A new study from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill found that substandard and falsified medicines, including medicines to treat malaria, are a serious problem in much of the world.

Here to talk about this serious issue in more detail is Sachiko Ozawa, Ph.D. Dr Ozawa is a health economist and associate professor at the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy. She is also the lead author of the study published in the journal JAMA Network Open.

 

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The color-coded map shows the percentage of fake and substandard medicines found in 63 developing countries. Image/UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy
The color-coded map shows the percentage of fake and substandard medicines found in 63 developing countries.
Image/UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy