16% of Malaria Drugs are Fake
Medical Services minister, Peter Anyang’ Nyong’o said a countrywide survey by the Pharmacy and Poisons Board indicated that that percentage of anti-malaria drugs had failed quality tests.Prof Nyong’o, who was on a tour of the Pharmacy and Poisons Board offices Wednesday, was responding to media reports that said 38 per cent of anti-malaria drugs were substandard.
BY JOHN NGIRACHU
29 May 2008