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Washington, DC has the highest rate of new AIDS cases in the country with an estimated 1 in 20 residents living with HIV. The CDC estimates that injection drug use has directly and indirectly accounted for more than one-third of AIDS cases in the United States. Over the past decade, PreventionWorks has evolved from a needle exchange organization into a critical part of the District of Columbia's HIV prevention strategy.

PreventionWorks! today offers tools, information and services for leading healthier lives. We provide sterile injection equipment, harm reduction supplies, safe disposal of used supplies, HIV testing (with results in 20 minutes), drug treatment referrals, wound care and safer sex kits, food, education, trainings, support groups and HIV medical case management/treatment adherence.

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News

22 Oct 2009	The Needle Exchange Next Door (National Journal Online)
10 Oct 2009	Needle Exchanges Face a Fight in Congress (NPR)
5 Aug 2009	Helping America's Least Wanted (Washington Post Op-Ed)
31 July 2009	Washington Supports Exchange of Needles (The New York Times)
30 July 2009	Where Congress Will Let D.C. Do Needle Exchange (Washington City Paper)
17 July 2009	AIDS Activists in D.C. Gearing Up for Fight Over Government Funding That Would Limit Locations for Needle Exchange Programs (Channel 8 News)
16 July 2009	Amendment on Needle Exchange Program Worries AIDS Activists (The Washington Post)
5 July 2009	Prevention Works! in and around DC (DC HIV and AIDS Examiner)
5 Feb 2009	Dr. Phil: Philip B. Terry of PreventionWorks! shares insight on risk reduction, HIV and finding calm amid emergencies
01 Jan 2009	Journal of Addictive Diseases: Self-Management of Injection-Related Wounds Among Injecting Drug Users (article abstract)
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