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First of all, a big thank you to everyone for your continuous and courageous support in the fight against fake medicines! Your support means a lot to us as 2018 has been a truly eventful and successful year: with our very 1st Fight the Fakes week, pick up in The Lancet no less, our “localisation” project in Ghana, and more and more people joining our campaign to inform and raise awareness about #fakemeds.  Read on Read more…

The Fight the Fakes Week takes place from 3-9 December and it’s the first time it’s being organised. What are you doing for Fight the Fakes Week? Discover our activities on FightTheFakes.org/week. We have created small infographics for you to share on your social media channels to make sure the message reaches everyone! This week we raise awareness about #fakemeds and we are backed by the voice of patients. Use our messages or write your own, Read more…

Drug resistance is under the spotlight these days, as World Antibiotic Awareness Week takes place from 12-18 November and the Wellcome Trust holds its Second Call to Action on Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) on 19-20 November. You might have heard of the public health threat of AMR. But do you also know how falsified medicines can spread drug resistance? We have created small infographics for you to share on your social media channels to make sure everybody Read more…

Fight the Fakes will be in Ghana the second time this year to do what it does best: Raise awareness about falsified medicines at the Wellcome Trust Call to Action on Antimicrobial Resistance from 19-20 November. The focus will be specifically on fake antibiotics and their role in spreading antimicrobial resistance (AMR). AMR is recognized as one of the most challenging global health threats today, and fake antibiotics can be a significant contributor to spreading Read more…

Ahead of Patient Solidarity Day (PSD) 2018, Fight the Fakes partner the International Alliance of Patients Organizations (IAPO) is organizing a webinar called: Joining the global fight against fake medicines to ensure safe medication and healthcare for all on 7 November 2018, from 5pm CET. The aim is to teach patient advocates from all over the world how they can fight falsified medicines. The webinar will be an opportunity for you to find out more about Read more…

The fight against substandard and falsified medical products in Africa was brought to the highest levels last Wednesday, 26 September, at an UN General Assembly High-Level side event in New York. Organized by the Republic of Benin and the Republic of Zambia, as well as the African Union Commission and the World Health Organisation, the event showcased best examples of how to eliminate fake medicines.  Entitled “The fight for quality medicines in Africa – stopping falsified, Read more…

On #WorldHeartDay Fight the Fakes, together with our partner, the World Heart Federation, wants to raise awareness about the threat of falsified cardiac medicines.                         A study of ten sub-Saharan African countries by Antignac et al. put fake cardiac medicines in the spotlight and shows you how dangerous fake medicines can be for your heart. You can find the study here. #Fakemeds will break Read more…

On Saturday 21st July 2018, IAPO member Mary Lynne Van Poelgeest-Pomfret of World Federation of Incontinent Patients represented IAPO and the Fight the Fakes campaign at the 22nd International AIDS Conference in Amsterdam at the Imperial Health Sciences’ Pre-Conference Side-Event. Here she joined a multi-stakeholder panel within which a stimulating discussion took place around the topic of patient-level transparency in the delivery of antiretrovirals therapies in Sub-Saharan Africa with a focus on the importance of patient empowerment in regards to quality Read more…