Machines that dispense HIV self-testing kits, clean needles and other harm reduction supplies have been installed in Atlantic Canada with plans for 100 in the next three years across the country.
Machines that dispense HIV self-testing kits, clean needles and other harm reduction supplies have been installed in Atlantic Canada with plans for 100 in the next three years across the country, which continues to grapple with HIV cases and an opioid crisis.
That’s when the idea to launch Our Healthbox machines in communities that need it came to life. It’s a smart machine with a digital screen that works like a vending machine with free HIV and COVID-19 self-testing kits as well as clean needles, Naloxone, crack kits with safe smoking paraphernalia, condoms and other things Rourke says we take for granted like feminine hygiene products, socks and mitts. Our Healthbox will also notify clients if there is a bad drug supply.
Rourke, along with researchers at St. Mike’s, plans to set up as many as 50 machines in Canada this year, and 50 more over the next three years. “When they come back they use that code to sign in so that we can actually start to understand more about the need for each person,” Rourke said, adding that the research gathered through the machine can also be useful for health-care decision-making in the province the machine is serving.
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