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Tanga Police Force Takes Action Against Drug Trafficking Tanga Regional Police Commander, ACP Almachius Mchunguzi. PHOTO/Police Force TZ <p>The Tanga Regional Police Force in Tanzania has recently made headlines by seizing a boat hailing from Kenya. This vessel was engaged in the illicit transportation of khat, a controversial and outlawed drug in Tanzania, sparking renewed conversations about drug trafficking in the region.</p> <p>Authorities revealed that the boat was specifically carrying khat,…

Somalia Takes Bold Steps Towards Pharmaceutical Regulation In a move echoing the cautious optimism of a nation seeking better healthcare standards, Somalia’s federal parliament convened this Monday to deliberate a pivotal piece of legislation. This draft law, focusing on pharmaceutical regulation, marks a significant stride in the nation’s fight against counterfeit drugs. The proposed legislation, known as the Medicine Regulation Bill, is the brainchild of the Ministry of Health. It is poised…

In what could be likened to a scene from a suspense-thriller, Nigeria's National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) unearthed a significant stockpile of USAID-funded medications and expired drugs during a recent sweep in Lagos State, a bustling epicenter of commerce in Nigeria. Imagine the sight: 87 truckloads laden with banned, expired, and subpar medicinal products were intercepted. Included were antiretroviral drugs as well as male and female condoms, many of…

Combine an anti-malarial drug with the Mosquirix vaccine to reduce malaria incidence and mortality in young African children by almost 75%. This is the surprising conclusion of a study published in the English scientific journal The New England Journal of Medicine, published after an experiment that took place over three years.…

Final week, the customs authorities introduced that they'd seized a number of tonnes of unauthorized medicine, value greater than 1.5 billion CFA francs (nearly 2.3 million euros). A file seizure close to the border with Gambia. A number of operations of the identical sort have been carried out in current months. The Affiliation of Pharmacists in Senegal condemns a "lack of political will" to fight…

Trafficking in counterfeit medicines in Africa has increased, especially since the 1980s. On 17 and 18 February 2020, the Lomé Declaration obliged seven countries on the continent to impose criminal sanctions to criminalize trafficking in human beings for substandard and counterfeit medicines. Last week, this topic was at the center of an online debate, initiated by the associations Les Afriques vous…