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New Drug Checking Service
Thursday, 8 June 2023, 2:22 pm | Needle Exchange NZ
Free, legal drug checking is now available at regular community clinics in Wellington, Christchurch and Dunedin. The clinics are provided by the Needle Exchange Services Trust (NEST) and run five days a week in Wellington and Christchurch, and four days ... More >>
Needle Exchange Programme Doubles Its Economic Return
Tuesday, 12 April 2022, 10:55 am | Needle Exchange NZ
New research shows that the New Zealand Needle Exchange Programme (NZNEP) has doubled its economic return to our public health system over the last 20 years. The programme cost $5.88 million to run in 2021. Without the programme, our public health system ... More >>
A New Leader For The New Zealand Needle Exchange Programme
Friday, 16 October 2020, 1:19 pm | Needle Exchange NZ
Christchurch, (October 16, 2020) - The Needle Exchange Services Trust (NEST) is pleased to announce Philippa Jones has been appointed to the position of National Operations Manager for the New Zealand Needle Exchange Programme. Philippa is an ... More >>
International Harm Reduction Day
Tuesday, 7 May 2019, 1:43 pm | Needle Exchange NZ
Today marks the 6th International Harm Reduction Day, a day focussed on promoting evidence based public health policy, practices and human rights. More >>
It’s Time for Action on Hepatitis C in New Zealand
Monday, 27 July 2015, 9:44 am | Needle Exchange NZ
It’s Time for Action on Hepatitis C in New Zealand Urgent action is needed to turn the tide of New Zealanders infected with Hepatitis C each year. Hepatitis C infects about 1000 people in New Zealand every year, a number virtually unchanged ... More >>
Study shows lowest HIV rates ever among injecting drug users
Tuesday, 22 July 2014, 4:11 pm | Needle Exchange NZ
A recent study by the New Zealand Needle Exchange has revealed the HIV prevalence rate amongst injecting drug users in New Zealand to have fallen to just 0.2 percent; the lowest ever recorded in New Zealand and likely the lowest anywhere in the world. More >>
Are You Number 12?
Monday, 10 September 2012, 10:15 am | Needle Exchange NZ
One in 12 people worldwide has viral hepatitis, and you could easily be next, warns New Zealand Needle Exchange National Manager Charles Henderson as the 8th Australasian Viral Hepatitis Conference gets underway in Auckland this week. More >>
Time to lift the stigma surrounding hepatitis C
Monday, 10 September 2012, 10:03 am | Needle Exchange NZ
New Zealand Needle Exchange National Manager Charles Henderson says New Zealanders need to wake up to the fact that the hepatitis C virus (HCV) can affect anyone and that stigmatising those with the disease could be doing the whole population harm. More >>
NZ Needle Exchange one of world's most successful
Thursday, 19 November 2009, 5:06 pm | Needle Exchange NZ
Recent data has confirmed that New Zealand’s Needle Exchange Programme is one of the most successful in the world, but we could do even better, says Needle Exchange New Zealand National Manager Charles Henderson. Initial results from the National ... More >>
New Zealand Needle Exchange declared a success
Wednesday, 20 May 2009, 9:49 am | Needle Exchange NZ
New Zealand’s Needle Exchange Programme is the most successful in the world, says national manager of Needle Exchange New Zealand, Charles Henderson. More >>
