Kenya: Pharmacy and Poisons Board Denies Claims of Shortage of Essential Medicines

The government has moved to quell fears of an imminent drug shortage by dismissing claims that over 21,000 essential medicines have been blocked from entering the Kenyan market. 

On Sunday, October 5, the government, in a statement by the Pharmacy and Poisons Board (PPB), described the reports as deceptive and intended to incite public fear.

The PPB, which serves as the country’s National Medicines Regulatory Authority, emphasised that there was no blockage of medicines and that essential…