The War Against Counterfeit Medicine: My Story

Title Page, Copyright Page, Dedication

THEWARAGAINSTCOUNTERFEIT MEDICINE MY STORY This Electronic Copy is Legally Protected and Cannot be used without the express permission of the publishers THE WARAGAINST COUNTERFEIT MEDICINE My Story DORA NKEM AKUNYILI Safari Books Ltd Ibadan Published by Safari Books Ltd Cambridge House 20 Joop Berkhout Crescent Onireke, Ibadan Email: safarinigeria@gmail.com First published, 2010 Revised Edition, 2011© Dora Nkem Akunyili Publisher: Chief Joop Berkhout (OON) Deputy Publisher: George Berkhout Editor: Louis Ndimele Cover Design: Ernest Berkhout All rights reserved. This book is copyright and so no part of it may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, electrostatic, magnetic tape, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the copyright owner. ISBN: 978-978-8431-01-5 v DEDICA TION To my beloved sister, Vivian Edemobi whose premature death in 1988 from the use of fake insulinbroughttheacutelypainfulmessageofcounterfeitmedicinesquarelyhometo me. To my parents, Chief PaulYoung Edemobi and Mrs Grace Udumehie Edemobi, who believed that I would grow up to be great, but never lived to see this day. To my fellow Nigerians who have either died, been maimed, or suffered worsening disease conditionsbecauseoftheuseof counterfeitmedicine.Yourlosseshavebeenmy impetus. Note: The currency conversions used were correct at time of writing (2008) vi ...