Kenya is gripped by deadly malaria. Could a new locally produced drug be gamechanger?

The WHO approved a Kenya-based pharma company to produce a crucial antimalarial drug locally, reducing reliance on imports from India and China.

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00:20 >> Most government facilities doesn't offer the exact medication that is worth or doing away

00:27 with the sickness or the malaria parasite.

00:30 But in major case people opt to go to private facilities where they are going

00:36 to get faster medication and a quality medication.

00:39 But it is never pocket friendly.

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01:12 >> To increase self-sufficiency on the continent with the stamp of WHO approval,

01:19 it means that we are also internationally certified again as a quality manufacturer.

01:23 And because the continent's problem, malaria is one of the biggest challenges,

01:30 it will really help in lowering the dependency for imports as we saw during the COVID era

01:37 where whatever was being imported actually had huge supply disruptions.

01:44 And malaria is such a thing that if you don't get the right medicine at the right time,

01:48 we all know it can cause unnecessary deaths.

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