africa. on. every journey begins with the 1st step and every language with the 1st word heard from the group . is in germany to learn german why not with him. german. news africa coming up in the next 15 minutes the fake drugs destroy lives in africa . all this mother has to offer her baby was injected with medicine. thousands. and. makes. millions to africans. weapons by

the hundreds being turned into nigeria. but one of peace still in. africa. africa is battling a deadly flood. that's. a public health emergency. just a bob hoff a fake medical products reported globally between 20 and 2017 was sold in africa. now the problem is particularly acute in west africa away 7 countries from the region are currently meeting over the 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. and. this is interesting he.

says she is just one of many here in the slum of my father who have been affected by counterfeit medicine a friend millicent is convinced her son was also treated with fake medicine and she calls it rather than helping him the drugs ended up paralyzing her once playful boy she says. from the moment he received injection. walking when his old bodies 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 offices and the health of technology is welcome to t.v. news africa evil where do these fake medicines come from substandard

will fight 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 they to certainly know of 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 they're they are not reputable products of good quality the w.h.o. say it that. 42 percent of the fake drugs have been reported in the world between

20132017 were in africa why is this continent a new course have market for this business. well africa is particularly vulnerable because of of porous borders we've governance and we regulate tree 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 top of these capital no may what should they be doing to stop the distribution i think 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 free 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 loads of 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 free authority at don't find street markets and interrupt 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 gonna 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 caught up with doctor. 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 site is near and this is. 12 years ago obeying established the foundation restore which provides less privileged families free medical screenings and surgery we have been to over 7 different countries we have going to 1000 surgeries if we're to put a monetary if we go into it and so $50000000.00 i've personally put in about half and half a $1000000.00 a moment to give to restore trade 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 it is a privilege and honor and a privilege to do what we have to it. grew up in a 2 and a half hour drive north west from ghana 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 the formal committees and so

does the right distance and now he's been staunch countrywomen separately like to know does the from the who he's up with. a band has done plenty of facelifts for hollywood celeb. bertie's and he's carried out controversy all 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 not happy about this situation. so it feels good it feels good to be able to put a smile as somebody face. to remember to do liposuction to do a tummy tuck to do a face layer to do a breast lived all these that is that helps because people's comfort is these kind of procedures sustain bangs work with his foundation and his desire to help many more families in africa. now it's to northwest nigeria the state. a

violent conflict has been the rule for decades local defense militias have fought with an armed group nicknamed the bandits now a peace deal 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 native farmers and fulani estie herders 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 so-called fulani bandits. who should we do know to keep any planning or any order to what we are doing in this i have a device that's why would we be normal peter's mere months ago a son was

a wanted man for 8 years he led a force of over a 1000 so-called band is 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 and i thought. that he and many of his fighters have now handed in their weapons under the government's amnesty program our son has already seen improvements to his daily existence. to my how one will not. admitted 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 and the

citizens 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 it will leave you with these pictures of south africa's most prolific contemporary artists currently on show at the new museum of black civilization in senegal that cop enjoy the extra .

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