The World Health Organisation estimates that around 116,000 deaths in Sub Saharan Africa occur due to consuming substandard drugs. The most common type of substandard medicines includes emergency contraceptive pills and antimalarial drugs.
According to Balisanyuka, Ongom will receive half pay during the interdiction until he is cleared by Court. Trouble for Ongom started after he appeared before the Dokolo Magistrate’s Court on June 06, 2019 for assault and being a public nuisance.
A call had been made by the District Deputy Resident District Commissioner Joshua Masereka for the district to be declared Ebola-free on grounds that disease had been contained with no new infections recorded since the first group which was confirmed on June 11, 2019.
