One of the most important bodies of the World Health Organization (WHO) is the World Health Assembly (WHA), responsible for making high-level decisions on the policies of the Organization, finance and budget and many more. Every year the WHO Member States delegations meet for the Assembly in Geneva, Switzerland for Read more…
This World Malaria Day, Fight the Fakes highlights how falsified medicines negatively affect malaria treatment, and raises awareness about the issue. This year, World Malaria Day will be reinforced by the 70th anniversary of WHO and with this occasion the Global Malaria Programme is publishing a series of interviews with Read more…
Fake medicines are a widespread global public health threat, with WHO reports showing that one in ten medical products in low- and middle-income countries is substandard or falsified. Falsified medicines can prolong or even worsen illnesses that can lead to disability or loss of life and undermine trust in health Read more…
Will we be seeing you at the Geneva Health Forum, 10-12 April 2018? The 7th edition of the Geneva Health Forum (GHF) will be held this year from 10-12 April at the Centre International de Conférences de Genève (CICG) in Geneva, Switzerland. The Fight the Fakes campaign will be there Read more…
Between 4 and 7 March 2018 one of the biggest education event on healthcare supply chain will open their doors in Austin, Texas. The conference is co-hosted by Fight the Fakes partner the International Federation of Pharmaceutical Wholesalers (IFPW), and the Canadian Association for Pharmacy Distribution Management (CAPDM). Among the Read more…
On 16 March Fight the Fakes partners UCL School of Pharmacy and Commonwealth Pharmacist Association (CPA) hosted a panel discussion about the global impacts of substandard and falsified medicines. With the support of global Fight the Fakes partners the panel focused on “Detecting and reporting Falsified Medicines: Building a Culture Read more…
Fight the Fakes partner, the European Alliance for Safe Online Pharmacy (ASOP EU), has recently published a report highlighting the best practices in EU Member States and NGOs with the scope of educating online consumers about the threat of illegal selling of medicines and related healthcare products. The report called Read more…
This press release was originally published on Alliance for Safe Online Pharmacies. Fake Medicines Continue to Threaten Consumers – EU Member States have an Obligation to Act FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Read more…
100,000 people could die from using fake drugs this year The World Health Organisation says dangerous counterfeit copies of medicines are being bought by people who think they are buying treatments for diseases like malaria, or cancer. Fake drugs sold by criminals kill people in rich countries, but many more Read more…
The Medicrime Convention is the only international legal instrument that has made it a criminal offence to produce and distribute fake medical products or commit similar crimes. Developed by the Council of Europe to protect public health, the Convention was adopted on 8 December 2010. It provides for the enforcement of Read more…