Written by Walid Abdel Salam Thursday, December 14, 2023 11:00 am
The Ministry of Health and Population confirmed that the Holding Company for Serums and Vaccines is cooperating with the Emirati side in a project to establish and operate a factory for the production of self-perishable syringes, through establishing an Egyptian joint stock company to manage and operate a factory for the production of self-perishable syringes, with a manufacturing capacity of 240 million units annually, to cover the needs of the program. Egyptian basic vaccinations, and exploiting surplus manufacturing capabilities for export.
She said Ministry of Health And the population that the process of manufacturing self-destructing syringes for the first time in Egypt is a very important issue for preventing infection and securing national vaccination programs with the latest global vaccination methods. She continued: The first phase of the project aims to produce 50 million self-destructing syringes, part of which will be used locally and another for export.
The Ministry of Health and Population added that the factory accommodates 3 production lines, noting that Egypt’s needs for syringes reach 600 million syringes annually of all types and sizes, pointing out that Vaxera is seeking to have the factory accredited by the World Health Organization, noting that Vaxera has state support to meet its needs. Self-destructing syringes.
Dr. Hossam Abdel Ghaffar, spokesman for the Ministry of Health and Population, explained that the self-destructing syringes will initially be used for vaccinations, surgical operations, and blood withdrawals. He continued: “Egyptian vaccination programs are completely safe to use self-destructing syringes, which prevent the transmission of infection from one person to another, and are approved by the World Health Organization. He added that the Egyptian market consumes about a billion syringes annually, pointing out that there are about 150 countries in the world that use safe injection technology with syringes.” Self-destructing or single-use.
He stressed that according to data from the Public Health Organization, Egyptians use 218 million syringes annually, with an average of 6.8 syringes per person per year, pointing out that the global average of syringe use reaches 2.8 syringes per person, stressing that the rate of unsafe injections in Egypt is about 8%, which is equivalent to 23 million injections. annually.
He added that, for the first time, a single-use syringe has been manufactured in Egypt and will be circulated in the market soon to prevent the transmission of infection through unsafe injections. He continued: Safe syringes must be used as one of the effective means to confront diseases transmitted through syringes, especially if they are used more than once, indicating the necessity of using them. Self-destructing or single-use syringes that are only used once by the patient.
2023-12-14 09:00:00
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