African healthcare systems are in an arms race with a rising fake medicine problem
(WorldNews Africa)

Last month the World Health Organization´s Global Surveillance and Monitoring System for Substandard and Falsified Medical Products issued an alert over the circulation of confirmed fake meningitis vaccines in Niger. WHO called for increased vigilance at all levels of the supply chain-particularly in West Africa after it was discovered the meningitis vaccine’s batch number and expiry date did not correspond to genuine manufacturing records. Also last month, WHO warned of the circulation in Cameroon of fake hypertension drugs that had been found to contain glibenclamide instead of hydrochlorothiazide, with adverse effects reported for patients who took them. Genuine hydrochlorothiazide...