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ENDANGERING LIFES FOR A FEW CENTS OF PROFIT: A COUNTERFEIT ANTIMALARIAL MEDICINE IN MALAWI CONTAINS NOT SULFADOXINE/PYRIMETHAMINE BUT PARACETAMOL OR CO-TRIMOXAZOLE

  • In: C5 - Short oral presentations – focus on science & industry on Wednesday, 30 September 2015, 14:30-17:30
  • At: Düsseldorf (Germany) (2015)
  • Type: Presentation
  • By: HEIDE, Lutz (College of Medicine, University of Malawi, Pharmacy, Blantyre, Malawi)
  • Co-author(s): Lutz Heide
  • Abstract:

    Counterfeit medicines present a serious threat to health care. In some West African countries, reportedly more than 50 % of antimalarial medicines were counterfeits. In the Malawi (Southern Africa), very few studies have been conducted to assess the scale of the problem.

    Samples of antibiotic and antimalarial medicines were collected from

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