More fake malaria drugs found in Africa

Two years ago, the World Health Organization issued guidelines for new treatments against malaria because the existing drugs were becoming ineffective in curing the disease. In Uganda, artemisinin based combinations were introduced. However, the revelation that 35% of the antimalarial drugs purchased in the nation's pharmacies for testing were found to be fake or of poor quality is threatening to reverse the progress so far. Also, Kenya's Medical Services Minister Peter Anyang Nyong'o revealed that around 38% of antimalaria drugs in his country were substandard and 16% were fakes.