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. 2014 Jun 2;13:209. doi: 10.1186/1475-2875-13-209

Table 3.

Negative impacts of counterfeit antimalarials

S. No. Negative Socio-cultural-clinical-Public Health Impacts
1.
Economic sabotage
2.
Therapeutic failure
3.
Increase the risk of emergence and spread of resistance strains
4.
Undervalue the trust/confidence on healthcare stakeholders
5.
Loss of trust on healthcare systems
6.
Adverse side-effects
7. Even death