Posts Tagged ‘Africa’

Most Nigerians administer their own malaria treatment. They know the symptoms and they know the time-tested remedy–chloroquine, purchased from a local pharmacy or street trader. Unfortunately, chloroquine's effectiveness has deteriorated over the years as the malaria parasite has mutated and gained resistance to the drug. Chloroquine now fails most of the time it is administered.…

Kenya is still ranked among countries with the highest levels of fake medicines in the world. A recent World Health Organisation update says that a random survey by the Pharmacy and Poisons Board showed that almost 30 per cent of drugs sold in the country were counterfeits – some of them being no more than…

The Director General of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), Professor Dora Akunyili yesterday said fake chemicals used for the manufacture of drugs and diagnosis in laboratories were responsible for most health problems in the country. The DG, NAFDAC who was fielding questions from news men at the induction of…

MEMBERS of Parliament on Monday quizzed officials from the National Drug Authority on the continued proliferation of counterfeit anti-malarial drugs in the country. The Parliamentary Committee on Commissions, Statutory Bodies and State Enterprises investigating NDA work was meeting the board members over policy issues. NDA is the national drug regulatory body. "We have reports that…

International police body Interpol will join the fight against the growing trade in Africa in fake drugs for tuberculosis, malaria and HIV/AIDS which threatens the lives of thousands, a senior official said Tuesday. The agency's efforts will begin later this year and will build on its success in tackling the problem in Latin America and…

In the last six years the National Agency for Food Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC) destroyed fake drugs that would have sold in Nigeria's pharmacies for over N20 billion, the agency said yesterday. Director General, Dr. Dora Akunyili stated this in Abuja at the first annual international science conference/exhibition organised by laboratory equipment companies Katchey…

"The problem of counterfeit drugs and other regulated products is rapidly rearing its ugly head in developed countries and this is fueled by purchase of drugs via the internet. The negative impact of counterfeit drugs and other regulated products knows no boundaries. Resistant strains of micro-organisms do not need visa to travel from country to…