do you know that 77 percent. are younger than. me and me and you. and you know what external voice is. the 77 percent we talk about. this is where you. are 77 percent this weekend on d w. coming up on the program they are promised to kill instead they are killing every year fake medicines killed thousands across africa we'll hear from the reeves. a pharmacist. also coming up. uganda's president with 70 against corruption but your position called it. will get to the bottom of what's

going on. on the game in south africa. is. trying to prove. you're welcome to the program africa big drug problem and it's killing hundreds of thousands every year we're looking at the suffering this multimillion dollar business courses and what can be done to stop it now according to the world health organization africa accounts for 42 percent of the global consumption of. fake medicines the results deadly 250000 drug related that. every year children are dying every year from malaria. due to

free drugs flooding the market cartels free on developing countries with little or no regulatory oversight like in kenya where our correspondent. has been investigating it's been a year since 18 month old son passed away memories of her baby boy are still vivid so are the nightmares of losing him when he got sick the law took our son to a local chemist for help he was given an injection his skin color changed soon after in a public hospital he died in his mother's arms. one of the doctors pulled me aside and said your child has been injected with fake drugs fake drugs. they did blood tests which revealed that the drug. was fake.

into. this system. says she is just one of many here in the slum of my thought it would have been affected by counterfeit medicine her friend millicent is convinced her son was also treated with fake medicine as she calls it rather than helping him the drugs ended up paralyzing her once playful boy she says 7. from the moment he received an injection he stopped talking. walking when his old body stopped working properly still today that's why he's this way the 2 women share their grief they say they don't only blame the counterfeit medicine for the fate of their sons but also the people of ministering and distributing it. on 1st impressions access to medicine

doesn't seem to be an issue here selfishly pharmacies lined the streets the problem is none of them is licensed the individual prescribing a medicine has not been trained as a pharmacist and the medicine itself legally speaking could not have been purchased legitimately through a regulated wholesaler so where's this medicine coming from. we met the owner of one of my fat is illicit drug outlets who wanted to stay anonymous for fear of repercussions he admits to occasionally buying drugs from illegal briefcase sellers a major source of dangerous substandard medicines. they were selling it very close to. the. lower price the drugs they are selling are not but. it is sort of that may be. from

a certain sauce. yet the real difficulty is in berry find the quality of medicines sold in unregulated pharmacies like this one in kenya the issue is widespread out of 20000 drug shops we have 5000 registered pharmacies so 15000 of them are outright quacks that are putting the public at harm. once a government to step up their response. you can. see his that cell fake drugs should be shut down these faked up his to get justice who. test tubes. she hopes that someday soon it will be safe to buy medicines in high communities so that others won't have to endure the same heartbreak that she still carries with her today. joining me now

is frank bures a faith cameroonian pharmacist who came up with a solution to fake drax i know frank welcome to the program so tell us what is the solution you came up with and how does it work. the solution is called truth it so she's there's a lot of holes in my use actually shot. no 2 out of those little. while she was were sent out to louis opposition. to us and it sounds and you were. so are you just the person you don't just shoot you how did you guys. you met and all this is the size and you have the results on the march and so you can use it online. you can look at all this is. in a lot was you guys that can be really helpful so i think in caution and ok that sounds

very interesting but many patches think drugs because the out less expensive than the original one so how do we address this. phoenix's that's not really true is known as an illusion because you know i'm just treat. the messenger not soul. by treat ours i'll industry to get the ball you know i must be sorely missed you have to be on the tablets this theme. is the same price so frank what role kind of story it is plea in all of this. now that want to reach the divil a man our loved ones who did not want you into. another life to compositional for years for example because there's

a virus that i usually. don't use right day to analyze. the work to read i am really expensive stickles why don't you meet up that i'm not high school system $1000.00 so. you know it was technology that suited the economy. and i think i'm going out also trying to do me a book originally to me to both richer and between critics this is probably. a previous answer and. ok frank vesa faith found a true spec africa thank you for your time i think you're. now the fight against corruption is one we can all get behind. right well that's not the case in uganda and anti-corruption march led by

a 70 well then the stake here raise eyebrows a government organized walk is managed to show commitments to fighting corruption but the opposition believes that to be. ahead of presidential elections next year police locked the position council march. for a quick look into this report. joins us from kampala uganda hello julia tell us how the events unfolded during the day. now according to the organizers which is the government anyways they've been very successful prison joram a 7 by did it was a radio and the road welcome with thousands of people and 2 of them made it to the independence grounds gris all of them he told them that corruption was a very big problem when you good point 1986. yes the problem is too bad the problem of corruption is say he is

a rich man but he has most any chord from anyone but you cues as his ministers and several government officials are being very corrupt and he says with this kind of awareness and having all ugandans but it's pay to become final or fight corruption in uganda but the opposition clearly had a problem with this than they about the police stopped them from. much that incident. that suddenly hoppin was so for a time presidential candidates opposition figure. to move from his home as he made these where we understand to his office and the police it was actually told back to his home and now these opposition figures see that this is the. who is now an opposition politician said the prison to a must have been cannot fight corruption he says kept him in power how then can you fight several other people. contributed to. their position they said this is

a big government is not serious the aware of the problem of corruption including even within some funding members of the prison have been accused by these opposition to guess they say what happened today is just a walk things will go to no more. to talk about the corruption that has been happening for the last they don't see anything from today's world but the government insists they are appointed to fight corruption ok. from uganda. thank you. now what do mean to you represent. all that comes with the stigma that divided opinion in south africa's townships to. enthusiasts to establish an event to celebrate that. in south africa's townships touch whose are taboo getting into comes with negative perceptions like gang affiliation or even demonic

activity but now to 2 artists are attempting to change the image the festivals are not just for enthusiasts but to promote to too culture throughout society. rather like. this and i got to get really excited and i think all the people coming to my camping. it became it in. my mind that it came out even if people do decide to go under the needle not many can afford the services of a professional to pala so education about potential risks is important health and safety that's a major problem because people still trapped in the back room they don't have proper substances no spaces that's what we're trying to introduce to the people and edited the people how to get the proper certification and how they should dispose the waste they shouldn't just like put it in dust and stuff like that it's the

small things that they still not aware about this deal behind this convention also provides a platform for beginners and black to 2 artists who are struggling to get access to bigger festivals as the art form grows the hope is that only the ink and not the stigma last forever. not sure if this will make you get one the drop maybe i will that's it for now from v.w. news africa good bye see you soon. i'm sure that it goes on. in support of. what's a big what's able. to be a book. about this issue when i arrived

here i slept with 6 people in a room. it was hard i was fair. i even got white hair is the. language. this gets me and they go but you need to in china let's say you want to know their story. and spur fighting and reliable information for migrants. classical heartsick old music mixed with techno brought to us by d.j. rhomboid we'll have more on him later in the show. hello welcome to news from the world of culture also coming up today. our

europe correspondent masses continues his quest to break bread from every e.u. member country today he's making rumanian bread bowl. bots we begin with winners of the town a prize the highest accolade for contemporary artists in britain it's named after the country's greatest landscape painter jam. and is awarded annually to an artist all based in britain established in 1984 it has been criticised in the past for its competitive selection process no problem this year as for the 1st time all 4 nominees preempted the jury's decision the artists wanted to use the occasion of the turn a prize to make a strong statement of community and solidarity and hope for themselves

into a collective. and the jury unanimously agreed to the.