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Quantifying Infectious Waste Produced by HIV/AIDS, Malaria, and Tuberculosis Programs and the Needs for Injection Safety Equipment

This document is intended to start discussions around quantifying the need for safe injection equipment and the amount of infectious sharps waste produced by testing and treatment programs for diseases such as HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria. The analysis was developed to support advocacy efforts to integrate injection safety as an essential element of all health care programs.

Corporate author(s): PATH

Publication date: June 2009

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Quantifying Infectious Waste Produced by HIV/AIDS, Malaria, and Tuberculosis Programs and the Needs for Injection Safety Equipment

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Region: Global

See also:

Health technologies > Safe injection

Emerging and epidemic diseases > Tuberculosis

Emerging and epidemic diseases > Malaria

Emerging and epidemic diseases > HIV and AIDS

Health technologies > Health care waste management

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