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Experts raise the alarm over drug resistance in malaria treatment

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Malaria is estimated to account for 30 per cent of visits to hospitals in Kenya. [Getty]

The Government and independent agencies have put the rate of fake malaria drugs at 12-30 per cent, which is one hurdle in the fight, control and spread of malaria.

Though the National Quality Control Laboratory, Kenya Medical Research Institute (Kemri) and Pharmacy and Poisons Board put counterfeit malaria drugs at 12 per cent, the Kenya Association of Pharmaceutical Industry (KAPI) and Pharmaceutical Society of Kenya (PSK) say their survey put it at 30 per cent.

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