Fatal hemorrhaging is a serious risk for women in rural Africa who have to give birth at home. This inexpensive drug can help prevent it. But fears that the drug might be used for abortion have kept it out of the hands of women who need it, experts say.
in five provinces of the Democratic Republic of Congo found evidence of"widespread product degradation."
"Like vaccines, when oxytocin is not of sufficient quality or when it is not managed in cold chain, the medicine will rapidly degrade and become ineffective," they warned, noting that countries with tropical climates are at particular risk for oxytocin failures.
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