Table NSP-0. Needle and syringe programmes: information sources

Ref.

Source

1

National Report 2004.

2

ST 10 2004, 2003.

3

SQ 23 2004.

4

Estimated value.

5

Personal communication H Stöver 31.01.05.

6

Personal communication M Camilleri 14.02.05.

7

Coutinho R (1995) Am J Public Health 85, 1490-1.

8

The sale of syringes without prescription is not legal in Sweden.

9

Circulaire DGS 05 May 1992 already allows a pilot study of NSPs, but full implementation only 1995.

10

Personal communication E Subata 28.02.05.

11

Pharmaceutical Group of the European Union (www.pgeu.org).

12

Associação Nacional de Farmácias (www.anf.pt).

13

National Report Belgium 2003.

14

www.statistics.gov.uk

15

www.parliament.the-stationery-office.co.uk

16

National Public Health Service for Wales / Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain; data refer to number of needles. Reference period: fiscal year 2002/2003.

17

Northern Ireland Needle and Syringe Exchange Database.

18

Personal communication B Korcisova 09.03.05.

19

NSPs exist in Sofia, Burgass, Plovdiv, Pernik, Blagoevgrad, Kustendil, Pazardgik, Ruse, Varna.

20

Excluding Stérikit sales.

21

Emmanuelli, J. (2003), Siamois: Tendances en matière de réduction des risques chez les usagers de drogues par voie iv, In: Bello, J-Y., Toufik, A., Gandilhon, M., Giraudoin, I. and Bonnet, N., Phénomènes émergents liés aux drogues en 2002, quatrième rapport national du dispositif TREND, Paris, OFDT, pp 263-267.

22

Malin et al (2004) estimate that 86% of pharmacies sell syringes. Malin, K., Holmström, P., Holopainen, A., Partanen, A., (2004), Huumeidenkäyttäjät apteekkien asiakkaina vuosina 2001 ja 2003, A-klinikkasäätiön monistesarja nro 43. Ilmestyy loppuvuonna 2004.

23

www.mainline.org

24

Data from UK refer to the fiscal year (March - February).

25

Provisional results of national audit of needle exchange, reference period fiscal year 2003/2004, e-mail communication David Best, Head of Research, National Treatment Agency, 13 July 2005.

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