New research from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) suggests that the recent steep increase in cases of acute hepatitis C virus infection is associated with increases in opioid injection. The study examines…
Representatives from the National Viral Hepatitis Roundtable (NVHR) and Harvard Law School Center for Health Law and Policy Innovation (CHLPI) recently penned an article about the link between hepatitis C and the opioid epidemic. Per the…
Join the Harm Reduction Coalition for a 90-minute webinar on guidelines and best practices for the development of comprehensive and integrated syringe service programs (SSPs). Case studies will provide examples of building support for establishing…
Altarum recently released a report assessing the potential societal benefit of eliminating opioid overdoses, death, and substance use disorders, and found that the benefit would have exceeded $95 billion dollars in 2016. Part of that benefit comes…
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC’s) National HIV Behavioral Surveillance (NHBS) serves as a key component of its high-impact prevention approach to reducing the spread of HIV in the United States. It provides…
The West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources (DHHR) Bureau for Public Health (BPH) Harm Reduction Program (HRP) Guidelines and Certification Procedures, adapted from the Kentucky Harm Reduction and Harm Reduction Program at the Kentucky Department…
The Center for HIV Law and Policy (CHLP) and the National LGBTQ Task Force released a new resource that can help foster more intersectional advocacy for HIV criminal law reform. HIV Criminalization Beyond Non-Disclosure: Advocacy Toolkits…
AIDS United, in partnership with Elton John AIDS Foundation, Levi Strauss Foundation, Open Society Foundations, and H. Van Ameringen Fund, has announced the opportunity for grant support through the Syringe Access Fund! Through the Syringe…
On Tuesday, September 19 from 2:00 – 3:00 PM EST, UCHAPS will host a webinar: Hidden Crisis, Meth and Opiod use among Black Gay Men. This webinar aims to create the dialogue on the impact of Crystal…
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has released new data that further solidifies the connection between student health and academic performance. As millions of students across the nation head back to school, it…