MONROVIA, June 25 -- The Liberia Medicines and Health Products Regulatory Authority (LMHRA) has commenced a five-day awareness campaign aimed at discouraging citizens from purchasing fake, substandard and expired medicines and health products on the local market.

The campaign was launched on Thursday, June 25, at the Duala Market on the Bushrod Island, outside Monrovia.

Speaking during the launch, the Managing Director of the LMHRA, Madam Keturah C. Smith, disclosed that the exercise was intended to help guarantee the health of Liberians and other foreign residents in the country.

She noted that citizens should desist from buying medicines from street peddlers, most of whom, did not acquire any knowledge on what they sell to citizens i...