My Pikin
The fight against fake drugs in Africa
By AWA | Posted on January 4, 2016
About 100,000 deaths a year in Africa are linked to the counterfeit drugs trade, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO). Sometimes counterfeit medicine kills directly, as in 2008 when 84 Nigerian babies given a teething mixture called ‘My Pikin’ were killed (the standard glycerin had been replaced with cheaper – and poisonous – diethylene...
Tags: anti-malarial drug, counterfeit medicine, Lonart DS, My Pikin, WHO
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