Safety-Engineered Syringes: An Intervention to Decrease Hepatitis C Burden in Developing Countries—A Cost-Effectiveness Analysis from Egypt

ConclusionsAdoption of SES in the Egyptian healthcare settings is a more effective and cost-saving strategy. Our results are consistent with the WHO Injection Safety Program and Safe Injection Global Network initiatives, which call for adoption of smart syringes. The introduction of SES as one of the most urgently needed interventions is mostly encouraged to decrease hepatitis C burden in similar resource-limited settings. The use of SES as a prevention strategy may bring substantial population-level health gains and governmental cost savings in developing countries.
Source: Value in Health Regional Issues - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research