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Monday, February 06, 2012
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Fake anti-malarial pills
Malaria kills 2,000 children per day in Africa and the worrying news is that fake anti-malarial pills, specifically the new class of drug known as artesunates, have found their way into Kenya, Tanzania, Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Chad. Fake artesunates have been detected in Kenya, Tanzania, Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Chad.
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Fake computer products
In a recent article for the East African, a major regional distributor claimed that 80% of computer products in the East Africa region are fake, with HP products being the most affected.
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Fake cosmetic products
A March 2008 article by IPP Media – Guardian, Tanzania, revealed the danger of fake cosmetics that had been discovered in Dar es Salaam. These products were home-brewed concoctions that had been re-packaged to look like the genuine article and found to contain products that can potentially cause skin cancer, thinning of the skin and a neurotoxic effect.
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"The Investment Climate Facility for Africa (ICF) discovered that in 2008 the East Africa Community (EAC), US$ 500 million in revenues are lost due to unpaid taxes by counterfeiters.(21) This revenue could have been used to invest in much needed physical and social infrastructure, such as roads, schools and hospitals. This has prompted the EAC to establish an intergovernmental forum to tackle counterfeiting." extract from The Trade in Counterfeit Goods: what is it, why is it a problem and what is its impact on Africa? by Richard Meissner, click here to read the whole article.
"Let the East African Community join the fight against counterfeit goods!" Click here to read more
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| Stop these fake and counterfeit drugs - Tuesday, September 27, 2011One of the major public health scares in Ghana today is the flooding of the pharmaceutical market with fake medicine which the Food and Drugs Board seems to have no answer. In Ghana today simply taking a pill to cure an illness can be suicidal. read more ...
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| Ghana: Ministry of Trade and Industry affirms stand against counterfeit drugs - Saturday, September 17, 2011GNA - Nii Ansah-Adjaye, Chief Director of the Ministry of Trade and Industry (MOTI), has re-affirmed government’s commitment to enforce special border measures, under the World Trade Organisation Agreement to prevent counterfeit goods from entering the country. read more ...
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| Kenya: Ban on counterfeit phones stalled - Tuesday, August 30, 2011Plans to have all counterfeit mobile handsets switched off by the 1st of September have been postponed... read more ...
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| Ghana: Struggle to prevent import of counterfeit drugs - Thursday, August 25, 2011Counterfeit medicines have flooded the market in Ghana and have even made their way into government hospitals as the country’s drug regulator struggles to control the importation of drugs. read more ...
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| Ghana: 20-footer container of pirated movies seized - Monday, July 18, 2011The Customs, Excise and Preventive Service, (CEPS) has intercepted a 20-footer container of pirated movies imported from the United States of America last week. read more ...
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| Drug firms fight spread of counterfeit drugs in East Africa - Wednesday, June 29, 2011The world's largest pharmaceutical companies have gathered in Nairobi to develop a strategy to fight counterfeit medicines in East Africa. read more ...
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| Zimbabwe market haven of counterfeit products - Sunday, June 12, 2011Many Zimbabweans are duped to believe that their goods, including technological gadgets, clothing items and detergents – are genuine labels only to find out that in the long run, the goods were either counterfeits or just copycats. read more ...
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| Feature: Fighting counterfeit drugs in Ghana - Friday, June 10, 2011Welcome to the world of counterfeit drugs, the most profitable industry in the world of organized crime. As it turns out, with limited technological and human resource capacity, porous borders and sub optimal multi country collaboration between security agencies, regulatory bodies and professional unions, West Africa is hardly in pole position in the fight against counterfeit drugs. read more ...
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| Counterfeit drugs: African's silent public health cry - Wednesday, April 27, 2011On Tuesday, April 12th senior health officials from seven African countries came together with representatives from the U.S. Government and the pharmaceutical industry to talk about solutions to a public health challenge that kills hundreds of thousands of people each year: counterfeit pharmaceuticals. read more ...
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| Kenya looking to fight software piracy - Monday, April 25, 2011The Kenya Copyright Board is looking to increase its efforts to fight against software piracy in the country. It said that it would battle piracy with vigor in the coming period in order to increase investment potential and crackdown on illegal use of software. read more ...
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| Fight against software piracy: Kenya Copyright Board moves in - Thursday, April 21, 2011The Board has embarked on an intensive campaign to put software piracy out of business through a series of sustained raids on suspected resellers of counterfeit software. read more ...
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| Three held for counterfeit goods - Sunday, January 23, 2011Three illegal immigrants were arrested after being found in possession of counterfeit and stolen goods in Nyanga in Cape Town, says Western Cape police. read more ...
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| Zim should be wary of imported counterfeit products - Sunday, November 14, 2010The influx of counterfeit goods, mostly from China, is a worry for Zimbabwe and its people. read more ...
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| Towards an East Africa free of dangerous fake medicines - Saturday, October 30, 2010Until a few years ago, counterfeit medicines were, as a public health issue, off the health radar of East Africa’s policymakers. Now all that is changing, and Tanzania is at the forefront of that change.
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| Liberia tackles counterfeit drugs - Wednesday, October 27, 2010The Government of Liberia has set up a regulatory authority to address the problem of counterfeit and substandard pharmaceuticals. read more ...
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| 9 tons of fake medicine seized in East Africa - Thursday, August 26, 2010Authorities have seized 9,072 kilograms (20,000 pounds) of counterfeit medicine and arrested 80 people suspected of illegal trafficking in six East African nations, Interpol said Thursday. read more ...
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| Sudan combats sales of counterfeit drugs - Wednesday, August 11, 2010Countries in Africa continue to fight the incredibly deadly crime of counterfeit medications which attacks and kills many within underdeveloped nations. read more ...
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| The trade in counterfeit goods: what it is, why is it a problem and its impact on Africa - Thursday, July 15, 2010There is however, a more sinister side to this illegal industry, with counterfeiting being far more harmful than it appears. By purchasing such goods, one could, for example, be financing organised crime or even international terrorism. read more ...
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| Counterfeit merchandise business booming in Africa - Wednesday, June 02, 2010In the lead up to the World Cup, the counterfeit merchandise business is booming. South African police say they have seized more than $13 million worth of fake merchandise since the beginning of the year. FIFA says more than 100 cases involving counterfeit World Cup goods have been brought to court. read more ...
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| Zambia pushes anti-counterfeiting Bill despite health danger - Monday, May 03, 2010LUSAKA – Zambia is pushing forward with formulating an anti-counterfeit draft law which will include medicines, despite the controversy that has surrounded similar laws in East Africa and despite having existing legislation which has been used to successfully prosecute counterfeiters of medicines. read more ...
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| Africa 'dumping ground' for counterfeit goods - Tuesday, December 22, 2009This wholesaler stocks two brands. The first, the so-called genuine article, is manufactured by Unilever, one of the world's biggest consumer goods businesses. The other, the wholesaler describes as "Chinese" - Unilever calls it fake. read more ...
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| Yar'Adua, Yayi, Chirac, Others Sign Pact On Fake Drugs - Thursday, October 15, 2009Abuja — Nigeria, Togo, Benin Republic, and four other African countries yesterday in Cotonou, Benin Republic, signed a declaration against fake drugs in a major push against the scourge of fake drugs on the African Continent. read more ...
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| African leaders, Chirac attack fake drugs trade - Monday, October 12, 2009COTONOU, Oct 12 (Reuters) - Six African leaders have joined former French President Jacques Chirac in campaigning against the trade in fake medicines that are used widely on the world's poorest continent but threaten patients and state revenues. read more ...
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