The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control said more than 50 per cent of certificates of pharmaceutical products that are imported into Nigeria are fake. The certificate of a pharmaceutical product is issued in the format recommended by the World Health Organisation, and it establishes the status of the pharmaceutical product and the applicant for the certificate in the exporting country. She said that substandard and falsified products threaten access to safe efficacious and affordable medicines, and undermine the achievement of universal health coverage in Nigeria, and Africa. According to her, the prevalence of substandard and falsified medicines in the region is due to limited regulation processes. What leads to maturity level three is market control, and that is one of the nine models of maturity level three, so we have a lot of work to do in Africa.

Source: Punch February 05, 2024 20:54 UTC