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This is how it happened in real life somewhere in South America
 
 
Reuse of syringes, all too common in under-funded clinics, kills 1.3 million each year. Marc Koska clues us in to this devastating global problem with facts, photos and hidden-camera footage. He shares his solution: a low-cost syringe that can't be used twice. (Recorded at TEDGlobal 2009, July 2009, Oxford, UK. Duration: 4:46
 
 
see this cool video demo below...
 
 
Elisa Joseph came to town when she was thirteen, following promises for a job and the possibility to go to school. At the age of fifteen she had already been raped by her employer and stayed three months in prison. She ended up as a sex worker in Dar es Saalaam's infamous Uwanja wa Fisi (Hyena Square). Today she saves other girls from that life.