Women's Studies 2163A/B Lecture 7: 7-HIV

• School: Western University
• Department: Women's Studies
• Course: Women's Studies 2163A/B
• Professor: Nichole Edwards

Document Summary

Harm reduction: anything that reduces the risk of injury whether or no the individual is able to abstain from risky behaviour; any program designated to reduce drug- related harm without requiring the cessation of drug use. Harm reduction recognizes that people will make decisions and that those decisions don"t mean that they are bad people. 70% of new hiv diagnoses among people in london is due to drug use. If we know that it"s because of shared needles that spreads infections, then we should provide new, clean instruments. Reduce the spread of infectious diseases (hiv, hep c) Reduce the number of deaths due to overdose. Bring people who inject drugs into contact with other health, social, and treatment services. Reduce issues in the community such as drug use in a public place and discarded needles. When it exits the human body, it dies almost immediately in the air. Hiv attaches itself to white blood cells and replicates them.