In a new opinion piece in the New Times Rwanda, Oksana Pyzik, Senior Teaching Fellow, University College London (UCL) and founder of UCL Fight the Fakes, and Flandrie Habyarimana, R.Ph President of the Rwanda Community Pharmacists Union (RCPU) and Eastern & Southern Africa Regional Representative at the Commonwealth Pharmacists Association Read more…
Efforts to combat the spread of substandard and falsified medicines must be stepped up Falsified medicines are a growing global issue which can affect everyone and everywhere. Among the most frequently reported counterfeit medicines are antibiotics and antimalarials. Criminals are also faking treatments for diabetes, cancer, cardiovascular diseases, tuberculosis and Read more…
My parents had left Somalia before the start of the civil war, and they only had good memories of the place they had called home all their lives. This changed very quickly , as the civil war completely devastated Somalia, a country with a capital that was once hailed the Read more…
Our partner, the International Pharmaceutical Students’ Federation (IPSF) has set up a photo competition for Fight the Fakes Week! Show your support to the Fight the Fakes campaign, raise awareness of the dangers posed by substandard and falsified medicines & share a photo with our signature FTF bubble on Read more…
Our partner, the International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers & Associations (IFPMA) together with the Global Health Initiative (GHI), a student-led initiative at the Graduate Institute Geneva, will organize a workshop on 6th December 2019 as a key event during this year’s Fight the Fakes Week! The workshop will have two Read more…
Our partner the International Alliance of Patients’ Organizations (IAPO) is celebrating their annual Patient Solidarity Day (PSD) on December 6! Under this year’s theme ‘Accelerating progress for safe patient-centred universal health coverage’, we want to raise our voice together with IAPO and speak out against the dangers of substandard and Read more…
In September, 2018, the first international Medicine Quality and Public Health Conference was held at Oxford University, UK, to discuss opportunities and solutions to ensure that people worldwide have access to affordable and quality-assured medicines. Over 150 researchers, advocates and policymakers from around the world came together to issue the Read more…
The most important questions about substandard and falsified (SF) medicines – all answered in our new one-page fact sheet! What is the difference between falsified and substandard medicines? Where is the greatest prevalence of SF medicines? Which medicines are being falsified? How can you detect SF medicines? What can you Read more…
Our partner the International Association for Medical Assistance to Travellers (IAMAT) just released the new guide ‘Travelling with Medications‘ which provides advice on navigating medication regulations, importing controlled substances, packing medication for travel, and how to safely find medication abroad. It includes a section on how to ensure that the Read more…
The World Health Organisation endorsed the establishment of a World Patient Safety Day to be held annually on 17 September! The uplifting news came as a result of the WHA7.6 Resolution ‘Global Action on Patient Safety’ passed on May 28, 2019 at the World Health Assembly in Geneva. This first year’s theme focuses Read more…