China's Problem-plagued Health Aid in Africa
China's emergence as a new global power has brought pressure to give back as it takes from Africa. Fake drugs and corruption on both sides have thrown a wrench in those plans.
China's emergence as a new global power has brought pressure to give back as it takes from Africa. Fake drugs and corruption on both sides have thrown a wrench in those plans.
The shores of Lake Victoria, which borders Tanzania, Uganda and Kenya, are picturesque, poor and filled with unexpected moments of joy. Still, there's no escape from the fight against malaria.
How China's great malaria breakthrough is drowning in a sea of fakes.
Demand for biofortified crops has surged as awareness of the value of nutrition through the 1,000 Days period between conception and the second birthday of the child has spread.
China's outsized reaction to reporting on fake drugs obscures a real discussion about crucial problems.
The prevalence of fake drugs in Uganda is leading growing numbers back to traditional medicine.
Fake and substandard medications threaten the fight against malaria in the Lake Victoria Basin, but attitudes can be just as problematic.
China issues an official denial to Guardian series on counterfeit drugs--but doesn't address the scientific research linking China to fake and substandard drugs that now flood Africa.
A vast influx of Western medicine has unleashed an unregulated free-for-all in private dispensaries, critics say.
China is suspected as the source of counterfeit drugs that are holding back the fight against malaria in Africa.
Malaria is one of the diseases affected by unscrupulous traders in fake and substandard drugs.
A key component of China's diplomacy push in Africa is sending medical teams to countries in need.