WHO urges China to boost vaccine regulation

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has called on China to tighten regulations on vaccines, following the discovery of an illegal black market drugs ring.

 A Chinese law enforcement officer checks rabies vaccine at a disease prevention and control center in Rongan county, 21 March 2016. (AAP)

A Chinese law enforcement officer checks rabies vaccine at a disease prevention and control center in Rongan county, 21 March 2016. (AAP) Source: AAP

More than 130 people have been arrested in connection with the scheme, in which $A63 million worth of illegal vaccines were sold.

At a news conference in Beijing, Senior Communications Advisor with WHO China, Dr Angela Pratt, says there were some issues in the private market that still needed to be solved.

"The problems that have come to light in the last week relate to the distribution of vaccines available for purchase on the private market, and what is now very clear is that there's a need for much stronger management, oversight and monitoring of that part of the supply chain."

The scandal has caused an outcry from worried parents.






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Published 30 March 2016 9:01am
Updated 30 March 2016 11:15am
Source: AAP, SBS


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