article_snippet: A CDC report in 2005 on syringe exchange programs found those types of interventions were cost-effective ways of preventing blood-borne infections like HIV. '
article_snippet: The cost [of preventing one] HIV infection by SEPs has been calculated at $4,000 to $12,000, considerably less than the estimated $190,000 medical costs of treating a person infected with HIV,' A CDC report in 2005 on syringe exchange programs stated, with dollars calculated in $4,000 to $12,000, considerably less than the estimated $190,000 medical costs of treating a person infected with HIV 1997 values.
article_snippet: Needle-exchange programs allow intravenous drug users to bring in used needles in exchange for clean syringes, which is believed to suppress transmission of diseases such as HIV and hepatitis.
article_snippet: Unfortunately we're back here, not just with needle exchange as a hypothetical theory, but with a real situation where a needle exchange (program) could make a difference,' a needle exchange (program) said.
highlights_snippet: Needle exchanges, where intravenous drug users can trade used syringes for clean ones, are believed to be useful in combating the spread of HIV .
  