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Philly’s needle exchange prevented 10,000 HIV diagnoses, but fentanyl means new cases are up

Without the exchange, the study found, Philadelphia would have seen 15,248 HIV diagnoses associated with injection drug use between 1993 and 2002.

Prevention Point Philadelphia and 30 partner organizations provided food, Narcan overdose reversal kits, Hepatitis and HIV tests, and a wide variety of services and resources from organizations across the city, all for free at a neighborhood block party Wednesday, August 28, 2019.
Prevention Point Philadelphia and 30 partner organizations provided food, Narcan overdose reversal kits, Hepatitis and HIV tests, and a wide variety of services and resources from organizations across the city, all for free at a neighborhood block party Wednesday, August 28, 2019.Read moreMARGO REED / Staff Photographer
    by Aubrey Whelan
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