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Fig. 3

From: The state of harm reduction in prisons in 30 European countries with a focus on people who inject drugs and infectious diseases

Fig. 3

Number of people in prison receiving OST in 2016 and proxy* coverage of OST among total prison population in 22 European countries. If year of data is different for N of OST clients it is indicated in the figure. **OST client data was not flow but stock data in case of Portugal, Norway, Belgium, Ireland. Proxy coverage was calculated on the basis of number of OST clients and total prison population data available at SPACE statistics for 2016 (stock data). *It is proxy as the denominator is all people in prison during the reporting year instead of people in need in prisons during the reporting year, as the latter is not available thus it is not sensitive data in terms of the level of demand

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Harm Reduction Journal

ISSN: 1477-7517