In a new opinion piece by Howard Catton, CEO of the International Council of Nurses, he highlights the importance of investing in nurses and the broader health workforce to protect communities against the dangers of substandard and falsified medicines, particularly during the COVID19 pandemic as rumors and misinformation run Read more…
The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has seen unprecedented efforts from governments, civil society, industry and individuals from all over the world. Fight the Fakes members are also greatly engaged in COVID-19 efforts ranging from awareness raising about the virus, sharing interviews and vlogs with health care workers, providing guidance on Read more…
April 25 marks World Malaria Day and Fight the Fakes is raising awareness on the importance of Malaria elimination! Our partner RBM Partnership to End Malaria, joins the World Health Organisation to promote “Zero Malaria Starts With Me”, a grassroots campaign that aims to keep malaria high on the political agenda, Read more…
More and more reports of falsified COVID-19 medical products are emerging on a nearly daily basis from all around the world. The World Health Organization (WHO) also just issued a falsified medical product alert for falsified chloroquine products circulating in Cameroon, Niger and the Democratic Republic of Congo. The drug, Read more…
Fight the Fakes has issued an official statement to the ever-growing number of reports of falsified medicines, vaccines and cures for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). To date, there are no approved medial products to treat or cure COVID-19 and any advertisement of such products is deliberately fraudulent. Stay safe and Read more…
Fight the Fakes welcomes three new partners to speak out against the global health threat posed by substandard and falsified medicines 6 April 2020, Geneva/ Switzerland – Fight the Fakes (FTF) is delighted to announce that three new partners will join the campaign’s awareness raising efforts against the dangers of Read more…
Fight the Fakes official statement to COVID-19 and emerging reports of falsified treatments and rumours of cures Fight the Fakes, along with the entire global health community is deeply concerned by the rapid global spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) and the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) declaration of a pandemic Read more…
Our founding partner IFPMA published their new ‘Health in Africa’ infographic that showcases the work their members do to help achieve Health for All in Africa. Between 2013-2017, Africa accounted for 42 percent of substandard and falsified medicines globally. This shocking figure undermines efforts to reach the health-related SDG targets. Read more…
Sofia, a pharmacy student at UCL London and a member of UCL Fight the Fakes, has been working with the campaign since 2018 and uses her academic background to deeper understand the widespread issue of substandard and falsified medicines. My name is Sofia Khan and I am undertaking my MPharm Read more…
From 2-8 December 2019, Fight the Fakes and partners celebrated the 2nd annual Fight the Fakes Week (FTF Week) and it was a great success! Under the dedicated theme ‘Be aware, speak up, fight the fakes’, the FTF Week saw high engagement from partner organisations and other organisations and individuals Read more…