LONDON:- One in 10 drugs sold in developing countries is fake or substandard, leading to Tens of thousands of deaths, many of them of African children given ineffective treatments for pneumonia and malaria, health officials said.
In a major review of the problem, the World Health Organization (WHO) said that bogus drugs are a growing threat as increased pharmaceutical trade, including Internet sales, open the door to sometimes toxic products. Some pharmacists in Africa, for example, say that they are compelled to buy from the cheapest but not necessarily the safest suppliers to compete with illegal street traders. fake drugs could contain incorrect doses, wrong ingredients or no active ingredients at all.
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