Public Awareness and Identification of Counterfeit Drugs in Tanzania: A View on Antimalarial Drugs

Table 4

Association of factors affecting ability to distinguish between genuine and counterfeit drugs.

Factors	⁢Ability to distinguish between genuine and counterfeit drugs		Chi-square	value
	Yes	No
	(%)	(%)
	Knowledge on health effects of counterfeit drugs
Yes	138 (58.2)	99 (41.8)	3.387	0.015
No	25 (44.6)	31 (55.4)
Knowledge on economic effects of counterfeit drugs
Yes	30 (47.6)	33 (52.4)	2.087	0.149
No	133 (57.8)	97 (42.2)
Knowledge of distinguishing features
Label/legitimacy	68 (54.4)	57 (45.6)	8.736	0.005
Packaging material	50 (55.6)	40 (44.4)
Expiry date	23 (57.5)	17 (42.5)
Country of origin	7 (63.6)	4 (36.4)
Brand name	9 (47.4)	10 (52.6)
ISO certification	6 (75.0)	2 (25.0)
Source of information on counterfeit drugs
Media	108 (53.5)	94 (46.5)	4.977	0.290
Relatives and friends	26 (53.1)	23 (46.9)
Schools	10 (62.5)	6 (37.5)
Advertising materials	9 (64.3)	5 (35.7)
Health facilities	10 (83.3)	2 (16.7)