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@kfm Thu, 07 Sep 2023 11:39:01

NDA speaks out on misuse of ARVs

The National Drugs Authority (NDA) has responded after one of its officials revealed to parliament’s Committee on HIV/AIDS that the authority whose core mandate is to ensure medicines and medical supplies in the country are safe and used to save lives, was aware but kept quiet on the abuse of ARVs by farmers to treat and fatten poultry and pigs. According to Amos Atumanya, a senior Inspector of drugs at the authority, the matter was downplayed in order not to alarm the public or hurt the economy. However, addressing journalists in Kampala today, NDA’s Public Relations Manager Abiaz Rwamwiri, has explained that the authority is largely mandated to regulate drugs and keep the public informed in the event of any […]

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