Morphine

It is clear that West Africa’s drug laws are doing more harm than good, writes former president of Nigeria, Olusegun Obasanjo

Terminally ill patients in the province have little access to pain relief, or basic care. Here’s one man’s story.

Markets, attitudes and the war on drugs are the barriers that prevent patients having access to opioid-based pain medication.

Senegalese patients with advanced cancer have been suffering with severe pain due to morphine shortages. Human Rights Watch investigates why.