Ghana not the 6th fake producer of drugs - FDA

The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has described as shocking the rating of Ghana as the 6th fake drug producer.

Speaking in an interview on Rainbow Radio 87.5Fm, Mr. James Lartey Public Relations Officer (PRO), for the FDA said, honestly we were shocked at the FDA. I am saying this because; it will very difficult to rate Ghana so high.

According to him, the World Health Organization (WHO) has recognize the FDA to the extent that they bring individuals from Kenya, Ethiopia, Ivory Coast and some other countries for Ghana FDA to train them in regulation and improved market activities to be able to deal with fake products on the market. Aside that FDA has been ranked highly in the sub-Saharan African as a consortium in monitoring drugs.

He explained, Ghana has an ISO certified lab and internationally the lab is so much recognised. We have the widest range of products in Africa, he added.

The World Health Organization Report estimated that each year, over 800,000 people, most of them from Ghana and other parts of Africa, die because of fake drugs as they are less expensive and more accessible than the original ones.fake drug producer.

Substances like rat poison and anti-freeze have been found in fake pills and serums because they mimic the look and the taste of the real products. Ghana has been ranked the sixth producer of fake drugs by the European Union in 2013.

But Mr. James Lartey indicated that the information published by the media cannot be true and misconstrued.

He said with how Ghana is ranked, there is no way the EU or WHO will rank us as 6th fake producer of drugs. That’s impossible.

Ghana he added has the challenge of fake drugs however, the FDA is doing their best to ensure that Ghanaians are safe with the drugs they take.