Geopolitics
Self-Destructive Syringes: A Solution for the Hepatitis Epidemic?
May 13, 2019
Fredrik Hellem
Recently, the Egyptian health ministry stated it would ban regular syringes, moving to use self-destructive syringes, or ‘smart’ syringes, exclusively. Health minister Hala Zayed stated that the ban on regular syringes will take effect in June 2020, aligned with the World Health Organization’s (WHO) 2015 call for a transition from regular syringes and move exclusively to smart syringes by 2020 and Egypt’s own bid to eliminate hepatitis C by 2022. Could the Egyptian ministry’s decision set a…