Needle and Syringes Program

Needle and discarded syringe program is unchallenged

Needle and Syringe Programs are an important public health measure. These Programs has an unbelievable effect of prevent people from sharing injecting equipment and thus contain the spread of HIV among people who inject drugs. It can prevent thousands of cases of infections among people who inject drugs and, in turn, protect the rest of the community. So we should support this program without hesitation!

First of all, the needle and syringe program can do a great job of prevent children from diseases. Children are the mostly group of being exposed to blood born viruses through discarded syringes and needles. In resource, poor countries, this can occur through illegal dumping and in richer countries through discarded needles and syringes from intravenous drug use. Both usually occur in areas where children might be exposed through play. Our children are in danger! LetЎЇs have a look at a dreaded truth. On 15 Sep 1999, 54 children where involved in a mass exposure incident. 44 presented the same evening and 10 following day. Used needles and syringes were discarded on their soccer field. Children gave one another injections and played darts with the discarded needles. School noticed that and children were reviewed at weeks 1 and 3 for drug adherence and side effects. 18/44 (40 per cent) had entry wounds. 44/54 (81per cent) were given antiretroviral treatment (ART). From this irrefutable evidence, we disabused; we clearly reveal the true face of the terrible effect of the discarded syringes. Do you want to let the tragic happen again on your own children? Definitely not! Therefore a completely discarded syringe program must be used as soon as possible.

Secondly, the needle and syringe program can make people who injects drug in a better situation. Governments provide Needle and Syringe Programs to prevent the spread of blood borne viral infections such as HIV and hepatitis C. The money saved in health care costs by preventing HIV infections alone is more than twenty times the cost of running Needle and Syringe Programs. Just as the vast majority of people do not litter, most people