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MALAWI: AIDS drugs on street corners
[This report does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations]
JOHANNESBURG, 30 June (PLUSNEWS) - Malawi's government has issued a warning to vendors involved in the illegal sale of HIV/AIDS drugs, the Malawi Standard newspaper reported on Friday.
Despite calls for their arrest, the informal businesses have maintained that these were the benefits of a liberal economy.
However, the Registrar of the Pharmacies, Medicines and Poisons Board, Patrick Tembo, said "Liberalisation doesn't mean trading in pharmaceutical drugs. It is illegal. Only registered institutions like hospitals and pharmacies are allowed to sell pharmaceutical drugs."
Tembo warned that buying the poorly manufactured antiretrovirals only encouraged drug resistance in people living with HIV/AIDS.
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The Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis & Malaria
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