Nigeria is notorious for counterfeiting drugs. They once donated 88,000 fake doses of meningitis vaccine to Niger!

One of the biggest threats concerning to Africa’s health in the last few years has been meningitis. Mali, Niger, Burkina Faso, and Nigeria, among others, have most affected by this outbreak.

Unfortunately, Nigeria is also considered one of the most corrupt countries in the World, particularly when it comes to the counterfeiting of drugs.

In 1995, Niger received 88,000 doses of meningitis vaccine from its neighbor Nigeria. But before long, the authorities realized that the doses were completely fake. Making it worse, almost 60,000 people had already been treated with whatever they contained: water, or worse.