A child in Kenya is diagnosed with severe malaria and receives IV artesunate. The artesunate used is WHO-prequalified. Why is WHO prequalification imp...

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A child in Kenya is diagnosed with severe malaria and receives IV artesunate. The artesunate used is WHO-prequalified. Why is WHO prequalification important for antimalarial drugs?

Accepted Answer

WHO prequalification ensures that medicines meet acceptable standards of quality, safety, and efficacy through independent assessment, protecting against substandard and falsified medicines which are a major threat in malaria-endemic settings

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It is a marketing tool with no clinical significance

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It only applies to vaccines, not drugs

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It guarantees the drug will cure every patient

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It is required only for export, not for domestic use

uk-dtmh MCQ (SBA): WHO Prequalification

A child in Kenya is diagnosed with severe malaria and receives IV artesunate. The artesunate used is WHO-prequalified. Why is WHO prequalification important for antimalarial drugs?