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[Ana Liffey Drug Project] Ten years of Ana Liffey Drug Project in the Midwest Region. (28 May 2022)

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On 28th May 2012, Ana Liffey Drug Project began offering a low threshold community based service in the Midwest Region. Now, ten years on, Ana Liffey is needed more than ever.

In 2021, our Midwest team registered 145 new service users and worked with 352 people across the region – providing key working, case management and harm reduction interventions. During 2021, the team provided 2,908 Needle and Syringe Programme interventions – which includes overdose prevention interventions; the provision of sterile crack pipes; education & training on the safer disposal of drug paraphernalia and the provision of Naloxone training & product. Significantly the team provided over 17,000 syringes during the course of the year....


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