{{Substandard tuberculosis (TB) drugs have been found in Kigali and also said to be in full circulation in Africa, India and other developing countries.}}<\/p>\n
The increased fake drugs in circulation have prompted the rise of treatment-resistant strains of TB, according to a survey published on Tuesday. <\/p>\n
Investigators in the United States asked local people in 19 cities in 17 countries to purchase isoniazid and rifampicin, the frontline antibiotics for tuberculosis (TB), from a private-sector pharmacy.<\/p>\n
Out of 713 samples, 9.1% failed these basic quality-control tests, according to the inquiry, published in the International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease.<\/p>\n
Around half of the failed samples had zero active ingredients, “making them likely to contribute to drug resistance”, it said.<\/p>\n
Dud drugs were manufactured by legitimate companies and criminal fraudsters, the report said.<\/p>\n
The drugs were purchased at pharmacies in Luanda, Sao Paulo, Beijing, Lubumbashi, Cairo, Addis Ababa, Accra, Chennai, Delhi and Kolkata, Nairobi, Lagos, Moscow, Kigali, Dar-es-Salaam, Bangkok, Istanbul, Kampala, and Lusaka.<\/p>\n
The failure rate was 16.6% in Africa, 10.1 percent in India and 3.9 percent in Brazil, China, Thailand, Turkey and Russia.<\/p>\n
Nearly nine million people around the world have TB, one of the world’s deadliest diseases, including more than 400,000 with a multidrug-resistant form of the disease, according to estimates for 2011 compiled by the World Health Organisation (WHO).<\/p>\n
Drugs that do not work is a contributing factor to resistance to TB drugs, along with treatment that fails to kill the bacteria.<\/p>\n
TB is one of the world’s deadliest diseases. It is spread from person to person through the air and usually affects the lung.<\/p>\n
Agencies<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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