The Scourge of Pharmeceutical Drug Counterfeiting in Africa

Africa is a continent beset by poverty and disease. It should come as no surprise, then, that it’s also the continent with one of the highest incidences of counterfeit pharmaceutical use in the world. Because when you or someone in your family is ill, and you can’t afford, or don’t have access to, legitimate medication, choosing all-too-readily-available fake drugs is very often your only option.

It’s also so often a tragic one.