Fears over condoms

Machinery used to test the quality of condoms released onto the Zimbabwean market has outlived its lifespan and no longer has capacity to produce accurate results, Parliament heard yesterday.

Medicines Control Authority of Zimbabwe (MCAZ) director-general Gugu Mahlangu told the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Child and Health Welfare that they were using outdated machinery and their results were no longer accurate.

The committee, chaired by Glen View North MP Fani Munengami, toured the MCAZ laboratory in Harare to familiarise with its operations and appreciate the challenges it was facing.

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