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In India alone, more than 7.8 million people suffer (6.26 million
from
Hepatitis B, 0.8 million from Hepatitis C and
8,600 from HIV) from infections focused due to the unsafe injection practices. Apart
from this, 4.75 lakh people die annually as result of infections and diseases
caused by the unsafe injections.
The above figures clearly show that it is a matter of
international concern and how concerned is the international medical fraternity,
can be gauged from the fact that World Health Organisation (WHO) and UNICEF-UNFPA
had to issue a joint policy statement on the urgent need to implement the
safe injection policy. The joint statement has laid the maximum emphasis on
using Auto-Disable Syringes for safe injection. These Auto Disable Syringes
popularly known as AD Syringes can not be reused at all. As per the WHO
definition, the automatically rendered unusable after having delivered the
prescribed dose of vaccine.
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