Syringe Services Programs CDC Fact Sheet
Syringe Services Programs CDC Fact Sheet
Syringe Services Programs CDC Fact Sheet
Reports of acute hepatitis C SSPs serve as a bridge to other health services, including HCV and HIV testing
virus (HCV) cases rose 3.5-fold and treatment and medication-assisted treatment for opioid use disorder.5
from 2010 to 2016.1
SSPs prevent overdose deaths by teaching people who inject drugs how
Over 2,500 new HIV infections to prevent overdose and how to recognize, respond to, and reverse a drug
occur each year among people overdose by providing training on how to use naloxone, a medication used to
reverse overdose. Many SSPs provide “overdose prevention kits” containing
who inject drugs (PWID).2
naloxone to people who inject drugs.7-12