{"id":7370,"date":"2026-09-04T12:12:27","date_gmt":"2026-09-04T12:12:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nfp-drugs.bg\/en\/?p=7370"},"modified":"2026-10-07T15:08:50","modified_gmt":"2026-10-07T15:08:50","slug":"contacts-and-clients-of-drug-harm-reduction-organisations-in-bulgaria-trends","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nfp-drugs.bg\/en\/contacts-and-clients-of-drug-harm-reduction-organisations-in-bulgaria-trends\/","title":{"rendered":"Contacts and clients of drug harm reduction organisations in Bulgaria (2017 \u2013 2025)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-3 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-background has-fixed-layout\" style=\"background-color:#8fe584\"><tbody><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>Prevalence of psychoactive substance use<br>Prevalence of medication use<br>Prevalence of drug use<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nfp-drugs.bg\/en\/prevention-related-to-use-of-psychoactive-substances-trends\/\">Drug Prevention<\/a><\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nfp-drugs.bg\/en\/treatment-supply-related-to-drug-use\/\">Treatment Supply<\/a><br>Treatment Demand<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nfp-drugs.bg\/en\/health-consequences-of-drug-use-2\/\">Health consequences<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nfp-drugs.bg\/en\/harm-reduction-of-drug-use-trends\/\">Harm reduction<\/a><\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nfp-drugs.bg\/en\/drug-related-crimes-2\/\">Drug-related crimes<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nfp-drugs.bg\/en\/drug-market-2\/\">Drug market<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nfp-drugs.bg\/en\/drug-use-and-prison-2\/\">Drug use and prison<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nfp-drugs.bg\/en\/monitoring-of-the-press-publications-about-drugs-and-drug-addiction-2020-2022\/\">Monitoring of publications<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nfp-drugs.bg\/en\/attitudes-to-legal-framework-changes-in-the-field-of-drugs-and-drug-addictions-2016-2022\/\">Attitudes to legal framework changes<\/a><\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nfp-drugs.bg\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Harm-Reduction-1-En.xlsx\">Data base (2004 -2025)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\" style=\"font-size:15px\"><table><tbody><tr><td><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>2017<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>2018<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>2019<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>2020<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>2021<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>2022<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>2023<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>2024<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>2025<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Total number of direct contacts<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>11075<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>5045<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>22825<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>15953<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>9120<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>9413<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>13710<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>13444<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>16928<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Contacts with clients on the field<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">522<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">4068<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">3184<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">3482<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">452<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">1982<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">4172<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">8276<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">9615<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Individual clients<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">2821<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">937<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">1823<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">2455<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">590<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">1102<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">1759<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">1570<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">4066<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Clients reached on the field<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">200<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">363<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">440<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">705<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">98<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">985<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">1338<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">1439<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">2135<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Contacts with clients in a low-threshold centre<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">5893<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">586<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">296<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">296<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">8403<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">7431<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">8507<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">5457<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">5316<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Clients passed through the low-threshold centre<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">200<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">484<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">231<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">231<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">602<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">245<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">409<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">467<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">1925<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Clients passed through a mobile medical office<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">400<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">66<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">247<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">658<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">5<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">735<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">1953<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Clients reached through key collaborators<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">150<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">32<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">139<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">404<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">103<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">46<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">46<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">14<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Contacts made using the &#8220;snowball&#8221; method<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">102<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">1028<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">622<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Reference contacts<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">258<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">2300<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">632<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">27<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">48<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Contacts made with other institutions<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">150<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">1542<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">112<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">112<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">3<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">260<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">95<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Clients reached in the institution<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">150<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">157<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">102<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">102<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">56<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><sub>Source: National Center of Public Health and Analyses<\/sub><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prevalence of psychoactive substance usePrevalence of medication usePrevalence of drug useDrug Prevention Treatment SupplyTreatment DemandHealth consequencesHarm reduction Drug-related crimesDrug marketDrug use and prisonMonitoring of publicationsAttitudes to legal framework changes Data base (2004 -2025) 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 Total number of direct contacts 11075 5045 22825 15953 9120 9413 13710 13444 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