Photo: Stolen Malaria Drugs
By NigeriaPlus September 3, 2010
A store tender displays a box of Coartem malaria medication, packaged for the commercial market, at a pharmacy in Lagos, Nigeria. Millions of free malaria drugs are sent to Africa every year by international donors. New research is now providing evidence for what health workers have long suspected: some of the donated medication, readily identifiable by its different packaging, is being stolen and resold on commercial markets
