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USAID watchdog operation finds stolen and expired medicines in Kenyan pharmacies.
An operation led by the USAID Office of Inspector General has found stolen, expired and unregistered medicines on sale in Kenyan pharmacies.
Eighteen pharmaceutical premises across the country were targeted. At least four pharmacies were closed or sealed, two people were arrested and eleven others were told to report for further investigation or for court.
What was seized
Thousands of medical items were taken, among them more than 2,000 co-trimoxazole antibiotic tablets traced back to the Kenya Medical Supplies Authority. Investigators also found expired, defective, unregistered and improperly distributed drugs.
The operation was run with Kenya's Pharmacy and Poisons Board, the Directorate of Criminal Investigations, the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy and the US Embassy in Nairobi.
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An operation led by the USAID Office of Inspector General has found stolen, expired and unregistered medicines on sale in Kenyan pharmacies.
Eighteen pharmaceutical premises across the country were targeted. At least four pharmacies were closed or sealed, two people were arrested and eleven others were told to report for further investigation or for court.
What was seized
Thousands of medical items were taken, among them more than 2,000 co-trimoxazole antibiotic tablets traced back to the Kenya Medical Supplies Authority. Investigators also found expired, defective, unregistered and improperly distributed drugs.
The operation was run with Kenya’s Pharmacy and Poisons Board, the Directorate of Criminal Investigations, the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy and the US Embassy in Nairobi.
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