 Death for sale: A study of drug poisoning and deaths in NigeriaS.Ogoh Alubo Social Science & Medicine, 1994, vol. 38, issue 1, 97-103 Abstract: Drug availability, distribution and control are major concerns in health development. In contending that the concern in Nigeria now is as much with the availability of, as well as the dangers in drugs, this essay examines the 1990 paracetamol poisoning which resulted in the death of 109 children. It is explained that this tragedy, and others before it, are more fully understood within the context of a seemingly free-for-all drug scene on the one hand, and a health care system which excludes the majority on the other. The implication of this "drug swindling", of which the paracetamol tragedy is a part, are discussed. We conclude that whereas more meticulous self regulation will most certainly provide a greater safeguard against recurrence, the war on counterfeit and poisonous drugs can hardly be won without consumer initiative and more effective regulatory system. Keywords: counterfeit; and; poisonous; drugs; related; deaths; Nigeria (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:socmed:v:38:y:1994:i:1:p:97-103 Ordering information: This journal article can be ordered from Access Statistics for this article Social Science & Medicine is currently edited by Ichiro (I.) Kawachi and S.V. (S.V.) Subramanian More articles in Social Science & Medicine from Elsevier |
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