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Needle exchange program: saving money and saving livesTRANSCRIPT
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In the last 10 years in Australia...
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31 million syringes handed out
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Preventing32, 050 new HIV infections
96, 667 new Hepatitis C infections
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producing savings of $1.28 billion in healthcare costs
For every dollar invested in NSPs, more
than four dollars were returned in saved healthcare costs
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If you include savings in lost productivity then 1 syringe handed out saves $27
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Needle Syringe Programs: saving your money since 1984
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