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Interpol Joins The Battle Against Fake Medicines in Africa

by Ann Samuel on November 08, 2007 at 12:04 PM Drug News

International police body Interpol will join the fight against the growing trade in Africa in fake drugs for tuberculosis, malaria and HIV/AIDS which threatens the lives of thousands, a senior official said Tuesday.

Interpol Joins The Battle Against Fake Medicines in Africa

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The agency's efforts will begin later this year and will build on its success in tackling the problem in Latin America and Southeast Asia, said John Newton, the manager of Interpol's intellectual property rights project.

"We have learned a lot of lessons in those regions and we are now able to apply those to Africa," he told AFP on the sidelines of Interpol's annual general assembly in Marrakech in southern Morocco.

Congo, Nigeria, Senegal and Sudan asked the 186-member police body at the gathering for for help in stopping smuggling networks from making fake drugs readily available in their markets and sometimes even pharmacies, he said.

"The Africans are very keen for Interpol to work with them on this subject," said Newton.

Interpol will train police in Africa on how to smash counterfeit medicine smuggling networks, coordinate police operations and track the flow of fake drugs from southeast Asia and other parts of the world to the continent.

As it has in other regions, the global police body will work with the World Health Organization and drug companies to tackle the problem.

"We can bridge the gap between law enforcement and the public health sector, we are able to bring the two areas together," said Newton.

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