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Table HSR-5. Provision of needle and syringe programmes (NSPs) [see all tables in this series...]

Part (ii) Clients and contacts at specialist NSP agencies, 2007-2009

Country	2007					2009
Country	Number of all NSP clients	Coverage (%)	Number of all NSP contacts	Coverage (%)		Number of all NSP clients	Coverage (%)	Number of all NSP contacts	Coverage (%)
Belgium (Flemish community)	:	:	16872	100		:	:	14501	100
Bulgaria	6137	100	44250	90		15287	100	72129	100
Czech Republic	27200	80	338000	80		30000	100	365600	100	(1)
Ireland	7069	76	:	:		:	:	:	:
Greece	497	25	6006	75		6358	50	8643	75
Latvia	1939	100	25385	12		2920	100	36778	100
Lithuania	3399	100	43856	100		2737	45	32358	68	(3)
Hungary	2019	100	27967	100		2399	100	29976	100
Austria	1090	30	262035	30	(2)	:	:	:	:
Poland	3230	100	41272	100		3100	100	33559	100
Portugal	8761	100	123784	100	(4)	:	:	:	:
Romania	4112	100	15900	100		9417	100	9315	100
Slovakia	4200	77	44689	77		6621	100	19928	100	(5)
Finland	13000	100	92000	100		13300	95	79600	95
Sweden	1230	100	15404	100		1104	100	11758	100
Croatia	3201	100	12878	100		4877	100	:	:

Notes:

The table includes the number of all individual clients and the number of client contacts using NSP specialist fixed agencies in the reporting year.

Where data are not available, the table entry is left empty.

(1) Data are estimates.

(2) Data refers to all types of NSP, no distinction with regard to the type of agency was possible.

(3) Additional 3310 clients were reported for outreach NSP programmes (55% coverage).

(4) 2007 data refers only to the specialist agencies under IDT.

(5) Data include clients from the NSP specialist agency in Bratislava as well as low threshold agencies in the country.

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

Sources:

Standard tables on 'syringe availability' (ST10) submitted by NFPs in 2008 and 2010.

Reitox National Reports.

For Sweden 2007 data, personal communication NFP 06/04/2010.

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