COVID-19: Suggested Health Department Actions to Support Syringe Services Programs (SSPs)

Apr 08, 2020 | Kim Rodgers

NASTAD released a resource highlighting important considerations and promising strategies for health departments to support SSPs during the COVID-19 response. The resource consolidates recommendations and resources for harm reduction recognizing the additional social and economic burdens faced by people who use drugs which are heightened during the global COVID-19 pandemic.

View the document.

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Kim Rodgers was formerly the Communications Manager at NACCHO.

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