By Rafael Torruella | Executive Director
We are happy to share wiith you some great news! We have recently been approved by local health authorities as as out-patient drug use treatment service provider. This has been years in the making. The local government agencies are highly bureaucratic and not generally atuned to harm reduction practices. So it has taken us a lot effort and time invested in procuring the designation and permits as drug treatment service providers. This in addition to already providing harm reduction and HIV prevention services, drug overdose training and wound care by a doctor at our mobile clinic. We are awaiting approval of our application to be able to provide buprenorphine as part of drug treatment with medication substitution.
We are also excited because in the past months and thanks to a new grant, we have been able to reach younger populations providing harm reduction information and HIV prevention in highly impoverished neighborhoods. This is the first time we focus on this population and it has been very well received by the communities.
Always thank you for your support. We look forward to continuing to have you on our side!
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