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Needle and Syringe Programs Reduce HIV in Prisons. Methadone treatment also effective in reducing injection drug use and HIV in prison

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

Needle and Syringe Programs Reduce HIV in Prisons. Methadone treatment also effective in reducing injection drug use and HIV in prison Modern Medicine: December 24, 2008 WEDNESDAY, Dec. 24 (HealthDay News) -- Reducing injection drug use in prison to reduce HIV transmission is most effectively done by needle and syringe programs and methadone treatment, according to a review in the January issue of The Lancet Infectious Diseases. Ralf Jurgens, Ph.D., a consultant for HIV/AIDS, Health, Policy and Human Rights in Quebec, Canada, and colleagues from the World Health Organization in Geneva, Switzerland, reviewed studies investigating the effectiveness of interventions to reduce injection drug use and HIV transmission in prisons. The researchers report that an estimated 10 to 60...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on December 25, 2008 (boomark / email).