Inter Press ServiceHigh costs push fake medicines in Zambia https://www.ipsnews.net/2011/10/high-costs-push-fake-medicines-in-zambia/ News and Views from the Global South Fri, 17 Apr 2026 07:53:48 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 High costs push fake medicines in Zambia https://www.ipsnews.net/2011/10/high-costs-push-fake-medicines-in-zambia/ https://www.ipsnews.net/2011/10/high-costs-push-fake-medicines-in-zambia/#respond Sat, 08 Oct 2011 17:07:03 +0000 Brian Moonga http://ipsnews.zippykid.it/?p=102207

By Brian Moonga
Oct 8 2011 (IPS)

A lack of access to medicines due to prohibitive costs is driving some Zambians to use the cheapest remedies they can find and, as Brian Moonga reports, this has some serious health implications:

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