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Fighting the public health threat of counterfeit drugs
Author: PBS NewsHour
Narrator: PBS NewsHour
Unabridged: 7 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: NewsHour Productions
Published: 12/14/2017
Categories: Nonfiction, Language Arts, Medical, Pharmacology
Synopsis
Fake pharmaceuticals are a multi-billion dollar problem around the world. Made and packaged to look like the real deal, these phonies may contain a fraction of the active ingredients or none at all. these fake drugs can have serious consequences in countries with tenuous health care, as well as in the developed world. Special correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro reports from Kenya.