demons are german culture. stereotype threat but in the years in pursuit of the country that i don't. need to repeat this drama there you go it's all out there. i'm rachel joins me from the germans on your. post. this is africa coming up in the next 15 minutes the fake drugs destroyed lives in africa memory all this mother has the baby was injected with counterfeit medicine she was one of thousands of victims. and needs the name plastic surgeon who makes a new witness and gives back millions to africans we need reconstructive surgery. by the hundreds being turned into nigerian authorities but a peace deal in

a state raised. hello i'm christine wonderwall come to africa it's good to have your company africa is battling a deadly flood of medicine it's so rampant that some experts have called it a public health emergency. just about hoffa's a fake medical products reported globally between 20132017 were sold in africa. now the problem is particularly acute in west africa away 7 countries from the region are currently meeting over the issue representatives from. senegal uganda ghana and the gambia. in total i'll be putting some questions to the world health organization in a moment but 1st we go to kenya where the lives of 2 families we've met have been devastated by fake medicine it's been

a year since below 18 month old son passed away memories of a baby boy are still vivid so are the nightmares of losing him when he got sick 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. in. the 1st place. says she is just one of many here in the slum of mathematics who have been affected by counterfeit medicine

a 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 sense. from the moment he received injection is 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 the sons but also the people of ministering and distributing it we've invited to the world health organization on to the program to help us understand this crisis email cook is the w h o's director for regulation off medicines and other health technologies welcome to news africa even where do these fake medicines come from

substandard tools but medicines come from all over the world it's basically anybody who thinks that they can make a bit of money by trying to enter this market when there or when there's a lot of a portable safe and effective medicines let's talk about those people who are entering this market as you put it all they know we need killing people is that an attempt to offer cheaper alternatives in the way of generics what exactly is this practice it is certainly not not an attempt to offer cheaper alternatives it's an attempt to make money out of products that they think that i honestly don't know whether they know how about they are but they know that there are they are not reputable products of good quality the w.h.o. say it that. 42 percent of the fake drugs that were reported in the world between 20132017 were in africa why is this continent and lucrative market for this

business. well africa is particularly vulnerable because of of porous borders weak governance and we regulate 3 systems. it's also vulnerable because there is a lot of access to good quality medicines because they just aren't affordable in all the countries and that makes it particularly challenging. for patients but also. a lucrative market for rogue operators a group of west african countries are gathered in the told police capital no may what should they be doing to stop the distribution authentic medicines in these countries. so i think one of the most important things that they're doing is recognizing that there's

a problem and making the world aware that this is a serious issue for patients in africa and who wrote why we need strong regulate 3 systems we need we need strong governance to combat this problem one of the one of the possible solutions to this is the creation of the african medicines agency which was signed up last year w.h.o. is very supportive of this initiative because we think it will help in the problem against substandard controlled by medical products what do you say to people who are asking the question how can i put how can i identify false medicine or fake medicine i think the 1st thing is to be aware. if it looks strange think about it check with your pharmacist check with your doctor check with your regulate korea authority at don't find street markets. in

or of the on the w. nature thank you thank you. now getting back to africa this man does exactly that stuff so michael bang is the 1st african plastic surgeon in beverly hills california and highly sought off of by celebrities america is where he makes his money his home country got it as well as other african countries is way he donates it and his surgical skills that's 3 he's a nonprofit organization called ryssdal africa course up with dr. from ghana to beverly hills and back what matters most to 47 year old plastic surgeon michael especially in ghana is support for the vulnerable. like for a patient suffering from acid burns this is his nursery this is

a. 12 years ago obeying established the foundation restore which provides less privileged families free medical screenings and surgery we have been to have a 7 different countries we have done over 1000 surgeries reply to put a monetary a figure on it and so the $50000000.00 i've personally put in about half of the half a $1000000.00 mo money to give to restore where it is today and to come back home to help people to be able to give advice and to free surgery you know nothing comes close to that and you know it's a privilege and i'm in a privileged do we get to it. grew up in a 2 and a half hour drive north west from guyana its capital across this is the house he lived in as a teenager before traveling to the united states for medical studies. his family takes pride in his desire to give back in the room to look for more companies enjoy the right distance and now he's been substantial in a separate electoral law does the from the who ends up with. a bang has done plenty

of facelifts for hollywood celeb. birdies and he's carried out controversial surgery like the removal of ribs to streamline the waist he says he does all that not for the fame but to bring joy. i don't do this for glory for to myself i do this to help people who are happy about this situation. as it feels good it feels good to be able to put a smile or somebody's face and matter to remove or rare to do liposuction to do a tummy tuck to do a face layer to do a breast lift all these are there is that helps boost people's confidence these kind of procedures sustain bangs work with his foundation and his desire to help many more families in africa. now it's to nigeria the state. violent conflict has been the rule for decades local defense militia force with an

armed group nicknamed the bandits. has been. turned in and both sides are showing optimism about an end to the fighting. in this local government office in northwest nigeria local farmers organized into citizens' militias are cautiously laying down their arms. after years of spiralling conflict over land and resources between 1000 families and fulani f.a.s.t. has a fragile peace deal appears to have been reached. in exchange for ending hostilities local authorities in the region promised new employment opportunities for the militia members and the circle through on the bandits. who should we pose to know to keep any. rhesus to what we are doing there so he's advised. we'd be in oman peter's mere months ago has son was a wanted man for 8 years he led a force of over a 1000 so-called bandits camping out and planning raids from the region's dense

forests he insists that he only got involved as a matter of self-defense but you need to look at. what they set fire to my village and killed my parents but. what were we supposed to do just wait and let them carry on to take notes not. that he and many of his fighters have now handed in their weapons under the government's amnesty program. a son has already seen improvements to his daily existence. my. mother to look before you never would have seen me here. i was living in the bush with my men today the different communities co-exist. and i can move around freely. despite the peace deal some local farmers in the city since militias admit to keeping hold of some of their old weapons they still fear that

hostilities may 1 day return. and that's it for now from africa you can catch all our stories on our website and facebook page today will leave you with a chance of south africa's most prolific contemporary artist currently on show at the new museum of black civilization and. enjoy see you next time.

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