MCAZ applauded for withdrawing licences

Latwell Nyangu

THE Medicines Control Authority of Zimbabwe (MCAZ) has been applauded for its decision to withdraw licences from wholesale dealers engaged in drug peddling, as a means of tackling ongoing drug abuse among young people. 

The Students And Youth Working on Reproductive Health Action Team (SAYWHAT) has supported the MCAZ measures, stating: 

“We acknowledge the importance of regulating the availability of such medicines…By implementing measures to control the distribution of codeine-containing medicines, MCAZ is working towards safeguarding the well-being and health of Zimbabwean youth…” 

SAYWHAT is focussed on raising awareness about the danger of drug use, and the wider impacts on sexual and reproductive health.