An "epidemic" of counterfeit therapeutic drugs is sweeping South-East Asia, costing hundreds of thousands of lives as victims take them under the mistaken belief that they are receiving vital treatment for their illnesses. The World Health Organisation (WHO) estimates that 200,000 of the 1m malaria deaths each year would be prevented if all the drugs taken were genuine. Mark Hammond’s PHARMACIDE: THE MEKONG (2012, 52 min) follows the proliferation of substandard and counterfeit medicines in the region.