Bangladesh faces growing trade in fake drugs
Government says at least ten percent of medicines sold in pharmacies are counterfeit.
Published On 24 Jun 2014
The World Health Organisation estimates that nearly 10 percent of all drugs sold worldwide are fake.
And a recent study says 100,000 people die each year from taking fake medicine.
Continuing our series on the impact of counterfeit medicine – Bangladesh’s government says at least ten percent of the medicine sold in pharmacies across the country are fake.
Al Jazeera’s Maher Sattar travelled to Tangail in Bangladesh to meet the mother of one of the youngest victims.