{"id":7385,"date":"2026-09-04T14:03:50","date_gmt":"2026-09-04T14:03:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nfp-drugs.bg\/en\/?p=7385"},"modified":"2026-10-07T15:06:57","modified_gmt":"2026-10-07T15:06:57","slug":"counseling-and-testing-for-infectious-diseases-of-the-clients-of-drug-harm-reduction-organisations-in-bulgaria-trends","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nfp-drugs.bg\/en\/counseling-and-testing-for-infectious-diseases-of-the-clients-of-drug-harm-reduction-organisations-in-bulgaria-trends\/","title":{"rendered":"Counseling and testing for infectious diseases of the 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-4-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>Counseling and testing for HIV<\/strong><\/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\"><\/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><\/tr><tr><td>Consulted and tested clients<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">668<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">68<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">797<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">1335<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">222<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">30<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">290<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">926<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">2319<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Clients received post-test counseling<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">423<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">68<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">579<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">1321<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">56<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">30<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">290<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">926<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">2319<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Positive results<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">1<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">20<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">10<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">4<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">1<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">2<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">143<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">250<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Referred for treatment<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">8<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">46<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">20<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">16<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">12<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">16<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">1<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">30<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">50<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Counseling and testing for Hepatitis B<\/strong><\/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\"><\/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><\/tr><tr><td>Consulted and tested clients<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">144<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">36<\/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\">162<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">10<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">926<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">2234<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Clients received post-test counseling<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">140<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">36<\/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\">10<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">926<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">2234<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Positive results<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">13<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">1<\/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\"><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">3<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">44<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Referred for treatment<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">49<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">11<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">32<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">37<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">31<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">19<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">32<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">33<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Counseling and testing for Hepatitis C<\/strong><\/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\"><\/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><\/tr><tr><td>Consulted and tested clients<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">104<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">40<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">337<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">815<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">222<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">10<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">280<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">926<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">2234<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Clients received post-test counseling<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">103<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">38<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">337<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">802<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">56<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">10<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">280<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">926<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">2234<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Positive results<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">72<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">38<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">294<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">334<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">25<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">10<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">8<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">744<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">1196<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Referred for treatment<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">49<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">11<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">32<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">37<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">31<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">19<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">32<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">33<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Counseling and testing for Syphilis<\/strong><\/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\"><\/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><\/tr><tr><td>Consulted and tested clients<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">127<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">40<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">195<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">469<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">222<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">267<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">926<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">2234<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Clients received post-test counseling<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">125<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">40<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">195<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">469<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">56<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">267<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">926<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">2234<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Positive results<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">3<\/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\">24<\/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\">4<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">58<\/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 Counseling and testing for HIV Consulted and tested clients 668 68 797 1335 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