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Revised edition. |
| Description |
1 online resource (1 PDF (xxxviii, 436 pages) :) : illustrations |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 307-311) and index. |
| Contents |
Cover; Title page; Copyright page; Dedication; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; Contents; Figures and Tables; Prologue; PART I -HISTORICAL BACKGROUND OF FOOD AND DRUG REGULATION; CHAPTER 1 -EVOLUTION OF DRUG PRODUCTION AND SALE IN NIGERIA; CHAPTER 2 -EVOLUTION OF FOOD AND DRUG REGULATION IN NIGERIA; CHAPTER 3 -NAFDAC MANDATE, STRUCTURE, FUNCTIONS, LAWS ANDREGULATIONS; CHAPTER 4 -DEFINITIONS: FAKE / COUNTERFEIT / ADULTERATED / SUBSTANDARD DRUGS, UNWHOLESOME FOOD AND OTHER SUBSTANDARD REGULATEDPRODUCTS; CHAPTER 5 -GLOBAL TRENDS IN DRUG COUNTERFEITING; PART II -THE NAFDAC I MET. |
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Chapter 6 -nafdac before april 2001part iii -the war and the strategies; chapter 7 -declaring the war; chapter 8 -strategy i: restructuring and reorganising nafdac; chapter 9 -strategy ii: operational strategies; chapter 10 -strategy iii: engaging stakeholders; chapter 11 -strategy iv: walking the rough road of discipline; chapter 12 -special cases; chapter 13 -factors militating against effective food and drug regulation; chapter 14 -institutionalising the change; chapter 15 -- focusing on food; part iv -achievements, support and recognitions; chapter 16 -gains and achievements. |
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CHAPTER 17 -- SUPPORT, APPRECIATIONS AND RECOGNITIONS FROM THE NIGERIAN GOVERNMENT, NIGERIANS AND THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITYPART V -LOOKING INTO THE FUTURE; CHAPTER 18 -FUTURE PLANS/WORK IN PROGRESS RECOMMENDATIONS ANDCONCLUSION; ABBREVIATIONS; APPENDICES; INDEX; Back cover. |
| Summary |
There is a general agreement that piracy; counterfeiting and passing off are unfair. However, there is often surreptitious ñ or even open ñ sympathy for, say, those who purchase counterfeit designer fashions or the latest technical gadgets. The pirate is even sometimes represented as a daring evil hero. In this book, Prof. Dora Nkem Akunyili, Director General of Nigeriaís National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, presents a unique study of a global phenomenon in which lawbreaking and profiteering prevail at the cost of human health and life ñ and of the ways in which this c. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Akunyili, Dora N.
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Akunyili, Dora N. |
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National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (Nigeria)
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National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (Nigeria) |
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Fraud -- Nigeria -- Prevention.
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Fraud. |
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Nigeria. |
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Product counterfeiting -- Nigeria -- Prevention.
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Product counterfeiting. |
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Consumer protection -- Nigeria.
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Consumer protection. |
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Pharmaceutical industry -- Corrupt practices -- Nigeria.
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Pharmaceutical industry -- Corrupt practices. |
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Drug adulteration -- Nigeria.
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Drug adulteration. |
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: 9788431011 9789788431015 |
| ISBN |
9789788431565 |
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9788431569 |
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9788431011 |
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9789788431015 |
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9789788431015 |
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