Falsified medicines in Africa: all talk, no action

Lancet Global Health
Published
1 Sep 2014
Authors
Newton PN, Tabernero P, Dwivedi P, Culzoni MJ, Monge ME, Swamidoss I, Mildenhall D, Green MD, Jähnke R, de Oliveira MDS, Simao J, White NJ, Fernández FM

Poor-quality medicines and medical products, both substandard and falsified, cause avoidable morbidity, mortality, drug resistance, and loss of faith in health systems, especially in low-income and middle-income countries. We report the analysis of two falsified medicines from Angola and discuss what lessons such a discovery could hold.