Immunization Newsbriefs (c) Copyright Information Inc.,

Bethesda, MD. Brought to you by the National Network for

Immunization Information (NNii). Visit NNii's new website at

http://www.immunizationinfo.org.

------------------------------------------------------------

July 29, 2002

INTERNATIONAL IMMUNIZATION NEWS

"Simple Shot to Help Developing World Fight Tetanus"

Reuters Health Information Services (www.reutershealth.com)

(07/26/02); Mozes, Alan

The Program for Appropriate Technology in Health, in

collaboration with the World Health Organization and the U.S.

Agency for International Development, has created Uniject, a

disposable single-use syringe that is a smaller, simpler, more

durable delivery system for the tetanus toxoid vaccine.  The

syringe comes pre-loaded with one dose of vaccine and requires

neither costly refrigeration during transport, nor trained

medical personnel for administration.  The syringe is first being

used in Mali, and UNICEF says that it will soon be introduced in

Uganda, Afghanistan, Somalia, Burkina Faso, Southern Sudan, and

Ghana.  The health organizations and manufacturers Bio-Farma and

Becton Dickinson hope that the syringe can help eliminate tetanus

by 2005.

Vaccination News Home Page

ALL INFORMATION, DATA, AND MATERIAL CONTAINED, PRESENTED, OR PROVIDED HERE IS FOR GENERAL INFORMATION PURPOSES ONLY AND IS NOT TO BE CONSTRUED AS REFLECTING THE KNOWLEDGE OR OPINIONS OF THE PUBLISHER, AND IS NOT TO BE CONSTRUED OR INTENDED AS PROVIDING MEDICAL OR LEGAL ADVICE.  THE DECISION WHETHER OR NOT TO VACCINATE IS AN IMPORTANT AND COMPLEX ISSUE AND SHOULD BE MADE BY YOU, AND YOU ALONE, IN CONSULTATION WITH YOUR HEALTH CARE PROVIDER.