Prophylaxis

Auto-Destruct Syringes Needed to Curb Hepatitis/HIV Spread Worldwide

Published in Vaccine Weekly, October 6th, 1997

The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and the World Health Organization (WHO) are requiring that auto-destruct syringes be used in all of their programs that use hypodermic injections for drug delivery.

UNICEF and WHO also have stated their desire to more than triple the number of immunization shots provided by them from 1 billion units in the year 1998 to 3.5 billion units in the year 2005.

Separately, businessman Ted Turner announced his intention to donate over $1 billion over 10 years to the United Nations, which will enable UNICEF and WHO to buy the supplies of serum and auto-destruct syringes to meet their goals of immunizing more women...

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