Alarm over rise in counterfeit veterinary drugs

Molo Sub County Veterinary Officer Dinah Kagunda vaccinates cattle at Tegat village in Molo on April 9, 2019. [File, Standard]

Emily Muema, the Acting CEO of Kenya's Veterinary Medicines Directorate (VMD), warned that Africa's porous borders make national regulations inadequate to address the issue.

“Since it is hard to control the movement of all products across borders, there is a need for a harmonised regulatory framework to ensure that even if a product enters the country through the back door, it is still safe, efficacious, and of good quality for use in livestock,” she said.