKO, Nev. — Richard Cusolito believes he's saving lives by distributing clean syringes and needles to people who use drugs in this rural area of northeast...

Implementation of buprenorphine services in NYC syringe services programs: a qualitative process evaluation.  Jakubowski A, Rath C, Harocopos A, Wright M, Welch A, Kattan J, Navos Behrends C, Lopez-Castro T, Fox AD.  Harm Reduct J. 202...

Responding to a surge in overdose deaths: perspectives from US syringe services programs.  Frost MC, Austin EJ, Corcorran MA, Briggs ES, Behrends CN, Juarez AM, Frank ND, Healy E, Prohaska SM, LaKosky PA, Kapadia SN, Perlman DC, Schackman BR...

Urgent need to expand syringe services programs in South Carolina and beyond.  Pham Q, Burrows M, Litwin A.  Subst Abuse Treat Prev Policy. 2022 Jun 21;17(1):47. doi: 10.1186/s13011-022-00476-0. PMID: 35729624; PMCID: PMC9210717. http...