Duka la dawa means medicine shop in Swahili. This is where locals get medicines in rural areas and also informal settlements in cities.
A patient in the Emergency Room. COVID 19 led to an increase in demand for Tylenol and codeine-based cough syrups which were then counterfeited.
above the crowded matatus and buses and cars jumbled and stalled, stuck, in bumper to bumper traffic, exhaust fumes filtering into the window. No money no speed. Contrast. Wealth gap. Infrastructure is an attempt to Òtame and fix in placeÓ unruly and unstable movements, stressing the importance of stability a road promises. (Penny Harvey and Hannah Knox)
Around the world, investigators are working to deter these fake drugs from entering the supply chain, collaborating with Interpol, local police, customs, Ministries of Health, or as in Uganda, the Anti-Counterfeit Network and other civil society groups.
Challenges to testing: cost, availability of equipment. Vinegar
