Falsification of drugs in peri-urban areas: a sad reality

Abstract

peer reviewedFalsifying drugs constitutes a scourge, a danger and a threat to public health. If the situation is already alarming at the global level, what could be expected regarding the peri-urban areas of developing countries? In order to better understand the situation in these areas and to improve the consciousness and involvement of the people living in those areas, a study was carried out to evaluate the current status of the pharmaceutical health situation of some cities in Central East and West Africa. The results illustrate the complexity to set up an adequate pharmaceutical system in these areas that seem to escape to the control of the official health authorities. On the other hand, the analytical results carried out by means of generic analytical methods on antibiotic, antimalarial and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs sampled in the peri-urban areas, are revelatory and confirm the sad reality of false drugs in those areas