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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 a full week of events and side-events focused on a specific agenda. This year in its 71st edition, the WHA takes place between 21– 26 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 heroes of the fight against malaria, among which are also two Fight the Fakes partners:  Dr Kesete Admasu, CEO of Roll Back Malaria Partnership to 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 systems and healthcare professionals. The recently published editorial by the Lancet Journal of Respiratory Medicine is a welcome contribution to raise awareness to these very 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 for 3 days to raise awareness about the dangers of falsified medicines but also to answer your questions and boost knowledge about what you can 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 more than 30 sessions, Fight the Fakes partner the Pharmaceutical Security Institute (PSI) will provide a key update on both domestic and global pharmaceutical counterfeiting 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 that Promotes Rapid Exchange of Information”. The session was followed by a Q&A session. In case you missed it you can check the livestream here. The 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 “Fighting Fakes by Member States, Falsified Medicines and the Common Logo – raising public awareness” points to several measures for detecting illegal, uncertified and untrustworthy 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                                                     21 February 2018                                   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 poor people are dying in Africa. Thomas Cueni, the director general of IFPMA, the body that represents the world’s pharmaceutical companies, has been telling the Read more…