Fundación Chirac contra las medicinas falsificadas

"Thousands of pharmacies, market stalls or street peddlers sell the cheap, counterfeit drugs. But the World Health Organisation (WHO) says fake or altered anti-malarials alone kill about 100,000 Africans annually while the black market trade means a loss of 2.5-5 percent in government revenues.

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Some 85 percent of the population relied on fake drugs, which they bought from more than 10,000 traders in the streets or markets, Laurent Assogbathe, head of the state health protection agency, added. The former French leader's Chirac Foundation wants the United Nations to weigh in and ratify a ban on the trade.

The WHO says the trade in illegal drugs is valued around 45 billion euros ($66.22 billion) and represents some 10 percent of the pharmaceutical industry. ($1=445.0 Cfa Franc) ($1=.6795 Euro)

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