Sierra Leone: Pharmacy Board Destroys Le 31 Million Fake Drugs

June 18, 2008

The Sierra Leone Pharmacy Board has destroyed sub-standard and counterfeit drugs worth over Le 31 million at the Kenema Government Hospital.

Pharmacy board chairman for Kenema and Kailahun districts, Sahr Sylvanus Komba said all the destroyed drugs do not have any seal of origin and they come into Sierra Leone through the country's porous borders citing Kailahun district which has about 56 illicit crossing points.