TANZANIA: Anti-malarial drugs too expensive – minister
DAR ES SALAAM, 18 February 2009 (IRIN) – The high cost of anti-malarial drugs – up to 10 US dollar (ca. 58 DKR) per course (behandling) – has made treatment prohibitive for most poor people in Tanzania, the health minister said.
– Malaria is a disease of the poorest of the poor and such a cost is prohibitively high to the sick rural poor, David Mwakyusa said, adding:
– There is a need for concerted effort to bring down the costs as was the case with chloroquine.
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