Counterfeit Drugs: The Relentless War in Africa
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In Nigeria, it was reported in 2009 that 84 children were killed as a result of toxic chemicals that were laced with teething medications for babies [1]. In 2012, Angolan custom agents busted counterfeiters importing what turned out to be the largest fake medicine imports in history, when containers shipped from China to Luanda were filled with over 1.4 million packets of fake antimalarial drug, Coartem [2].
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