Uganda: Research Finds Substandard Malaria Drugs

10 February 2010

Kampala — A report by a US-based drug quality standards body has revealed that 26 per cent of anti-malaria drugs in Uganda are substandard. The report was released Tuesday.

Researchers from the Pharmacopeia Group in the US also found that in Madagascar, at least 30 per cent of the drugs and 44 per cent in Senegal failed the test on good quality. This meant that patients were being treated using low-grade drugs, creating the possibility of drug resistance.

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