Mozambique: Surveillance Cameras in Fight Against Theft of Medicines

Maputo — The Health Directorate in the central Mozambican province of Manica is working to strengthen security systems to end the thefts of drugs from medical stores of the National Health Service.

As in other parts of the country, there has been an alarming rise in thefts of medicines, which are then sold in informal markets where they are exposed to the elements, and where no pharmacists are available to advise on dosage and other aspects of use.

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