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World Service,13 Nov 1996,18 mins

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A self-destructing syringe invented to ease the spread of blood viral infections like hepatitis and HIV. Marc Koska, the designer of the one-use syringe, explains how it works. This is a programme from the BBC World Service Archive and was originally broadcast in 1996.

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