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Criminal networks from West Africa have, in turn, spread to other regions—namely South Africa. Certain individuals central to the drug trade in West Africa carried practices and organizations to the south of the continent, where transit costs and risk of detection are relatively lower and new markets exist for harder drugs. [5]
NAHDAP's staff consists of professional researchers, data archivists and technicians working together to obtain, process, distribute, and promote amongst social science researchers sharing of data relevant to drug addiction and HIV. NAHDAP is a project of the National Institute on Drug Abuse, part of the National Institutes of Health.
Food and Drugs Authority logo Food and Drugs Authority building. The Food and Drugs Authority (or FDA, formerly known as the Food and Drugs Board) is a Ghanaian government agency responsible for the inspection, certification, and proper distribution of foods and food products as well as drugs in Ghana.The FDA exists to ensure the safety, quality and efficacy of human and veterinary drugs, food ...
The drug control treaties mandates four international bodies: the Board, the World Health Organization, the Secretary-General of the United Nations (nowadays represented by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime), and the Commission on Narcotic Drugs. The commission has power to influence drug control policy by advising other bodies and ...
Sensationalist media reports have often claimed that ‘whoonga’ or ‘nyaope’ is a uniquely South African drug containing ingredients such as rat poison, anti-retroviral medication, and materials gleaned from the cathode tubes in stolen flat screen televisions.
Africa CDC director John Nkengasong in Kampala, 2016. The Africa CDC is based at the Africa CDC Coordinating Centre in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, which also contains the agency's Emergency Operations Centre. [3] [4] The agency were led by Director Dr John Nkengasong and Deputy Director Ahmed Ogwell Ouma. Besides its Executive Office and a Science ...
The National Forensic DNA Database of South Africa (NFDD) is a national DNA database used in law enforcement in South Africa.The Criminal Law (Forensic Procedures) Amendment Act No. 37 of 2013 (the "DNA Act") provides for the expansion and administration of such a database in South Africa, enabling the South African Police Service (SAPS) to match forensic DNA profiles derived from samples ...
[3] [4] Across Africa it is estimated that only 3% of required drugs are produced, [5] with medicines not readily available during health emergencies. [6] The roughly 375 medicine manufacturers on the continent produce only 10-30% of drugs used in Africa. [7] Another challenge is the proliferation of substandard and counterfeit medical products ...