Starting and managing needle and syringe programs: a guide for Central and Eastern Europe and the newly independent states of the former Soviet Union. Preventing the HIV Epidemic: a briefing paper for policy makers on the role of needle and syringe provision in Central and Eastern Europe and the newly independent states of the former Soviet Union: Edited by Dave Burrows, International Harm Reduction Development (IHRD), New York 2000, pp 128. ISBN 1 891385 13 5We have invited comments on these booklets on starting and managing needle any syringe exchange programmes from reviewers in Asia, Latin America and Australia.