Medicines against malaria that should be being used among the Yanomami people are being diverted to miners who work illegally in the indigenous territory. The complaint was made to the Ministry of Health (MS) by the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz) and confirmed this Monday (30) to the press. “On January 18, the Institute of Pharmaceutical Technology (Farmanguinhos/Fiocruz) sent a letter to the General Coordination of Pharmaceutical Assistance and Strategic Medicines, of the Secretariat of Sciences, Technologies and Strategic Inputs (MS), to notify the body of this of information on the illegal commercialization of a batch of medicine (artesunate + mefloquine) produced by the institute for the treatment of malaria. The drug in question is being sold by prospectors in a location close to the Yanomami indigenous territory,” Fiocruz said in a statement. According to the foundation, the batch was fully delivered to the MS Distribution and Logistics Center, and the notification by means of an official letter occurred as part of the internal protocol, so that the agency is aware and can take the measures it deems appropriate in view of the shared information. The information was obtained by Fiocruz from the complaint. Questioned, the Ministry of Health reported that it will investigate with the competent bodies.
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