Syringe Exchange Program Coverage in the United States

Syringe Exchange Program Coverage in the United States 2012 Washington Kelso Bellingham Bremerton Colfax Ellensburg Everett Seattle Okanogan Spokane Olympia Tacoma Port Angeles Union Gap Port Vancouver Townsend Walla Montana Fort Peck Missoula Appleton Beloit Eau Claire Green Bay Illinois California Berkeley Davis Eureka Freedom Fremont Fresno Inglewood Los Angeles Lower Lake Monterey Oakland Redway Redding Redwood City Reseda Richmond Riverside Sacramento Salinas San Diego San Francisco San Jose San Luis Obispo San Rafael Sand City Santa Barbara Santa Cruz Santa Monica Santa Rosa Ukiah Ventura Watsonville Weitchpec West Sacramento Winters Woodland Wisconsin Belleville Champaign Kenosha La Crosse Madison Milwaukee Racine Chicago Danville Kankakee Indiana Savoy Springfield Urbana Ohio Vermont Maine Indianapolis Schofield Superior Waukesha Wausau Cleveland Burlington St. Johnsbury White River Junction Augusta Bangor Ellsworth Portland Michigan Minnesota International Falls Minneapolis Ann Arbor Detroit Flint Grand Rapids Ypsilanti Pennsylvania Bend Corvallis Eugene Grants Pass Hermiston Medford Portland Roseburg Connecticut Bridgeport Danbury Hartford New Haven Maryland Baltimore Fajardo Loiza Luquillo San Juan Alaska Anchorage Fairbanks Juneau Rhode Island Providence Puerto Rico Hilo Kauai Kona Maui Oahu Boston Cambridge Northampton Provincetown Philadelphia Pittsburgh Oregon Hawaii Massachusetts New Jersey Atlantic City Camden Jersey City Newark Paterson Colorado Boulder Denver Arizona Phoenix Tucson Delaware Wilmington Texas Austin San Antonio This map was prepared by amf. AR, The Foundation for AIDS Research. Information on syringe exchange programs was provided by the North American Syringe Exchange Network (NASEN) and the Beth Israel Medical Center from their lists of syringe exchange programs that confirmed their willingness to have this information made public. Missouri Louisiana Florida Kansas City Baton Rouge New Orleans Miami New Mexico Chaparral Alamogordo Albuquerque Anthony Bernalillo Carlsbad Hobbs Clovis Las Cruces Deming Las Vegas Espanola Los Lunas Farmington Lordsburg Gallup Lovington Moriarty Portales Roswell Ruidoso Santa Fe Santa Rosa Socorro Sunland Park Taos Tesuque T or C Tucumcari Georgia Atlanta New York Albany Buffalo Ithaca Hempstead Johnson City Mt. Vernon New York City (includes the Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, and Staten Island) Rochester Syracuse Wyandanch District of Columbia Washington Oklahoma City Syringe exchange programs (SEPs) serve as a safe, effective HIV prevention method for injection drug users (IDUs) to exchange used syringes for sterile needles, thereby significantly lowering the risk of HIV transmission. Since the 1980 s, SEPs in conjunction with other HIV prevention strategies have resulted in reductions of up to 80% in HIV incidence among IDUs. • There are currently 203 exchange programs operating one or more exchange sites in 34 states, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and the Indian Nations. (NASEN) • This map shows the location of 186 cities with syringe exchange sites. North Carolina Asheville Carrboro Durham Greensboro Winston Salem Key ≥ 10 SEPs 1 – 9 SEPs No SEPs