Doesnt want to touch it. Using plain channels available to people to take action and where to turn into doing something new for the next generation along the edge of the environment series of global 3000 on d w. S says state of the news africa coming up in the next 15 minutes the faith drugs destroying lives in africa memory all this mother has left off to her baby was injected with counterfeit medicine she was one of thousands of victims. And meets the god named Plastic Surgeon who makes big bucks in the new way to send back millions to africans who need reconstructive surgery. Weapons by the hundreds being turned into nigerian authorities but a peace deal. State it raised decades of anger. Hello im christine. Good to have your Company Africa is battling a deadly flood of counterfeit medicine its so rampant that some experts have called it a Public Health emergency the World Health Organization says just about hoffas a fake medical products reported globally between 20132017 were sold in africa now the problem is particularly acute in west africa away 7 countries from the region are currently meeting over the representatives from. Senegal uganda ghana and the gambia. A total that ill be putting some questions to the World Health Organization in a moment but 1st we go to kenya where the lives of 2 families weve met have been devastated by fake medicine its been a year since 18 month old son passed away memories of a baby boy are still vivid so are the nightmares of losing him when he got sick son to local chemist for help he was given an injection his skin color changed soon after in a Public Hospital he died in his mothers arms. One of the doctors pulled me aside and said your child has been injected with fake drugs fake drugs. They did blood tests which revealed that the drug. Was so interesting. Says she is just one of many in the slum of mathematics who have been affected by counterfeit medicine a friend millicent is convinced her son was also treated with fake medicine and she calls it rather than helping him the drugs ended up paralyzing her once playful boy she says 7 seen them from the moment you receive an injection he stopped talking. With his top walking when it connected with his old bodies dont working properly because hes still today and thats why hes this way the 2 women share their grief they say they dont only blame the counterfeit medicine for the fate of their sons but also the people of ministering and distributing it weve invited the World Health Organization onto the program to help us understand this crisis email cook is the w h os director for regulation off medicines and other Health Technologies welcome to news africa evil where do these fake medicines come from substandard tools fight medicines come from all over the world its basically anybody who thinks that they can make a bit of money by trying to end this market when there or when theres a lot of a portable safe and effective medicines lets talk about those people who are entering this market as you put it all they know we need killing people is that an attempt to offer cheaper alternatives in the way of generics what exactly is this practice it is certainly not not an attempt to offer cheaper alternatives its an attempt to make money out of products that they think that i honestly dont know whether they know how about they are but they know that theyre they are not reputable products of good quality. The w. H. O. Say at that. 42 percent of the fake drugs have been reported in the world between 20132017 were in africa why is this continent a new pretty have market for this business. Well africa is particularly vulnerable because of of porous borders weak governments and we regulate 3 systems. Its also vulnerable because there is a lot of access to good quality medicines because they just arent affordable in all the countries and that makes it particularly challenging. For patients but also. A lucrative market for rogue operators a group of west african countries are gathered in the top of these capital no may what should they be doing to stop the distribution authentic medicines in these countries. So i think one of the most important things that theyre doing is recognizing that there is a problem and making the were aware that this is a serious issue for patients in africa and were outlined we need strong regulate 3 systems we need we need strong governance to combat this problem one of the one of the possible solutions to this is the creation of the African Medicines Agency which was signed up last year w. H. O. Is very supportive of this initiative because we think it will help in the problem against substandard until its a private medical products what do you say to people who are asking the question how can i put how can i identify false medicine or faith medicine. I think the 1st thing is to be aware. If it looks strange think about it check with your pharmacist check with your doctor check with your regulate Free Authority that dont buy in street markets and in our of the on the w. H. O. Thank you thank you. Now giving back to africa this man does exactly that stuff so michael bang is the 1st african Plastic Surgeon in Beverly Hills california and highly sought off of by celebrities america is where he makes his money his home country gonna as well as other african countries is way he donates it and his surgical skills thats why hes a Nonprofit Organization called ryssdal africa caught up with dr. From ghana to Beverly Hills and back what matters most to 47 year old Plastic Surgeon michael especially in ghana is support for the vulnerable. Like for a patient suffering from acid burns this is his nursery this isnt. 12 years ago bang established the foundation restore which provides less privileged families free medical screenings and surgery we have been to have a 7 Different Countries we have done over 1000 surgeries if we have to put a monetary figo in it so the 50000000. 00 ive personally put in about half and half a 1000000. 00 mo money to give to restore trade is today and to come back home to help people to be able to give rise and to free surgery you know nothing comes close to that and you know its a privilege and honor and a privilege to do what we have to it. Grew up in a 2 and a half hour drive north west from ghana capital across this is the house you lived in as a teenager before travelling to the United States for medical studies. His family takes pride in his desire to give back in the room to do for companies and for the right distance and now hes been starved country and separate a little more does the from the who the superior. Has done plenty of facelifts for hollywood celebrities and hes carried out controversy all surgery like the removal of ribs to streamline the waste. He says he does all that not for the fame but to bring joy. I dont do this for glory for to myself i do it is to help people who are not happy about this situation. So it feels good it feels good to be able to put a smile or somebodys face and mary to remember to do liposuction to do a tummy tuck to do a facelift to do a breast lived all these up as the hells bells peoples confidence these kind of procedures sustain bangs work with his foundation and his desire to help many more families in africa. Now its to northwest nigeria the state. A violent conflict has been the rule for decades local defense militias have fought with an armed group nicknamed the bandits now a peace deal has been. Turned in and both sides are showing optimism about an end to the fighting. In this local Government Office in northwest nigeria local farmers organized into citizens militias are cautiously laying down their arms. After years of spiralling conflict over land and resources between native farmers and food is a fragile peace deal appears to have been reached. In exchange for ending hostilities local authorities in the region promise new Employment Opportunities for the militia members and the socalled through law needs and this. We should. Know to keep. This in response to what we are doing in this i used. To be a Norman Peters mere months ago her son was a wanted man for 8 years he led a force of over a 1000 so called bandits camping out and planning raids from the regions dense forests he insists that he only got involved as a matter of selfdefense but you need. One they set fire to my village and killed my parents but. What were we supposed to do just wait and let them carry on the taking us not. That he and many of his fighters have now handed in their weapons under the governments amnesty program. A son has already seen improvements to his daily existence. My. Limited to look before you never would have seen me here. I was living in the bush with my men today the different communities coexist. And i can move around freely. Despite the peace deal some local farmers in the city since militias admit to keeping hold of some of their old weapons they still fear that hostilities may 1 day return. 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