Word: akunyili
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Dates: during 2005-2005
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...Life Savers I was very impressed by your coverage of the Global Health crisis [Nov. 7], especially your article on Dr. Dora Akunyili, the director general of Nigeria's National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, and her work to combat the trade in counterfeit medicines, even at the risk of her own life. It is good for her to be recognized as the Global Health hero that she truly is. I appreciate her efforts as well as those of all the others fighting hard to eradicate the world's dangerous diseases. Uche Iwuamadi Lagos...
...dangerous effort to maintain a position that, in the face of science, becomes less and less credible with the passage of time. Roy Heath Truro, England Life Savers I was very impressed by your coverage of the Global Health crisis [Nov. 7], especially your article on Dr. Dora Akunyili, director general of Nigeria's National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, and her work to combat the trade in counterfeit medicines, even at the risk of her own life. It is good for her to be recognized as the Global Health hero she truly is. I appreciate...
NAFDAC went on the offensive back home as well, conducting nearly 800 raids on drug-distribution outlets and 90 "destruction exercises" on counterfeit or substandard medicines. "We are winning," says Akunyili. "Made-in-Nigeria drugs are now acceptable in other West African countries. Multinational [drug manufacturers] that left out of frustration are coming back...
...local drug cartels. The sniping incident was only one of several attempts on her life. NAFDAC'S offices have been fire bombed and its personnel attacked by gunmen. No wonder her family wants her not to accept another five-year term when the current one expires next year. But Akunyili, 51, has not made up her mind. "God gave me the opportunity to do something," she says, "and so far, God has been protecting...
Like many committed health professionals in the developing world, Akunyili brings an almost messianic zeal to her work. "Drug faking or counterfeiting is the greatest evil of our time," she says. "Malaria can be prevented, HIV/AIDS can be avoided and armed robbery may kill a few at a time, but fake drugs kill en masse...