Zimbabwe: Drugs, Medical Supplies Importation Banned

Posted to the web 6 August 2008 Harare GOVERNMENT has banned the importation of drugs and other medical supplies through all border posts around the country except for two designated points - Beitbridge and Plumtree. The ban, effected on July 1 this year, is meant to curb the prevalence of counterfeit drugs, which had flooded the market through various entry points. Speaking during a tour of the Medicines Control Authority of Zimbabwe laboratory by the Deputy Minister of Health and Child Welfare Dr Edwin Muguti, in Harare yesterday, the authority's director general, Mr Mafios Dhauramanzi said a number of unlicensed indigenous suppliers were importing counterfeit medicines mainly through northern border posts. He said many medicines were coming in from Zambia and Nigeria through Chirundu, Kazungula and Nyamapanda border posts... [read full story]