Now available! HealthHIV, through the DC Engage program, provides a new downloadable factsheet regarding safer use practices for drug user health.

This important resource outlines key safety strategies for drug user health, including defining the drug user health framework, associated goals, safer injecting tips, first aid basics, and naloxone access in Washington, DC.

About DC Engage

Led by HealthHIV, DC Engage strengthens the capacity of aspiring and established community-based organizations and peer-led coalitions to integrate culturally and linguistically appropriate, evidence-based, and promising practice models to prevent opioid overdoses, enhance access to prevention and treatment, and reduce deaths associated with opioid use in Washington, DC.

This project is funded wholly, or in part, by the Government of the District of Columbia, Department of Health, HIV/AIDS, Hepatitis, STD, and TB Administration (HAHSTA).