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Indiana in crisis after HIV outbreak

March 27, 2015 By Dave Smith

Mike PenceOn Thursday Indiana Gov. Mike Pence approved a needle exchange program to stop the spread of the disease.

An outbreak of HIV has infected atleast 79 people. The state officials expect the number to increase.

Intravenous optiate drug use is linked with all the cases.

The first case was diagnosed in rural Scott County and since then it has been identified in five other countries.

Pence said, “Scott County is facing an epidemic of HIV, but this is not a Scott County problem; this is an Indiana problem, the people of Scott County are working hard to address this crisis, and with additional state resources and new tools provided by this emergency declaration, I am confident that together we will stop this HIV outbreak in its tracks.”
Pence also said that he would not extend the needle exchange program if the outbreak gets worse.

A bill has been signed by Gov. Steve Beshear, of neighboring Kentucky that would improve drug treatment program in the state and allow local health departments to set up needle exchanges.

According to the Centers for Disease Control there are 1.2 million people in the U.S. with HIV.

Filed Under: Lifestyle Tagged With: Indiana HIV outbreak, needle-exchange program

Indiana governor allows needle exchange program to fight HIV outbreak

March 26, 2015 By Stephanie James

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Indiana’s Governor Mike Pence on Thursday allowed the use of a needle-exchange program in short-term in the rural county for fighting against the largest outbreak of HIV infections in the history of the state, all associated with the intravenous prescription drug abuse.

The Republican Governor said that he was personally against the needle-exchange programs, but he signed an emergency order for allowing one recommended by the federal health officials that are used in Scott County in southern Indiana near the Kentucky border.

80 cases have been recorded from Scott County since December. They all were linked with injected drugs. The county is allowed to set up a needle-exchange program under the order. The state health department will remain restricting towards suppressing the outbreak. HIV is the deadly AIDS- causing virus.

According to Pence, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has recommended the needle-exchange program. The company is willing to support one if the county officials want to do it.

“This is all hands on deck,” Pence said in news conference.

Such programs offer users of intravenous drug with sterile needles for the prevention of the infections from the sharing of contaminated needles.

There are some opponents of the programs, saying needle exchanges boost drug use.

 

 

Filed Under: Lifestyle, United States & World Tagged With: AIDS, HIV, HIV outbreak, Indiana governor, needle-exchange program

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