Counterfeit Medications

Cameroonians ‘Dying’ for Fake Drugs

By Monde Kingsley Nfor
When Francois Biloa fell ill with malaria, his family did what they had always done in the past – they gave him anti-malaria drugs and antibiotics bought from the local market. Only when his condition worsened and he became bedridden and fell unconscious, did his family take him to a local clinic in Cameroon’s capital Yaoundé.

Unregulated Drug Market Has Deadly Impact in Pakistan

By Zofeen Ebrahim
When 26-year-old Muhammad Qasim, a rickshaw driver from Lahore’s low-income Shahadra settlement, died last month, his family was shocked to learn that the cause of death was an overdose – of cough syrup.


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