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Dr. Jim Shelton's Pearls "Pearl" for the week of February 8, 2005

USAID interest in Subcutaneous Depo-Provera

This new formulation of Depo-Provera for subcutaneous injection is really interesting. Does USAID have plans to provide it?

We have a strong interest in it. In fact, we have been collaborating with Pfizer; PATH and Becton, Dickenson to develop and provide it in Uniject -- the onetime-use injection system that: is simple, foregoes vials and syringes and is virtually impossible to reuse. We hope this can occur in the relatively near future, but it will depend on working out some technical details and of course a favorable price. (See drawing of Uniject below.)

The "Pearls" offer answers to commonly asked questions about family planning. These "Pearls" are prepared by Dr. James D. Shelton, Senior Medical Scientist, Office of Population, United States Agency for International Development (USAID)

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