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1.3m de razones para reinventar la jeringa

Filmed Jul 2009 • Posted Oct 2009TEDGlobal 2009
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El reuso de las jeringas, algo muy común en clínicas de bajos recursos, mata 1.3 millones de personas cada año. Marc Koska nos introduce a éste devastador problema global con hechos, fotos y con imágenes de cámaras escondidas. Él comparte su solución: una jeringa de bajo costo que no puede ser utilizada 2 veces.

Marc Koska wants to improve health care in the developing world by re-designing dangerous medical tools -- and offering education to practitioners in under-funded clinics. Full bio »

Translated into Spanish by Daniel W. Hinojosa Ramos
Reviewed by Antonio Ayala Simonín
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