Sat, 22 Jul 2017 12:59:35 +0000 By FLAVIOR CHISHALA KANUNGO THE Zambia Medicines Regulatory Authority (ZAMRA) has appealed to the public to report any persons operating illegal drug stores and the sale of counterfeit medicines in their areas to help curb the vice. ZAMRA public relations officer Ludovic Mwape said in an interview that illegal sale of medicines had been going on in the country for a long time and that if left unchecked, many lives would be in danger. Mr Mwape said ZAMRA was carrying out inspections in trying to make people understand that this kind of business could not be done or conducted by people who were not qualified. He said through the inspections, a number of traders were arrested and prosecuted in courts of law, a situation that had hugely contributed to the reduction in the number of illegal stores. “We are not refusing people to sell drugs, all we want […]
