Government Medicine Making Hondurans Sicker

October 30, 2014

And it seems like little has changed today. According to government regulations, every lot of medicine bought by the government should be analyzed to make sure it is safe and effective.

However, the Association for a More Just Society (ASJ, formerly known as AJS) investigators exposed that only 35% of medication bought by the Ministry of Health, or one in three medicines, are analyzed.

This means that approximately 7 million Hondurans are vulnerable to tainted and ineffective medications every time they go to the hospital.

As ASJ lawyer Ludim Ayala says, “This is not acceptable. The Honduran government is playing with the lives of the Honduran people.”

ASJ is committed to working with the government to change this.

The first step ASJ took was to expose how pharmaceutical companies and the government often work together to hide low-quality medication and steal good quality medication for a profit .

Because of these investigations, six people have been arrested and other cases are in the works. ASJ is showing that committing corruption has consequences!

And now ASJ is reaching for change at the top levels of government. In January the new Honduran president promised ASJ complete access to documents and staff at the Ministry of Health so that ASJ investigators and lawyers can make sure that the government is buying quality medications and that medicines stay on the shelves.

For the first time in decades, there is hope for change in the Honduran health system, and for the millions of Hondurans whose lives depend on it!

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