An effective way to prevent users from HCV / HIV contaminations by promoting a safer injecting method
The use of intravenous drugs induces risks of bacterial and viral infections. The emergence of new practices leads to both infectious and vascular new medical complications. Nevertheless, infectious diseases such as AIDS, hepatitis C and hepatitis B can be avoided, detected, and medically managed. The drug user status can be restored, and his place in the society re-established.
Whether being a drug user, a prevention actor, a street worker, a doctor, nurse, a physician, a pharmacist or any other healthcare professional, this website means you. It may provide you supporting materials and information to help you in your harm reduction field practice
The aim of supplying sterile equipment is to introduce and promote safer injecting practices, to reduce risks of contamination by HCV and HIV virus, to reinforce and complement the work of harm reduction agencies, and to prevent from diseases such as abscesses, dirty hits, embolism, phlebitis, oedema.
Moreover supplying these tools would help users to take care of their health by adopting safer practises, giving them knowledge of the risks factors behaviour they can avoid.
Free samples, Enquiries, Orders at:
infos@apothicom.org
Fax: +33.1.53.61.04.49
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