Download logo Counterfeit medicines kill up to 500,000 sub-Saharan Africans per year, according to a recent United Nations report. In response to this crisis, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) is helping health officials in Madagascar ensure that medicines in the country are safe and effective.
At a July 10 ceremony held at the Ministry of Public Health, USAID Mission Director Anne N. Williams handed over essential pharmaceutical laboratory equipment and supplies valued at $155,000 (706 million ariary) to the General Secretary of the Ministry of Public Health, Dr Lethicia Lydia Yasmine.
“USAID applauds [Madagascar’s’] efforts to improve laboratory infrastructure […]
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