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THIS WEEK: Minister clarifies on fake hepatitis B vaccine
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Dr Jane Ruth Aceng, minister of health, says the falsified Hepatitis B vaccines are not harmful. This was established after the vaccines were subjected to tests and the ministry has now released its findings which state the drugs pose no threat.
During routine surveillance checks in Mbarara early this year, the National Drug Authority (NDA) sampled about 50 vials of suspected falsified Hepatitis B vaccines from several health centres and took them for tests. “Chemical tests done on both samples (authentic and false vaccines), did not find any harmful active pharmaceutical ingredient that would be injurious to the recipient.
Additional field monitoring confirmed no adverse drug reaction,” Aceng told journalists. She added that NDA has made efforts to monitor side effects amongst those who received the falsified vaccines, but none had been reported and identified.
