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There's a Pox on the Global Health Care System
February 22, 2007
There will never be enough money or health care workers in any given year to relieve all the suffering and deaths around the world from malaria. But it shouldn't be too much to expect that those who are reached receive genuine medication.
That isn't what is happening. The New York Times this week reported on the growing epidemic of deadly counterfeit drugs in Asia and Africa. By far, the largest market is for fake artemisinin, the newest miracle drug for malaria.
The plague of fake drugs is so deadly that the World Health Organization estimates 200,000 of the million people who die each year from malaria perished because of counterfeit medication.
Copyright © 2007 The Roanoke Times
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View related article:
Asia Hit by Fake Drug Epidemic
http://www.theage.com.au/news/world/asia-hit-by-fake-drug-epidemic/2007/02/20/1171733762811.html
category: News from Other Sources : General Health News
contributed by Winnie Mutch on 22 February 2007
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