Cameroon vows to intensify crackdown on fake drugs

STORY: Cameroon vows to intensify crackdown on fake drugs DATELINE: Oct. 13, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:50 LOCATION: Yaounde CATEGORY: HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. various of the Ministry of Public Health 2. various of Mokolo market and a store sign 3. various of the Minister of Public Health at the Mokolo market STORYLINE: Cameroon's Minister of Public Health Manaouda Malachie said Thursday that more efforts will be made to prevent the manufacture and sale of counterfeit drugs in the Central African nation. "I would like the medicine traffickers and vendors to know that we will not allow them to sell counterfeit medicines in Cameroon. We will seize their products, arrest them, and they will have their day in court," Manaouda told reporters at a press conference in Yaounde, the capital of Cameroon. "Roadside medicine, fake medicine, poorly stored or mishandled medicine kills. Let us be aware and give priority to the medicines found in pharmacies," he added, promising future crackdowns in markets and on roadsides where th

CAMEROON-FAR NORTH-ICRC-DRINKING WATER

CAMEROON-FAR NORTH-ICRC-DRINKING WATER

(230919) -- YAOUNDE, Sept. 19, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A laboratory worker at the Cameroon Water Utilities Corporation treatment station presents the new water treatment equipment offered by the International Committee of the Red Cross in Mokolo, Far North region, Cameroon, Aug. 4, 2023. In Kerawa, a locality in Cameroon's Far North region that shares a porous border with Nigeria, villagers used to trek for hours to fetch water from unprotected sources before walking back carrying jerrycans. In July, engineers from the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) worked every day down in the trenches to improve the water supply in Kerawa. TO GO WITH "Feature: ICRC boosts water supply in conflict-hit Cameroon's Far North region" (Xinhua/Kepseu)

CAMEROON-FAR NORTH-ICRC-DRINKING WATER

CAMEROON-FAR NORTH-ICRC-DRINKING WATER

(230919) -- YAOUNDE, Sept. 19, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Aug. 4, 2023 shows the Cameroon Water Utilities Corporation water treatment plant refurbished by the International Committee of the Red Cross in Mokolo, Far North region, Cameroon. In Kerawa, a locality in Cameroon's Far North region that shares a porous border with Nigeria, villagers used to trek for hours to fetch water from unprotected sources before walking back carrying jerrycans. In July, engineers from the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) worked every day down in the trenches to improve the water supply in Kerawa. TO GO WITH "Feature: ICRC boosts water supply in conflict-hit Cameroon's Far North region" (Xinhua/Kepseu)

CAMEROON-FAR NORTH-ICRC-DRINKING WATER

CAMEROON-FAR NORTH-ICRC-DRINKING WATER

(230919) -- YAOUNDE, Sept. 19, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Aug. 4, 2023 shows the Cameroon Water Utilities Corporation water treatment plant refurbished by the International Committee of the Red Cross in Mokolo, Far North region, Cameroon. In Kerawa, a locality in Cameroon's Far North region that shares a porous border with Nigeria, villagers used to trek for hours to fetch water from unprotected sources before walking back carrying jerrycans. In July, engineers from the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) worked every day down in the trenches to improve the water supply in Kerawa. TO GO WITH "Feature: ICRC boosts water supply in conflict-hit Cameroon's Far North region" (Xinhua/Kepseu)

CAMEROON-FOOD PRICE-RISE

CAMEROON-FOOD PRICE-RISE

(220629) -- YAOUNDE, June 29, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A trader serves customers at his stall at Mokolo market in Yaounde, Cameroon, June 21, 2022. TO GO WITH "Feature: Cameroonians struggle to cope with rising food prices" (Photo by Kepseu/Xinhua)

CAMEROON-FOOD PRICE-RISE

CAMEROON-FOOD PRICE-RISE

(220629) -- YAOUNDE, June 29, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on June 21, 2022 shows fish in a fish shop at Mokolo market in Yaounde, Cameroon. TO GO WITH "Feature: Cameroonians struggle to cope with rising food prices" (Photo by Kepseu/Xinhua)