Counterfeit Drugs in Africa Put Millions at Risk

Publisher:
Voice of America
Publication Date:
15 April 2014
Tags:
Africa, Health and Medicine

VOA's health correspondent Linord Moudou reports on how criminals are raking in billions of dollars by selling fake and counterfeit drugs and putting millions of lives at risk. A gathering organized recently by the United States Pharmacopeia Convention tried to address the problem.

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