Pharmacy Board Shuts Down Over 40 Medicine Outlets in Nairobi, Issues Warning

The Auditor General revealed that out of 16,527 health facilities recorded, 9,009 (56%) were operating without licenses, leaving patients vulnerable to substandard care and untrained staff...

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The Pharmacy and Poisons Board (PPB) has shut down 48 unlicensed pharmacies and arrested 95 individuals during a week-long enforcement operation targeting pharmaceutical outlets in Nairobi and Kajiado counties.

48 unlicensed pharmacies were shut down.
The operation was conducted by the Pharmacy and Poisons Board (PPB).
The crackdown concluded on June 19 and is part of wider efforts to combat substandard healthcare practices.