Delivering Harm Reduction Services Including Syringe Exchange

For more than two decades, removal of the ban on federal funding for syringe exchange programs (SEPs) was a top policy priority for amfAR. Following the removal of the ban by Congress in December 2009, amfAR is now working to encourage effective implementation of federal support for SEPs and to ensure the continued availability of federal resources for these evidence-based HIV prevention programs.

The Twin Epidemics of HIV and Drug Use: Innovative Strategies for Healthy Communities, co-produced with the International AIDS Society (December 2012)  

amfAR Deeply Critical of Re-Imposition of Ban on Federal Funding for Syringe Exchange  

Fact Sheet: Public Safety, Law Enforcement, and Syringe Exchange (March 2013)  

Issue Brief: Federal Funding for Syringe Services Programs: Saving Money, Promoting Public Safety, and Improving Public Health (March 2013)  

Issue Brief: The Effectiveness of Harm Reduction in Preventing the Transmission of HIV/AIDS (November 2007) 

Map of Syringe Exchange Programs in the U.S. (April 2012)  

amfAR Signs Vienna Declaration, Advocating for Evidence-Based Drug Policies (July 2010)  

amfAR Applauds Lifting of Ban on Federal Funding for Syringe Exchange (December 2009)  

The Importance of Syringe Exchange Programs (October 2009)