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Contributor [1]
Thursday, August 15, 2002 - 03:00
Categories: 
Health & HIV/AIDS [2]
Issue Number: 
77 [3]
Article-Summary: 

Access to essential medicines for developing countries is a topical issue. But what do we know about the quality of drugs currently available? Use of poor-quality medicines can result in treatment failure, drug resistance or toxic side-effects. How can consumers be sure that they can trust the drugs they buy?

Category: 
Food & Health [4]
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http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category.php/hivaids/9618 [5]
Country: 
Nigeria [6]

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