Tackling fake medications killing thousands across Africa

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Health leaders from seven African countries are meeting on Friday to sign an agreement criminalising trafficking in fake drugs. Tens of thousands of people in Africa die each year because of fake and counterfeit medication. Iran’s supreme leader - Ayatollah Ali Khamenei - is set to take the unusual step of leading Friday prayers in Tehran later today. A global study has found that Sepsis - also known as blood poisoning - is the cause of nearly a fifth of all deaths worldwide. This is more than double the number previously thought, and it makes it a bigger killer than cancer.