On World AIDS Day, CFAO warns against the dangers of falsified medicines sold outside authorized distribution networks.
In 2024, 40.8 million people were living with HIV, 65% of whom were in Africa (WHO).
Thanks to antiretroviral treatment, patients can now live long and healthy lives… as long as they comply with the treatment and purchase the medication through official distribution networks.
In Africa, patients often turn to illicit markets, where falsified medicines and defective testing devices are sold. This has serious consequences: ineffectiveness, toxicity, contamination, silent spread of the epidemic.
Discover the current situation regarding falsified medicines in our white paper “Securing the medicine distribution network in Africa”, co-authored with the OPALS Foundation.
Our subsidiaries, present in 38 African countries, act every day through the Health by CFAO program to combat communicable and non-communicable diseases.
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