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Africa malaria drugs 'low-grade'
Children in a malaria ward in Tanzania, file image
The experts say their research threw up a disturbing trend

Feb 9, 2010, BBC, UK

Africans suffering from malaria may be getting sub-standard treatment, a study by US-based experts has suggested.

Researchers from the Pharmacopeia group found that between 26% and 44% of anti-malaria drugs in Uganda, Senegal and Madagascar were of poor quality.

The group, conducting the study for the World Health Organization, said low-grade drugs were being used in both public and private health practices.

Some 90% of malaria deaths in the world occur in Africa.

The experts subjected 200 samples of anti-malaria drugs to quality-control testing in a US laboratory. .....More


 

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