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.

• amfAR Signs Vienna Declaration, Advocating for Evidence-Based Drug Policies (July 2010)
• Fact Sheet: Public Safety, Law Enforcement, and Syringe Exchange (January 2010) 
• amfAR Applauds Lifting of Ban on Federal Funding for Syringe Exchange (December 2009) 
• The Importance of Syringe Exchange Programs (October 2009)
• Areas in the U.S. with Syringe Exchange Programs (July 2009)
• Public Health Sign-On Letter to House Subcommittee (June 2009)
• Background on Removal of the Ban on Federal Funding for Syringe Exchange (July 2010) 
• Issue Brief: The Effectiveness of Harm Reduction in Preventing the Transmission of HIV/AIDS (November 2007)