The National Drug Authority (NDA) has arrested ten suspects from several shops along Wilson Street in Kampala who were, found in possession of boxes of HIV drugs and test kits whose expiry dates had been altered to extend their shelf life.
The head of communication Abiaz Rwamwiri, confirmed the operation warning the public to exercise caution while procuring HIV test kits after their investigation found some pharmacies in downtown Kampala selling expired diagnostics.
He says the enforcement team also found several boxes of anti-malarial drugs labeled with Government of Uganda, not for sale.
This operation in Kampala city center comes just days after a similar operation was conducted in Eastern Uganda, where HIV drugs, anti-malarials, and test kits were found to be sold in open shift-markets in Bukhaweka and Butilu in Namisindwa district, as well as Arapai in Soroti city.
Meanwhile, at the beginning of this month, the NDA donated some of the government drugs confiscated in their operations to hospitals in need, with the green light from the Makindye Utilities Court.
The drugs were donated to government-run health facilities in six districts—Luweero, Kayunga, Buikwe, Buvuma, Mukono, and Nakasongola—that are constantly suffering from stockouts of anti-retroviral drugs.
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