Health experts are raising concern over a surge in counterfeit medicines in the Kenyan market, with life-saving HIV/AIDS drugs, kidney medication, and treatments for erectile dysfunction among the most commonly falsified.
Speaking at the inauguration of the Inter-Ministerial Steering Committee on Substandard and Falsified Medical Products, Health Cabinet Secretary Aden Duale announced that the government is rolling out a nationwide digital medicine-tracking system.
The system will monitor pharmaceutical products from manufacturer to patient in a bid to eliminate counterfeit drugs from the supply chain.
Mary Muoki reports.
