As part of its action against malaria in Africa, USAID has provided the Benin National Drug Quality Control Laboratory (LNCQ) with new medicine-testing equipment in the form of a high pressure liquid chromatography chain (HPLC). A USAID spokesperson said: “Benin is the second largest fake medicine entry point on the continent after Nigeria and represents almost a quarter of total trafficking.” The new device will reveal a medicine’s impurity levels and will strengthen the fight against fake medicines, especially fake malaria treatments.
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