At the Cairo meeting, the participants reviewed the results of the actions and activities undertaken since last year, exchanged information, compared experiences and coordinated their advocacy and public awareness activities. In the last year, some progress has been made in the field of injection safety. This new coalition is very active in its work to ensure injection safety in the country. Some interesting initiatives are also taking place in other countries. The price of these syringes has come down considerably and there is now little difference in price as compared with ordinary disposable syringes.
Injections are one of the most common acts of preventive and curative medicine.
In many countries, deeply rooted beliefs about the supposedly superior efficiency of injections are current among the public as well as health workers. Many injections given for therapeutic purposes are useless and may pose risks if all the rules of hygiene and safety are not respected.