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Africa struggles to stem deadly flood of fake medicine

Emile Kouton with Celia Lebur, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 15 11:26 AM

The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that every year some 100,000 people across Africa die from taking "falsified or substandard" medication.  Read more »

Interpol seizes 500 tons of illicit drugs in worldwide raids

Reuters
Posted at Oct 23 07:50 PM

Coordinated police raids in 116 countries have netted 500 tons of illicit pharmaceuticals available online, including fake cancer medications, counterfeit pain pills and illegal medical syringes, the Interpol police organization said on Tuesday. Read more »

Duterte orders PNP to arrest peddlers of fake meds

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 28 12:51 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte has ordered the Philippine National Police to arrest those behind the spread of fake medicines in the market, his chief legal counsel Salvador Panelo said. Read more »

Tens of thousands dying from fake medicine, WHO says

Ben Hirschler, Reuters
Posted at Nov 29 03:49 AM

LONDON - One in 10 drugs sold in developing countries is fake or substandard, leading to tens of thousands of deaths, many of them of African children given ineffective treatments for pneumonia and malaria, health officials said on Tuesday.   Read more »