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  The World Antimicrobial Awareness Week aims to increase awareness of global antimicrobial resistance and to encourage best practices among the general public, health workers and policy makers to stop the further emergence and spread of drug-resistant infections. The theme for this year’s World Antimicrobial Awareness Week is “United to preserve antimicrobials.”  Antibiotics are among the most falsified medical products and the proliferation of these vital drugs  contribute to rising levels of AMR.  This year, Read more…

Geneva Health Forum 2020   This year’s virtual Geneva Health Forum will take place on the 16-19th November. Fight the Fakes will have a virtual booth to raise awareness on the dangers of substandard and falsified medicines to a wider audience.  To visit our booth and enjoy the forum register here.  The Fight the Fakes booth will be there, will you?           

The World Health Summit session entitled “Fighting Falsified and Substandard (SF) Medicines during the COVID-19 Crisis” took place on the 27th of October and explored the challenges the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic placed on stakeholders to control and combat rising levels of SF medicines. Although the pandemic has exposed how widespread and porous supply chains across the global are, the majority of the burden is still shouldered by low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Constrained access to Read more…

Originally published by the British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy on the 28th July 2019.   It’s estimated that 1 in 10 medical products in developing nations are substandard or falsified – a problem that the COVID-19 pandemic has exaggerated. That’s where Fight the Fakes comes in, a global campaign to raise awareness about the dangers of falsified and substandard medicines… Founded in 2013 by 10 members, the Fight the Fakes campaign was born out of Read more…

Our newest partner, GS1 will be hosting a 3 day online summit, which will serve as an online global conversation, bringing together the global community of healthcare stakeholders in a new fast paced and interactive format. Secure and robust medical supply chains increase patient safety and improve the traceability of medicines. The use of GS1’s unique barcode visibility on medicine packing is one of the most commonly known global standards in healthcare that help #FightTheFakes.  Read more…

On the 29th of September, which officially marks World Heart Day, the World Heart Federation will be launching the 4th phase of their World Heart Day campaign where they’re asking the world to “Use Heart to beat cardiovascular disease (CVD)” for loved ones and societies to tackle the effects of the pandemic on CVD.   To help raise awareness on the dangers of substandard and falsified cardiovascular medicines and the rise of reports due to the Read more…

To commemorate the United Nation’s (UN) 75th anniversary, the UN launched an online campaign earlier this year asking the public to fill out a survey in which they should express their dreams for the world and changes they would like to see in years to come.  In line with this theme, Fight the Fakes collaborated with various partners to create a series of short videos to envision “A world free of substandard and falsified medicines”. Read more…

The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) released a new research brief highlighting a rise in the trafficking of substandard and falsified medical products due to the increased demand for medications and personal protective equipment (PPE) to address the on-going COVID-19 pandemic.  The particular rise is falsified and poor-quality PPE signals a significant shift in organized criminal group behaviour that is directly attributable to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the brief.  While fake Read more…