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Medicine access and safety across African markets.
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Antibiotics and Antimalarials Without a Prescription in Africa: The Real Cost of the Counter
Across much of sub-Saharan Africa, antibiotics and malaria treatments are sold without a prescription or a diagnosis. It solves a real access problem and creates a bigger one. An honest look at both sides.
Is Your Medicine Real? Spotting Falsified Drugs in Nigeria and West Africa
Falsified antimalarials and antibiotics circulate widely in West Africa, and the estimates of how many range from 13 to 70 percent. Here is how fakes reach the market, and the checks that actually catch them.
Guides for realities on the ground: pharmacy-counter antibiotics, malaria treatment without testing, and how to verify medicines where falsified products circulate.