FAKE CONDOM RECOVERED IN UGANDA

FAKE CONDOM RECOVERED IN UGANDA

The Uganda’s National Drug Authority (NDA) has published that the Life Guard brand condoms failed to manufacture “quality tests” because the condoms contain holes and sometimes might burst.

The affected condoms that was manufactureed by India-based MHL Healthcare in the month of April 2019 and have an expiry date of April 2024, the government said.  

Earlier reports had suggested that millions of the condoms were recalled but NDA spokesman Fred Ssekyana told AFP the figure was below one million.

Marie Stopes Uganda spokesman David Kamu told AFP on Wednesday, November 20,  that the two affected batches each contained "around 400,000" condoms.

According to UNAIDS, 1.4 million Ugandans are living with HIV, and they are among the highest number of people living with the disease in the world.