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Country |
Non-pharmacy NSPs (1) |
Syringes provided (x 1000) (2) |
Pharmacy based NSPs |
Syringes provided (x 1000) (2) |
Vending machines |
Syringes provided (x 1000) (2) |
Total NSPs + vending machines |
Syringes provided (x 1000) (2) |
Total pharmacies (3) |
Syringe sales (x 1000) (4) |
Total outlets (5) |
Total syringes (5) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Belgium (Flemish com.) |
(6) |
28 |
237.0 |
40 |
|
0 |
0.0 |
68 |
|
5256 |
|
|
|
Belgium (French com.) |
(6) |
11 |
226.6 |
9 |
14.3 |
0 |
0.0 |
20 |
240.9 |
5256 |
|
|
|
Czech Republic |
(10) |
166 |
1780.0 |
0 |
0.0 |
0 |
0.0 |
166 |
1780.0 |
2480 |
1000.0 |
2646 |
2780.0 |
Denmark |
|
135 |
950.0 |
108 |
|
7 |
|
250 |
|
279 |
|
|
|
Germany |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
21305 |
|
|
|
Estonia |
|
19 |
283.6 |
0 |
0.0 |
0 |
0.0 |
19 |
283.6 |
307 |
|
|
|
Greece |
|
4 |
43.8 |
0 |
0.0 |
0 |
0.0 |
4 |
43.8 |
9500 |
|
|
|
Spain |
|
297 |
4551.8 |
946 |
1680.9 |
0 |
0.0 |
1243 |
6232.7 |
20098 |
|
|
|
France |
(7) |
240 |
3000.0 |
18000 |
5598.0 |
250 |
1000.0 |
18490 |
9598.0 |
22697 |
3560.0 |
18490 |
13158.0 |
Ireland |
|
20 |
|
0 |
0.0 |
0 |
0.0 |
20 |
0.0 |
1230 |
|
|
|
Italy |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
16808 |
|
|
|
Cyprus |
|
0 |
0.0 |
0 |
0.0 |
0 |
0.0 |
0 |
0.0 |
500 |
|
|
|
Latvia |
|
22 |
125.7 |
0 |
0.0 |
0 |
0.0 |
22 |
125.7 |
909 |
|
|
|
Lithuania |
|
7 |
302.0 |
0 |
0.0 |
0 |
0.0 |
7 |
302.0 |
675 |
|
|
|
Luxembourg |
|
10 |
330.2 |
0 |
0.0 |
5 |
44.4 |
15 |
374.7 |
91 |
|
|
|
Hungary |
(10) |
11 |
49.3 |
0 |
0.0 |
3 |
2.4 |
14 |
51.1 |
2666 |
|
|
|
Malta |
|
7 |
210.1 |
0 |
0.0 |
0 |
0.0 |
7 |
210.1 |
225 |
|
|
|
Netherlands |
|
120 |
|
0 |
0.0 |
3 |
|
123 |
|
1707 |
|
|
|
Austria |
(10) |
17 |
1679.7 |
0 |
0.0 |
12 |
76.1 |
29 |
1755.8 |
1162 |
|
|
|
Poland |
|
29 |
643.8 |
0 |
0.0 |
0 |
0.0 |
29 |
643.8 |
9693 |
|
|
|
Portugal |
|
80 |
1082.2 |
1232 |
1580.7 |
0 |
0.0 |
1312 |
2662.9 |
2767 |
|
|
|
Slovenia |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
260 |
|
|
|
Slovakia |
|
11 |
143.3 |
0 |
0.0 |
0 |
0.0 |
11 |
143.3 |
1070 |
|
|
|
Finland |
(8) |
36 |
1435.0 |
0 |
0.0 |
0 |
0.0 |
36 |
1435.0 |
801 |
486.0 |
726 |
1921.0 |
Sweden |
(9) |
2 |
|
0 |
0.0 |
0 |
0.0 |
2 |
0.0 |
870 |
0.0 |
|
|
United Kingdom |
|
453 |
|
1607 |
|
0 |
0.0 |
2060 |
|
12112 |
|
|
|
Bulgaria |
|
24 |
400.0 |
0 |
0.0 |
0 |
0.0 |
24 |
400.0 |
4288 |
|
|
|
Turkey |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Norway |
|
21 |
3300.0 |
0 |
0.0 |
15 |
|
36 |
|
500 |
|
|
|
Notes: Where data are not available, the table entry is left empty See detailed data and references in Tables NSP-2 to NSP-6. Syringe provision points or outlets: individual locations/physically distinct outlets where syringes can be obtained for free, against payment or in exchange against used ones. (1) NSPs: needle and syringe programmes. The term is used here interchangeably with the term syringe provision points. Non-pharmacy NSPs include fixed and mobile points, outreach work and peer distribution. (2) All syringes exchanged, sold or otherwise distributed from the stated provision points (column to the left). (3) Total number of community pharmacies according to Pharmaceutical Group of the European Union (www.pgeu.org), except for Czech Republic, Greece, Cyprus, Luxembourg, Finland and Norway (ref. 2); Portugal (ref. 12) and the United Kingdom (refs. 14, 15 and 16). Further references are provided in Table NSP-6. (4) The number of syringes that are sold by the pharmacies to injecting drug users. (5) Total number of NSP points, community pharmacies and machines selling or distributing syringes: total figures are unavailable if any one component is at present unknown. (6) The total overall number of community pharmacies in Belgium is reported for all communities. (7) The number of pharmacies involved in NSPs in France is an estimate. (8) Estimate of number of pharmacies selling syringes is based on study concerning drug users as clients in pharmacies (Malin et al., 2004), which found that 86 % of pharmacy outlets sell syringes. (9) The sale of syringes without prescription is not legal in Sweden. (10) Corrected or amended data. See also 'General notes for interpreting data' on the Explanatory notes and help page. Sources: See references in Table NSP-0. | |||||||||||||