Substandard or Fake Medicines in Africa
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•Fifth of medicines in Africa may be sub-par or fake, research finds
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A fifth of medicines in Africa could be substandard or fake, according to a major research project.
Malawi was found to have the highest proportion of substandard and falsified medicines.
The UN Office on Drugs and Crime put the human cost of falsified and substandard medicines at up to 500,000 deaths a year in Africa .
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