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Street pharmacies: illicit drug markets boom in Central Africa
Original: When streets become pharmacies: Booming illicit markets in Central Africa
Street vendors in Central Africa are openly selling medicines and pharmaceutical products in unregulated open-air markets, a trend highlighted by United Nations reporting. The illicit trade, driven by weak health systems, high drug prices and limited access to licensed pharmacies, puts communities at risk from counterfeit or expired medicines and undermines public health efforts across the region.
Why now: United Nations coverage of the growing illicit medicine trade has drawn attention to a worsening public health problem in Central Africa.
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