Hat tip to a reader for bringing this to my attention.

Can USAID and PEPFAR now pay for needles and syringes?

Jamie

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O'Neill Institute Blog has posted a new item, ‘HHS guidance on syringe service programs provides substantive support for HCV and HIV infection reduction efforts among injection drug users.’

On March 29, 2016, the Department of Health and Human Services released guidance to assist state and local health departments to request permission to use federal funds for Syringe Support Programs (SSPs). This guidance is in response to bipartisan legislation passed in December 2015 that relaxed previous restrictions on federal funds being used for any […]

http://www.oneillinstituteblog.org/hhs-guidance-syringe-service-programs-provides-substantive-support-hcv-hiv-infection-reduction-efforts-among-injection-drug-users/