THE Department of Health (DOH) has suspended a program that entails distribution of syringes in a village in Cebu City to prevent the spread of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).

Senator Grace Poe, after the Senate public order and dangerous drugs committee hearing, said the committee asked the health department for a temporary suspension of the “Harm Reduction Strategy.”

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