(Syringe Exchange Program Activity In Romania
Syringe Exchange Program Activity and Number of IDUs Served | ||
Year | Number of Syringes Distributed to IDUs in Romania | Number of IDUs Served by SEPs |
2008 | 1,108,762 | 7,284 |
2009 | 1,730,776 | 9,417 |
2010 | 946,820 | 8,966 |
2011 | 895,160 | 9,000 |
"The decrease in the average number of syringes/client/year provided in the syringe exchange programmes in recent years compared to the "peak" recorded in 2009 or even to the value recorded in 2008 directly influences the IDUs infection risk increase. Community services had a low capacity as they could provide only a limited number of syringes and the user was thus forced to use several times the same injection equipment.
"With small variations in amplitude, the estimated number of IDUs in Bucharest remained the same over the last 4 years. But compared with the years 2009 and 2010, when syringe exchange services had an estimated rate of IDUs serving of approximately 50 % of the total of IDUs accessing community syringe exchange services, it decreased by about 20 % in 2011."
"2012 National Report (2011 Data) to the EMCDDA by the Reitox National Focal Point: Romania: New Developments, Trends and In-depth Information on Selected Issues." (2012) Bucharest, Romania: Ministry of Administration and Interior, National Anti-Drug Agency, Romanian Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction, p. 149, Charts 7-2 and 7-3, and p. 150.
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