The hard-hitting facts about the re-use of syringes

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• killing 1.3 million people a year by transmitting viruses from one patient to another

• killing more people than malaria, which currently kills about 1 million a year

• causing 23 million cases of Hepatitis B a year and, consequently, enormous treatment costs.
  

• syringes, on average, are used around 4 times in the developing world

Source: Marc Koska's DLD10 talk

The World Health Organization message for Injection Safety

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