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Red flag: Outlawed antimalarial drug still consumed in Kenya

Duo-Cotecxin was declared substandard last year when it failed quality tests. [Courtesy]

A banned anti-malarial drug, Duo-Cotecxin, is still on sale in parts of the country, putting lives of patients in danger.

The Pharmacy and Poisons Board officials yesterday launched a crackdown on pharmacies still stocking the drugs and asked Kenyans to report those defying the ban.

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