Counterfeit medications

The new boom in malaria

Author: Philip Stevens

World Malaria Day, 25 April - The biggest threat is the rise of drug-resistant parasites due to fake and sub-standard medicines. As with other drugs before, this resistance is emerging all along the Mekong, from Cambodia to Myanmar, where the wonder-drug artemisinin is already failing: this threatens malaria victims everywhere.

The new boom in malaria

IPN Opinion article

Author: Philip Stevens

The outlook for malaria remains poor because of fake drugs and bad governance

Awash in Fake Drugs, Nigerians Fight Back

IPN News coverage

IPN's report on fake drugs, 'Keeping it Real, is cited by the Wall Street Journal in a discussion of the problem in Nigeria.