Nigeria: FG Seeks Solution to Prevalent Substandard Anti-Malarials

A recent report of surveys carried out by the World Health Organisation (WHO) has said two out of every three anti-malaria medicine sold and used in Nigeria are not likely to work either because they are fake or lacked sufficient quantity of the active ingredient.

This is worrisome, but the National Malaria Control Programme (NMCP) of Nigeria has said there is no cause for alarm.

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