IPN argues in the Lancet that the WHO is guilty of failing to look at all the evidence in its report of the relationship between economic development and health.
As the WHO meets in Geneva to attempt consensus on a new definition of "counterfeit drugs", Philip Stevens and Julian Harris argue that the problem is largely caused by bad government, corruption and poor institutions.
Nigeria tends to make headlines for corruption but it has made impressive progress in fighting counterfeit medicines, through the determined actions of its National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), started under the brave leadership of the legendary Dora Akunyili. These analysts describe their new research that updates their frightening discoveries of fakes in 2007.
IPN's Philip Stevens comments to the Associated Press on the news that dozens of developing countries exaggerated figures on how many children were vaccinated against diseases.
