British Charity Group Accused of Sending Drugs Classed As Waste to Africa
Charity News Online
A charity group has been banned from sending surplus life-saving drugs to Africa and threatened with prosecution. Leicester-based Intercare has been supplying 94 clinics in seven countries with medicines that have been returned to GPs, as part of measures approved by the World Health Organization, Mirror.co.uk reported Tuesday. But the Environment Agency has ruled that under EC rules the drugs are classed as waste. Intercare chief executive, Dr Margaret Macdonald, branded it "ludicrous red tape". The Environment Agency claimed the drugs were often not sorted and much was unsuitable.
charity, Africa, World Health Organization
Charity News Online
A charity group has been banned from sending surplus life-saving drugs to Africa and threatened with prosecution. Leicester-based Intercare has been supplying 94 clinics in seven countries with medicines that have been returned to GPs, as part of measures approved by the World Health Organization, Mirror.co.uk reported Tuesday. But the Environment Agency has ruled that under EC rules the drugs are classed as waste. Intercare chief executive, Dr Margaret Macdonald, branded it "ludicrous red tape". The Environment Agency claimed the drugs were often not sorted and much was unsuitable.
charity, Africa, World Health Organization
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