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EPISODE · Feb 20, 2018 · 23 MIN

Putting Forgotten Pills Back to Work

from People Fixing the World · host BBC World Service

An app in Greece is helping people donate their leftover drugs to people who can't afford to buy them. So far the system has helped to recover and redistribute 13,000 boxes of medicine. Donors use the software to scan a unique code on the side of their boxes of unwanted drugs. The app automatically uploads details of the medication to a central database. They're then taken in by the country's network of social pharmacies where they're then given out to unemployed and homeless people.Reporter: Nick Holland Presenter: Harriet Noble

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