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East African drug trade refers to the sale and trafficking of illegal drugs that take place in East African countries like Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Somalia, and Ethiopia. . The most prevalent types of drugs traded in East Africa are heroin, marijuana, cocaine, methamphetamine, and khat, all of which are strictly prohibited in East African countri
Whereas before drug traffickers transported drugs through the West Africa, they now realized they could save money by selling their products within the region. As a result, countries central to West African drug routes—Nigeria, Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Sierra Leone, and Guinea-Bissau—have all seen a rise in domestic drug consumption and abuse ...
[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 ...
This is a list of countries (and some territories) by the annual prevalence of opiates use as percentage of the population aged 15–64 (unless otherwise indicated).. The primary source of information are the World Drug Report 2011 (WDR 2011) and the World Drug Report 2006 (WDR 2006), [1] [2] published by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC).
The idea is that countries with non-SRA drug authorities can use accelerated process to facilitate approval (registration or marketing authorization) of medicines, including vaccines and biologics, which have already been approved by SRAs. [1] As of 2022, the national regulatory authorities of 36 countries are considered SRAs: [2]
A new long-acting preventive HIV drug could reach the world’s poorest countries by the end of 2025 or early 2026, a global health official told Reuters on Tuesday. The ambition is to start ...
This is a list of states (and some territories) by the annual prevalence of cocaine use as percentage of the population aged 15–64 (unless otherwise indicated). [1] published by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). The indicator is the "annual prevalence" rate which is the percentage of the youth and adult population who have ...
The following is a list of countries by pharmaceutical exports.. Global sales from exported drugs and medicines by country total US$371.3 billion in 2018. Overall the value of drugs and medicine exports grew by an average 5.80% for all exporting countries since 2014 when drugs and medicines shipments were valued at $344.1 billion.