{{In a move aimed at improving its medicine supply chain and safeguard the health of Rwandans, the Ministry of Health has quarantined and held distribution of metronidazole batch number DH201211. }}
The Ministry has taken this precautionary measure following reports of tablet discoloration,however no adverse effects to human health have been reported at this time.
Given this recent finding, the Medical Procurement and Production Division (MPPD) of the Rwanda Biomedical Center is engaging in a deeper review of its relationships with its suppliers to better ensure that all the products it acquires always meet the highest standards.
The Ministry of Health takes this opportunity to inform Rwandans that there is no cause for alarm, and on-going quality inspections will continue as it has always been done over the past decade in order to improve the quality of medicine prescribed in Rwanda.
According to the Minister of Health, Dr Agnes Binagwaho the solution for proactive and timely control of counterfeit drugs demands strong local measures to protect the health of the population.
The MPPD has an on-going quality inspection system in place to check medical products as they enter the national supply chain system.
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