Study: Over one-third of malaria drugs tested from Asia, Africa found to be fake

Source: CBS News

A Congolese woman and her child with malaria speak with a doctor at the Makpandu refugee camp January 14, 2011 outside of the town of Yambio, south Sudan. (CBS News) More than one-third of a random sample of malaria medicine ...
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Study finds one-third of malaria drugs 'fake'

Source: Al Jazeera

More than one-third of malaria drugs used around the world, particularly in Southeast Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa, are either fake or bad quality, a new study has claimed. "These findings are a wake-up call demanding a series of interventions to ...
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