Perceptions and practices on substandard and falsified medicines in humans and animals in Wakiso district, Uganda: A qualitative study

• David Musoke ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: David Musoke, Grace Biyinzika Lubega

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: dmusoke@musph.ac.ug

  Affiliation Department of Disease Control and Environmental Health, Makerere University School of Public Health, Kampala, Uganda

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3262-3918

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• Grace Biyinzika Lubega ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: David Musoke, Grace Biyinzika Lubega

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Disease Control and Environmental Health, Makerere University School of Public Health, Kampala, Uganda

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• Claire Brandish,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Pharmacy Department, Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust, Aylesbury, United Kingdom

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• Kate Russell-Hobbs,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Pharmacy Department, Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust, Aylesbury, United Kingdom

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• Natasha Hamilton,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Pharmacy Department, Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust, Aylesbury, United Kingdom

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• Jody Winter,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Biosciences, School of Science and Technology, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, United Kingdom

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• Carol Esther Nabbanja,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Disease Control and Environmental Health, Makerere University School of Public Health, Kampala, Uganda

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• Filimin Niyongabo,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Disease Control and Environmental Health, Makerere University School of Public Health, Kampala, Uganda

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5630-6936

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• Michael Obeng Brown,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Institute of Health and Allied Professions, School of Social Sciences, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, United Kingdom

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• Elma Rejoice Banyen,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Institute of Health and Allied Professions, School of Social Sciences, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, United Kingdom

  https://orcid.org/0009-0004-8836-0402

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• Herbert Bush Aguma,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Pharmacy, School of Health Sciences, Makerere University College of Health Sciences, Kampala, Uganda

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5919-1484

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• Linda Gibson

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Institute of Health and Allied Professions, School of Social Sciences, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, United Kingdom

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