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Fight the Fakes official statement to COVID-19

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 on March 11, 2020. Among the public, there are increasing concerns about contracting the virus and medicine shortages related to the coronavirus outbreak, leading people Read more…

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Health for All in Africa – An IFPMA infographic

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. Download the infographic by clicking on the picture below and share it widely across your social media channels! 

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The unstoppable movement fighting for the eradication of #fakemeds

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 degree at the UCL School of Pharmacy. This is my second year of being a part of the UCL Fight The Fakes team, in which Read more…

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Fight the Fakes Week 2019 – A great success!

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 working in the area of medicine quality.  From your everyday social media user, students, pharmacists, doctors, academics, to global health organisations and private healthcare companies, Read more…

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Education is key in the fight against fakemeds – a new op-ed!

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 (CPA), are highlighting the importance of pharmacists in the fight against falsified medicines.  Pharmacists are key players in combatting the spread of substandard and falsified Read more…

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Official press release for our 2nd Fight the Fakes Week

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 HIV as well as steroids and painkillers. Between 2 to 8 December ‘Be Aware, Speak Up, Fight the Fakes’ will be slogan of an awareness Read more…

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The hidden world of Somalia’s abandoned pharmaceutical industry

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 ‘pearl of the Indian Ocean’. I received a Bachelor’s degree in Medical pharmacology from Coventry University where I gained an appreciation for the methodical and Read more…

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IPSF’s Photo Competition for #FTFWeek!

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 Twitter, Facebook or any other blog!  All information can be found here! How to Participate: Take a photo of yourself with the Fight the Fakes Read more…

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IFPMA & the Geneva Graduate Institute will fight the fakes during #FTFWeek!

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 different components: First, a Lunch & Learn Session at IFPMA’s office (Campus Biotech, Geneva, Switzerland) where IFPMA will present key facts and figures and the Read more…

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December 6 marks Patient Solidarity Day – A call for patient-centred UHC & against fake medicines!

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 falsified medicines for patients, communities and countries as a whole. To see safe and patient centred health systems which leave no one behind, patients need Read more…

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