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Creation of a pharmaceutical curriculum at the University of Antananarivo<\/a><\/h4>In the early 2000s, with only 250 pharmacies to serve nearly 17 million inhabitants, Madagascar was facing an alarming pharmaceutical shortfall.30\/07\/2025<\/em><\/span><\/div><\/article><\/section><\/div>
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Supporting the Faculty of Pharmacy in Benin<\/a><\/h4>Since 2021, the Fondation Pierre Fabre has been supporting the Faculty of Pharmacy, part of the Health Sciences Faculty at the University of Abomey-Calavi (near Cotonou). There are two objectives: to provide technical and scientific support and to facilitate exchanges with other faculties of pharmacy in Sub-Saharan Africa.30\/07\/2025<\/em><\/span><\/div><\/article><\/section><\/div>
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To mark Women\u2019s Rights Month, the city of Sarlat-la-Can\u00e9da hosted a socially conscious photography exhibition from 7 to 21 March 2026 at the ancien \u00c9v\u00each\u00e9, right in the heart of the city centre. Open to all with free admission, this initiative was a resounding success<\/p><\/div><\/article><\/section><\/div>
Rehabilitation of the LNCQM<\/h1>\n\u2014 Conakry, Guinea \u2014<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>![](\"https:\/\/www.fondationpierrefabre.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/12\/01-fabre-photos-programmes-guinee-3.jpg\" "\\"01-fabre-photos-programmes-guinee")
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Creation of a pharmaceutical curriculum at the University of Antananarivo<\/a><\/h4>In the early 2000s, with only 250 pharmacies to serve nearly 17 million inhabitants, Madagascar was facing an alarming pharmaceutical shortfall.30\/07\/2025<\/em><\/span><\/div><\/article><\/section><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>See also<\/span><\/h4>\n<\/div>
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BACKGROUND<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n Many sources report that counterfeit medicines represent 10% of the world\u2019s pharmaceutical market, 25% of the market in developing countries\u2026 and up to 60% in Guinea. An unprecedented phenomenon, but one already long in existence in 2005 when Fondation Pierre Fabre decided to support rehabilitation of the national drug quality control laboratory (LNCQM) in Conakry.<\/strong><\/p>\n This programme, implemented using the methodology applied in Benin, was founded on cooperation between the LNCQMs of sub-Saharan Africa to better curtail the rise in counterfeits in the region. It preceded and paved the way to the broader increase in awareness of this problem and the desire to act on an international level that led to the Cotonou Declaration<\/a> in 2009.<\/p>\n Together with the Ministry of Health and Public Hygiene of the Republic of Guinea, Fondation Pierre Fabre became involved in training managers and all staff in pharmaceutical analysis techniques.<\/strong> With volunteers from the Pierre Fabre Laboratories specialising in quality assurance, it also helped the laboratory draft new policies and procedures and establish an effective documentation system. Lastly, it financed equipment and reagents essential to basic physicochemical analysis<\/strong> (doses, identification of active ingredients, etc.). This first phase is now complete.<\/p>\n<\/div> KEY FACTS<\/span><\/strong><\/span> Priority<\/strong><\/span> Programme<\/strong><\/span> Type of involvement<\/strong><\/span> Actions<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n LNCQM de Conakry<\/strong><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Creation of a pharmaceutical curriculum at the University of Antananarivo<\/a><\/h4>In the early 2000s, with only 250 pharmacies to serve nearly 17 million inhabitants, Madagascar was facing an alarming pharmaceutical shortfall.30\/07\/2025<\/em><\/span><\/div><\/article><\/section><\/div>
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