This week Fight the Fakes partner the University College London School of Pharmacy was at University of North Carolina Eshelman School of Pharmacy and Harvard University, speaking with students, faculty and campus visitors about the dangers of fake medicines.
Today on World Malaria Day, Fight the Fakes partner the International Association for Medical Assistance to Travellers (IAMAT) updates its World Malaria Risk Chart and How to Protect Yourself Against Malaria Whitepaper. The Chart outlines risk areas around the world, including regions affected by anti-malarial drug resistance. Both documents mention the risk of counterfeit anti-malarial medications. See the World Malaria Risk Chart here. How to Protect Yourself Against Malaria here.
My name is Abraham Dzidonu and I was born in Ghana. I studied Chemistry at the University of Ghana and Pharmacy in Mainz, Germany, and later worked with Alliance Boots Pharmacy, UK. Since 2007, I have been Team Leader responsible for Quality Assurance at the Doc-Morris Mail Order Pharmacy in the Netherlands. In 2008 I joined Pharmacists without Borders in Germany (Apotheker ohne Grenzen eV Germany, AOG) where I now serve on the Executive Board. Read more…
If you walk into the British Museum in Bloomsbury, London and head to the gallery “Living and Dying”, you’ll find the installation “Cradle to Grave” – a glimmering showcase of life in contemporary Britain amongst exhibits from the Pacific Islands. Two lengths of textile rest under a glass sheet, one representing a man and one representing a woman, each containing over 14,000 pills. This is the estimated average that is prescribed to a resident of Read more…
I am Venus Lam, a final year student in UCL School of Pharmacy. I was born and raised in Hong Kong where a sound legislative system and strict regulations on pharmaceutical industry are in place. in parts of mainland China, just across the border, pharmaceutical quality and control can be less reputable. Therefore, it is no surprise to see thousands of people coming across the border to pharmacies in Hong Kong to buy their essential Read more…
This week Fight the Fakes is at the Geneva Health Forum (19-21 April), sharing information and resources about fake medicines with global health experts and students from university hospitals, public and private sectors, international organisations and NGOs. For three days, Fight the Fakes hosts a booth with display materials, quizzes about fake medicines, and the opportunity to take a selfie with “good medicines” and “bad medicines”. To mark the occasion, Fight the Fakes launches three new stories from student Read more…
Hi, my name is Sadia Baksh and I have been born and brought up in the hustle and bustle of London. I am keen to raise awareness of fake medicines, as their impact across the world is devastating. In London, I do not feel fake medicines to pose me any serious threat and I have always had confidence in the products that I have been supplied at my local pharmacists. I have been fortunate to Read more…
(FR) La falsification des médicaments, les médicaments falsifiés, constitue un fléau mondial dont le trafic ne cesse de croître. Dans tous les pays, notamment dans ceux en développement, un préjudice grave est créé à l’égard des malades qui ne peuvent bénéficier d’un accès à des médicaments de qualité en vue d’un traitement efficace. Plus récemment, la vente de médicaments sur Internet représente un danger supplémentaire mondial. Face aux carences des acteurs de tous niveaux, au Read more…
(FR) A l’initiative de l’Académie nationale de médecine et de son Président honoraire, le Professeur Marc Gentilini, le rapport “Médicaments falsifiés : plus qu’un scandale, un crime”, rédigé en commun avec l’Académie nationale de Pharmacie et l’Académie Vétérinaire de France, a été présenté publiquement le mardi 5 avril 2016. Le rapport rappelle l’impérative nécessité d’une lutte contre ce trafic particulièrement rentable et ses trafiquants, nouvelle mafia, hors de contrôle. La Fondation Chirac et Fight the Read more…
Fight the Fakes partner the US Pharmacopeial Convention’s (USP) Center for Pharmaceutical Advancement and Training (CePAT) in Accra, Ghana today opens a new pharmaceutical microbiology laboratory to test the contents of medicines in Africa. The state-of-the-art laboratory will train pharmaceutical and regulatory professionals to identify medicines contaminated with microorganisms, such as bacteria. Such testing has historically been a challenge in low-resource settings in Africa. Millions of patients in Africa who rely on medicines to get well can benefit Read more…
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