Reports have revealed that some kids in Egypt have perished as a result of receiving phony medications.

In one instance, doctors at the hospital administered medications that turned out to be fake to a two-year-old boy who had a high temperature. The boy later died.

Egyptian media say more than $160m worth of fake medicines have been seized there in the past month alone - though the problem is a global one.

A recent report by the American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene estimated that counterfeit medicines kill as many as 300,000 children each year.

Source: BBC