By Tendai Maphosa London 31 October 2007 A report from the watchdog group Consumers International says multi-national pharmaceutical companies are targeting doctors in developing countries with dinners and lavish gifts as incentives to prescribe thei...
By Rory Byrne Phnom Penh 25 September 2007 The recent discovery of two huge methamphetamine laboratories in Cambodia has led to fears that the country is becoming a major regional center of illegal drug production and consumption. Authorities say tha...
By Naomi Schwarz Dakar 14 September 2007 Guinea-Bissau's military recently said it would shoot down planes suspected of transporting illegal drugs as it attempts to fight the drug trade that some say could overrun the country. But some in the West Af...
By Phuong Tran Nouadhibou, Mauritania 02 August 2007 International drug officials continue to worry that West Africa's porous borders and weak law enforcement are attracting drug smugglers shipping to Europe. They say they have evidence criminals are...
By Selah Hennessy Dakar 13 July 2007 Two British teenagers have been provisionally charged with drug possession and drug trafficking in Ghana. Experts say Europeans, as well as pregnant women and minors, are increasingly being used by traffickers to...
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 25 June 2007 The United Nations says there is growing evidence that the worldwide epidemic of drug abuse is being brought under control. In this year's World Drug Report, the United Nations notes there have been significant and...
By Nico Colombant Dakar 18 June 2007 West Africa is increasingly becoming a transit point -- as well as a stopping point -- for illicit drugs. So far, local governments have proven incapable to combat the trend. VOA's Nico Colombant reports from our...
By Melinda Smith Washington, D.C. 12 June 2007 Obesity is a worldwide problem. Researchers have still not come up with the perfect diet or pill to help those who need to lose weight keep it off. The latest drug to show some promise is a synthetic hor...
By Cathy Majtenyi Uganda 05 June 2007 The Ugandan government has come up with an innovative program to distribute malaria drugs to patients living far from medical facilities. In some areas of Kiboga District, the program got a boost from the suppor...
By Melinda Smith Washington 01 June 2007 A growing number of critics are calling for stricter regulation of the pharmaceutical industry and how drugs are sold in the United States. The concern comes from medical experts, consumer groups and even fro...