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…
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…