The theft of medicines by workers in public health facilities in Malawi has become rampant and represents a serious threat to Malawi’s fragile health systems. In an article in the Nyasa Times on 8 January 2015, the Minister of Health, Peter Kumpalume, is quoted as saying that almost a third of the government’s 17 billion kwacha ($24.7 million) budget for the procurement of medicines is…
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