Global health charity Marie Stopes says it has recalled hundreds of thousands of faulty condoms on sale in Uganda, where HIV rates are among the highest in the world.
The recall followed a warning from Uganda’s National Drug Authority that the Life Guard brand condoms has failed manufacturing “quality tests” because they contain holes and may burst.
The affected condoms were manufactured by India-based MHL Healthcare in April 2019, and have an expiry date of April 2024.
Marie Stopes Uganda spokesperson David Kamu said the two affected batches each contained around four hundred thousand condoms.
Earlier reports had suggested millions of condoms could have been involved, but a spokesperson said the figure is below one million.
source: gbcghanaonline
