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Needle Reuse “Jump-started” HIV Pandemic
09/10/2010 - Changes in sexual behaviour at a time when cities were growing in sub-Saharan Africa are often cited as reasons behind the spread of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) after it emerged. But two research studies1,2 published in Clinical Infectious Diseases now lend support to a less prominent hypothesis: that the virus spread through needles and syringes used to treat endemic infections, such as malaria and trypanosomiasis. more »
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Needlestick Statistics
- 1,300,000 deaths annually 2
- 23,000,000 hepatitis infections annually 2
- 260,000 HIV/AIDS infections annually 2
- According to the CDC, 80% of occupationally acquired diseases in the U.S. are transmitted through needlestick injuries.
- Every 24 seconds a person dies from having an injection from an unclean syringe
- 50% of injections given to children are unsafe 1
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