Nearly one in five essential medicines fail quality standards in Africa: A systematic review and meta-analysis of MNCH medicines and antimalarials.

Rusatira JC, Novoa MD, Uwimana JB, Persaud C, Pal E, Khan A, Michtalik H, Padayachee N, Lumpkin M, Preston C, Ahmed S

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0006326
Published: 2026
Container: PLOS global public health
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@article{allodium:10.1371/journal.pgph.0006326,
  title = {Nearly one in five essential medicines fail quality standards in Africa: A systematic review and meta-analysis of MNCH medicines and antimalarials.},
  author = {Rusatira JC and Novoa MD and Uwimana JB and Persaud C and Pal E and Khan A and Michtalik H and Padayachee N and Lumpkin M and Preston C and Ahmed S},
  year = {2026},
  journal = {PLOS global public health},
  doi = {10.1371/journal.pgph.0006326},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0006326}
}

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JC, R., MD, N., JB, U., C, P., E, P., A, K., H, M., N, P., M, L., C, P., & S, A. (2026). Nearly one in five essential medicines fail quality standards in Africa: A systematic review and meta-analysis of MNCH medicines and antimalarials.. PLOS global public health. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0006326

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