{"id":3994,"date":"2017-11-29T20:07:04","date_gmt":"2017-11-30T03:07:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/?p=3994"},"modified":"2017-11-29T20:09:05","modified_gmt":"2017-11-30T03:09:05","slug":"majority-drugs-developing-countries-substandard-falsified","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/majority-drugs-developing-countries-substandard-falsified\/","title":{"rendered":"Majority of drugs in developing countries substandard or falsified – WHO"},"content":{"rendered":"
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November 30, 2017: An estimated 1 in 10 medical products circulating in low and middle-income countries is either substandard or falsified, according to new research from the World Health Organization (WHO<\/span>).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n

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This means that people are taking medicines that fail to treat or prevent disease. Not only is this a waste of money for individuals and health systems that purchase these products, but substandard or falsified medical products can cause serious illness or even death.<\/p>\n

\u201cSubstandard and falsified medicines particularly affect the most vulnerable communities,\u201d says Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO<\/span> Director-General.<\/p>\n

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Imagine a mother who gives up food or other basic needs to pay for her child\u2019s treatment, unaware that the medicines are substandard or falsified, and then that treatment causes her child to die. This is unacceptable.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\u201cImagine a mother who gives up food or other basic needs to pay for her child\u2019s treatment, unaware that the medicines are substandard or falsified, and then that treatment causes her child to die.\u00a0This is unacceptable.<\/p>\n

\u201cCountries have agreed on measures at the global level \u2013 it is time to translate them into tangible action,\u201d he stressed.<\/p>\n

Since 2013, WHO<\/span> has received 1,500 reports of cases of substandard or falsified products. Of these, antimalarials and antibiotics are the most commonly reported.\u00a0Most of the reports (42%) come from sub-Saharan Africa, 21% from the Americas and 21% from the European region.<\/p>\n

This is likely just a small fraction of the total problem and many cases may be going unreported. For example, only 8% of reports of substandard or falsified products to WHO<\/span> came from the WHO<\/span> Western Pacific region, 6% from the Eastern Mediterranean and just 2% from the South-East Asia region.<\/p>\n

\u201cMany of these products, like antibiotics, are vital for people\u2019s survival and wellbeing,\u201d says Dr Mari\u00e2ngela Sim\u00e3o, Assistant Director-General for Access to Medicines, Vaccines and Pharmaceuticals at WHO<\/span>.<\/p>\n

\u201cSubstandard or falsified medicines not only have a tragic impact on individual patients and their families, but also are a threat to antimicrobial resistance, adding to the worrying trend of medicines losing their power to treat,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n

Prior to 2013, there was no global reporting of this information. Since WHO<\/span> established the Global Surveillance and Monitoring System for substandard and falsified products, many countries are now active in reporting suspicious medicines, vaccines and medical devices.\u00a0WHO has trained 550 regulators from 141 countries to detect and respond to this issue.\u00a0As more people are trained, more cases are reported to WHO<\/span>.<\/p>\n

WHO<\/span> has received reports of substandard or falsified medical products ranging from cancer treatment to contraception. They are not confined to high-value medicines or well-known brand names and are split almost evenly between generic and patented products.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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