this is state of the news that ruka coming up in the next 15 minutes the fake drugs destroyed lives in africa memory is all this mother has left off to her baby it was injected with counterfeit medicine she was one of thousands of victims. and needs the god name plastic surgeon who makes big bucks in the us and gives back millions to africans who need reconstructive surgery. weapons by the hundreds being turned into nigerian authorities but a peace deal in. a state to raise decades off and. hello i'm christine wonderwall come to africa it's good to have your company africa is battling a deadly flood of counterfeit medicine it's so rampant that some experts have called it a public health emergency the world health organization says 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 way 7 countries from the region are currently meeting over the issue representatives from congo senegal uganda ghana and the gambia. in total i'll be putting some questions to the world health organization in a