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On April 25th- World Malaria Day – Raise Awareness because #ZeroMalariaStartsWithMe

April 25 marks World Malaria Day and Fight the Fakes is raising awareness on the importance of Malaria elimination!  Our partner RBM Partnership to End Malaria,  joins the World Health Organisation to promote “Zero Malaria Starts With Me”, a grassroots campaign that aims to keep malaria high on the political agenda, mobilize additional resources, and empower communities to take ownership of malaria prevention and care. In these unprecedented times, anti-malaria programmes across the world are suffering Read more…

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Fake meds & COVID-19 – A call for broader engagement on this critical issue!

More and more reports of falsified COVID-19 medical products are emerging on a nearly daily basis from all around the world. The World Health Organization (WHO) also just issued a falsified medical product alert for falsified chloroquine products circulating in Cameroon, Niger and the Democratic Republic of Congo. The drug, originally to treat malaria, has been identified as a potential coronavirus treatment, however there is no scientific proof of its effectiveness and safety yet. On Read more…

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Fight the Fakes official statement to COVID-19

Fight the Fakes has issued an official statement to the ever-growing number of reports of falsified medicines, vaccines and cures for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). To date, there are no approved medial products to treat or cure COVID-19 and any advertisement of such products is deliberately fraudulent. Stay safe and do not purchase or consume any “COVID-19 medicines”!  Click on the picture below to download our official statement!  

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Fight the Fakes welcomes three new partners to speak out against the global health threat posed by substandard and falsified medicines

Fight the Fakes welcomes three new partners to speak out against the global health threat posed by substandard and falsified medicines 6 April 2020, Geneva/ Switzerland – Fight the Fakes (FTF) is delighted to announce that three new partners will join the campaign’s awareness raising efforts against the dangers of substandard and falsified medicines: King’s College London, the Medical University of Warsaw and the Polish association ‘Stop Illegal Pharmaceuticals’. With the world currently grappling to Read more…

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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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