REPORT: FAKE MEDICINES KILL ALMOST 500,000 SUB-SAHARAN AFRICANS A YEAR

On 1 February, the UN reported that trafficked medical products kill almost half a million sub-Saharan Africans every year, and action is needed to stem the flow, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) states in its new threat assessment report.  It also says that a lack of access to healthcare and medicines has been fuelling a host of opportunists. 

https://news.un.org/en/story/2023/02/1133062

https://www.unodc.org/documents/data-and-analysis/tocta_sahel/TOCTA_Sahel_medical_2023.pdf

https://www.buymeacoffee.com/KoIvM842y

Author: raytodd2017

Chartered Legal Executive and former senior manager with Isle of Man Customs and Excise, where I was (amongst other things) Sanctions Officer (for UN/EU sanctions), Export Licensing Officer and Manager of the Legal-Library & Collectorate Support Section

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