Cost of syringes: UNICEF procurement US$ 0.028 to US$ 0.065 depending on supplier and product / PAHO RF procurement US$ 0.028 to US$ 0.048 depending on supplier and product. Go to footnote 1, Go to footnote 2, Go to footnote 3
Cost of safety boxes: UNICEF procurement, a box of 25 safety boxes (each with a 5-liter capacity) is about US$ 20.26, resulting in approximately US$ 0.81 per safety box. Each 5-liter safety box can hold around 100 syringes, leading to a disposal cost of approximately US$ 0.008 per syringe. Go to footnote 4, Go to footnote 5
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UNICEF (2025). Auto-disable (AD) syringe price data. UNICEF Supply Division. Updated January 2025. Available at: https://www.unicef.org/supply/documents/auto-disable-ad-syringe-price-data (accessed 5 August 2025)
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Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) (2024). Revolving Fund syringe prices 2024. PAHO/WHO Revolving Fund for Access to Vaccines. Last update April 2024. Available at: https://www.paho.org/en/documents/revolving-fund-syringe-prices-2024 (accessed 5 August 2025)
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UNICEF (2025). Syringe and safety box bundles price data. UNICEF Supply Division. Updated early 2025. Available at: https://www.unicef.org/supply/documents/syringe-and-safety-box-bundles-price-data (accessed 5 August 2025)
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UNICEF (2025). Syringe and safety box bundles price data. UNICEF Supply Division. Updated early 2025. Available at: https://www.unicef.org/supply/documents/syringe-and-safety-box-bundles-price-data (accessed 5 August 2025)
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Safety box price data. UNICEF Supply Division. Updated January 2025. Available at: https://www.unicef.org/supply/documents/safety-boxes-price-data (accessed 5 August 2025)
