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The national police arrested a man near San Pedro for selling yellow fever vaccines in his home. The vaccines were being sold for 1.500 kwanzas (€7.980) each. The police also seized 430 boxes of sealed vaccines, 99 syringes and 10 vials. An investigation to determine the origins of the products and the intentions of the trafficker is under way.

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On October 23, 2015, the Deputy Governor of social issues and politics, Guilherme Tuluca, announced at the opening ceremony to a training program for health professionals of the region, the record seizures of fake medicines in the province of Huambo, Angola: nineteen tons of fake medicines were seized these last 18 months in this province. He also recalled how training of caregivers is essential in the fight against counterfeit medicines.

Source: Angop

The Criminal Investigation Service (SIC) [1] of Angola has announced the seizure of more than 11 tons of counterfeit medicines in the markets of the country equivalent to over one hundred million kwanzas (or about $800,000). The seizure took place between August 19 and 22, 2015 and was conducted as part of the operation Anaconda II led simultaneously in several African countries. The operation would have closed 20 shops selling counterfeit health products.

Among the drugs seized in Angola: antimalarials, antibiotics, sexual stimulants and anabolic steroids. According to Miguel dos Santos Oliveira, Inspector General of the Ministry of Health, these counterfeit drugs originated from China, India, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Nigeria.

Source: All Africa

[1] The Criminal Investigation Services (SIC) is an institution recently created by the Angolan Executive, which incorporates the former National Criminal Investigation Department (DNIC) and the National Department for the Investigation of Economic Activities (DINIAE).

Solino Joel, provincial health inspector in Huambo, Angola, requests the opening of a laboratory to test the quality of suspicious drugs for marketing in pharmacies, in Huambo.

Drugs seized in Huambo must be sent in the laboratories of Luanda and Benguela for testing. This process is expensive and delays the certification of the seized drugs quality. Especially since Huambo province (located in the center west of the country) is the 4th city where the most counterfeit drugs flow, after Luanda, Benguela and Huila.

Source: All Africa

Angola: more than 2000 illicit boxes of medicines seized in 2016

In 2016, officials seized more than 2000 boxes of medicine of dubious origin from Cuando Cubango pharmacies. The illicit products included antimalarial tablets, antibiotics, anticonvulsants, antiherpetics, contraceptives, biochemical reagents, anesthetics, anti-inflammatories, syrups and disposable

Man arrested for selling illegal yellow fever vaccines in Angola

The national police arrested a man near San Pedro for selling yellow fever vaccines in his home. The vaccines were being sold for 1.500 kwanzas (€7.980) each. The police also seized 430 boxes of sealed vaccines, 99 syringes and 10 vials. An investigation to determine the origins of the products and

19 tons of counterfeit medicines seized during the last 18 months in a province in Angola

PHOTO : EDILSON DOMINGOS.

Operation Anaconda II: over 11 tons of counterfeit medicines seized in Angola

The Criminal Investigation Service (SIC)[1] of Angola has announced the seizure of more than 11 tons of counterfeit medicines in the markets of the country equivalent to over one hundred million kwanzas (or about $800,000). The seizure took place between August 19 and 22, 2015 and was conducted as p

In Angola, a province requires a laboratory to test the quality of suspect drugs

Solino Joel, provincial health inspector in Huambo, Angola, requests the opening of a laboratory to test the quality of suspicious drugs for marketing in pharmacies, in Huambo.