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Table HSR-2. Year of introduction of needle and syringe programmes and types of programmes available in 2005

Country	Ref.	Year first NSP	Ref.	Year first publicly funded	Fixed sites	Van/bus	Outreach/peer	Vending machine	Prison-based NSP	Pharmacy-based NSPs

Belgium (Flemish)	3	2001	3	2001	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	Yes
Belgium (French)	3	1994	3	2000	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	Yes
Bulgaria	3	1995	3	1999	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
Czech Republic	13	1986	13	1991	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
Denmark	3	1986	3	1986	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
Germany	4	1984	1	1992	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Estonia	3	1997	3	2001	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
Ireland	2	1989	3	1989	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
Greece	3	1998	3	1998	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
Spain	3	1985	3	1985	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
France	3	1989	3	1995	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
Italy	3	1990	3	1990	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
Latvia	3	1997	3	1997	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
Lithuania	3	1997	7	1997	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
Luxembourg	3	1993	3	1993	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	No
Hungary	3	1994	3	2000	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
Malta	3	1987	5	1987	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
Netherlands	6	1984	3	1986	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
Austria	3	1990	3	1990	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
Poland	3	1989	3	1989	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No
Portugal	3	1993	3	1993	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes
Romania	1	2000	1	2000	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
Slovenia	3	1992	3	1996	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
Slovakia	3	1994	3	1994	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No
Finland	3	1997	3	1997	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
Sweden	3	1986	3	1986	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
UK (England)	3	1986	3	1987	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes
UK (N. Ireland)	1	2001	1	2001	No	No	No	No	No	Yes
UK (Scotland)	1	1987	1	1987	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes
UK (Wales)	3	1986	3	1987	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes
Norway	3	1988	3	1988	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	No

Notes:

NSP: needle and syringe programme.

There are currently no NSPs in Cyprus.

For France, Circulaire DGS 05 May 1992 allowed a pilot study of NSPs, but full implementation only after 1995.

See also 'General notes for interpreting data' on the Explanatory notes and help page.

Sources:

Standard table 10 on 'syringe availability', submitted by NFPs in 2006.

See references in Table HSR-0.