The impact of poor-quality medicines on public health in Africa
Poor-quality medicines are on the rise worldwide, with the market for falsified and substandard medicines being estimated to be worth...
- Thursday, June 04, 2026
BusinessDay
Poor-quality medicines are on the rise worldwide, with the market for falsified and substandard medicines being estimated to be worth...
The COVID-19 pandemic delivered a painful lesson on the need to strengthen health security and build resilient health systems to...
The African continent has approximately 375 drug makers serving over 1.1 billion people. When one compares this figure to 10,500...
Amongst low- and middle-income countries worldwide, the African region has the highest prevalence of poor-quality medicines with an 18.7% prevalence...
A third of the world’s population – a large proportion being in Africa – cannot access essential medicines which are...
Globally, disease outbreaks have more than tripled since 1980, with 1307 epidemic events between 2011 and 2017. Cholera was the...
Laboratory is one of the core capacities that Africa must develop to achieve resilient health systems. Laboratory services play a...
Community participation in public health interventions is critical to achieving sustained improvement in health outcomes within the community. It ensures...
Policies are fundamentally linked to public health and play a vital role in the general wellness and safety of a...
Until recently, the discipline of communication has operated at the periphery of public health. Communication was perceived as more skill...