Charity sends unused New Zealand medicines to people in need overseas

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Charity sends unused New Zealand medicines to people in need overseas

Goods arriving at Village Mission Pharmacy in Tonga jasmin Dodge
Village Mission Clinic and Pharmacy’s Jasmin Dodge giving medical supplies from Medical Aid Abroad to Manu Vehikite from ‘Uuaki Faiako, an organisation working with children with disabilities in Tonga [Image - Supplied]

Unused medicines are being put to good use overseas thanks to the hard work of volunteers, reports Jody Hopkinson

Essentials, Medical Aid Abroad is an Auckland-based charity that sends surplus in-date medicines and supplies to developing countries. Medsafe regulations mean , BACK panel - grey