Tanzanians Demand Legal Action Over Fake Drugs

The production and distribution of counterfeit anti-retrovirals has left over 500,000 patients in a state of panic and they have demanded that the culprits face punitive measures.

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A patient holds drugs: there are more than two million HIV positive people in Tanzania.

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  • eusebio manuel vestias pecurto
    Nov 2 2012, 06:52
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    A Tanzania tem que aranjar soluções para acabar mo o mercado farmaceutico falsificado