WHO Estimates

Worldwide, each year, overuse of injections and unsafe injection practices cause an estimated –

• 8 to 16 million Hepatitis B virus infections
• 3 to 4.7 million Hepatitis C virus infections
• 80,000 to 1,16,000 HIV infections
• More than 90% of these infections occur in developing countries

The above statistics of WHO tells that a lot need to be done in developing nations to protect people from overusing injections and unsafe injection practices.