Ghana: Struggle to Prevent Import of Counterfeit Drugs

25 August 2011

Accra — Counterfeit medicines have flooded the market in Ghana and have even made their way into government hospitals as the country's drug regulator struggles to control the importation of drugs.

The president of the Pharmaceutical Society of Ghana, Alex Dodoo, said the country's Food and Drugs Board (FDB) is not a stringent regulator when it comes to the care and management of medicines in Ghana.

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