ECONOMIC EVALUATION OF THE PORTUGUESE NEEDLE EXCHANGE PROGRAMME IN COMMUNITY PHARMACIES
- At: AbuDhabi (United Arab Emirates) (2019)
- Type: Poster
- Poster code: POS-CPS-026
- By: TEIXEIRA RODRIGUES, António (ANF, Centre for Health Evaluation and Research (CEFAR), Portugal)
- Co-author(s): Margarida Borges: Centro de Estudos de Medicina Baseada na Evidência, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
Miguel Gouveia: Centro de Estudos Aplicados, Católica Lisbon School of Business and Economics, Lisbon, Portugal
Francesca Fiorentino: Centro de Estudos de Medicina Baseada na Evidência, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
Gonçalo Jesus: Centro de Estudos de Medicina Baseada na Evidência, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
Maria Cary: Centre for Health Evaluation and Research (CEFAR), ANF, Lisbon, Portugal
José Pedro Guerreiro: Centre for Health Evaluation and Research (CEFAR), ANF, Lisbon, Portugal
Suzete Costa: USFarmácia Collaborative Care, Associação Nacional das Farmácias, Lisbon, Portugal
António Vaz Carneiro: Centro de Estudos de Medicina Baseada na Evidência, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal - Abstract:
Background
Needle Exchange Programs (NEPs) aim to reduce the risk of transmission of HIV and HCV infections by changing habits and behavior among People Who Inject Drugs (PWID). In Portugal, the NEP was launched in 1993 in community pharmacies (CP) and Kits are currently exchanged by CP, primary healthcare facilities, and non-profit organizations.
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