Concurrent 6E: Pins, Pipes and Paraphernalia: Community Preferences in the Selection of Low Dead Space Syringes and Needles and Other Harm Reduction Commodities
Tracks
Track 5
| Friday, October 17, 2025 |
| 11:45 AM - 1:15 PM |
| Discussion Space |
Details
Needle and syringe procurement in international development has tended to procure large amounts of the equipment that PWID have been able to source in criminalized settings. These leads to oversize needles and syringes that are often low quality and sometimes not suitable for PWID. This workshop will help sensitize participants to the choices – optimum and constrained – that PWUD make when selecting which needles, syringes and other paraphernalia people will select to take drugs.
Speaker
Mr Matthew Southwell
Managing and Technical Director
Coact Technical Support
PINS, PIPES AND PARAPHERNALIA COMMUNITY PREFERENCES IN THE SELECTION OF LOW DEAD SPACE SYRINGES AND NEEDLES AND OTHER HARM REDUCTION COMMODITIES
Biography
Mat Southwell runs a peer-to-peer NSP in England and has supported the development of NSP around the world. He is one of the community-led technical advisors supporting the Unitaid funded study into low dead space needles and syringes in LMIC. He also champions harm reduction for people who use stimulants.
Ms Susie McLean
Senior Adviser: HIV Prevention
Global Fund For Aids TB And Malaria
Introductions
11:45 AM - 11:55 AMBiography
Mr Matthew Southwell
Managing and Technical Director
Coact Technical Support
Introductions
11:45 AM - 11:55 AMBiography
INHSU 2025
Demonstration
11:55 AM - 12:40 PMBiography
INHSU 2025
Discussion
12:40 PM - 1:10 PMBiography
Ms Susie McLean
Senior Adviser: HIV Prevention
Global Fund For Aids TB And Malaria
Closing Remarks
1:10 PM - 1:15 PMBiography
Mr Matthew Southwell
Managing and Technical Director
Coact Technical Support
Closing Remarks
1:10 PM - 1:15 PMBiography
Facilitator
Susie McLean
Senior Adviser: HIV Prevention
Global Fund For Aids TB And Malaria
Matthew Southwell
Managing and Technical Director
Coact Technical Support
