This subtitle "A band of public healers is battling against hepatitis C, and bureaucracy, to help the county’s poorest" makes these "healers" sound heroic, and who doesn't feel sympathy for a poor hero who's "just doing their darnedest to help..." whomever.

It's emotional, and it belies the facts of your story, and of what's happening on the ground. We have a public health crisis in both the spread of Hepatitis C and HIV/AIDS. Both are exacerbated by heroin use. So our solution in the "Harm Prevention" pathology is to... encourage more drug use by removing the consequences of drug use.

"Come to me, poor drug addict, and I'll make sure you don't die from an OD, and I'll make sure you get clean needles to reduce the risk of the consequences of your heroin misuse." 

This type of "heroism" is an emotional appeal, not a framework for public policy.