Country |
Year of introduction NSP (1) |
Types of NSPs available in 2003 (2) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ref. |
Year first NSP |
Ref. |
Year first publicly funded |
Fixed sites |
Van /bus |
Outreach/ peer |
Vending machine |
Pharmacy-based NSPs |
Prison-based NSP | |
Belgium Fr |
3 |
1994 |
3 |
2000 |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
Belgium Fl |
3 |
2001 |
3 |
2001 |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
Czech Republic |
18 |
1986 |
18 |
1991 |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
Denmark |
3 |
1986 |
3 |
1986 |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Germany |
5 |
1984 |
1 |
1992 |
Yes |
|
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Estonia |
3 |
1997 |
3 |
2001 |
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, 9 |
1995 |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Ireland |
2 |
1989 |
3 |
1989 |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
Italy |
3 |
1990 |
3 |
1990 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Latvia |
3 |
1997 |
3 |
1997 |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
Lithuania |
3 |
1997 |
10 |
1997 |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
|
No |
Luxembourg |
3 |
1993 |
3 |
1993 |
Yes |
No |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
Hungary |
3 |
1994 |
3 |
2000 |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
Malta |
3 |
1987 |
6 |
1987 |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Netherlands |
7 |
1984 |
3 |
1986 |
Yes |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Austria |
3 |
1990 |
3 |
1990 |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Yes |
No |
No |
Poland |
3 |
1989 |
3 |
1989 |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
Portugal |
3 |
1993 |
3 |
1993 |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
Slovenia |
3 |
1992 |
3 |
1996 |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Slovakia |
3 |
1994 |
3 |
1994 |
Yes |
Yes |
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 |
United Kingdom – England |
14 |
1986 |
3 |
1987 |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
United Kingdom - Wales |
16 |
1986 |
3 |
1987 |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
United Kingdom – Scotland |
14 |
1987 |
1 |
1987 |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
United Kingdom - N. Ireland |
15 |
2001 |
1 |
2001 |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
No |
Bulgaria |
3 |
1995 |
3 |
1999 |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
Norway |
3 |
1988 |
3 |
1988 |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
Notes: (1) NSP = needle and syringe programme. (2) Information in these columns comes from ST 10 2004, 2003. Where data are not available for a country, the table entry is left empty. In 2003, there is no NSPs in Cyprus. Sources: See references in [Table NSP-0]. | ||||||||||