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Title: Syringe Programs Are Cost Effective at Preventing Hep C in the U.K.
Post by: Hep Editors on March 29, 2019, 10:35:52 am

Syringe services programs (SSPs) that provide clean injection-drug materials to people who inject drugs (PWID) cost-effectively prevent hepatitis C virus (HCV) transmission in the United Kingdom.

Researchers conducted a suite of three related studies that were published in the journal Addiction. The studies relied on data from three British cities with varying degrees of HCV prevalence among the local PWID population, including Bristol (45 percent prevalence), Dundee (26 percent) and Walsall (18 percent).

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