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In the fight against fake medicines, everyone has a role to play

My name is Andrea Bomo and I am 24 years old. I am a journalist from Cameroon currently based in Birmingham. I was born and raised in Cameroon where I founded Akouma TV, a Yaounde-based production company which aim is to give a platform to Cameroonian artists, creatives and entrepreneurs and empower the African youth as a whole. My experience with fake  medicines is quite unusual. At my family’s house in Yaounde in 2012, I started Read more…

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Fight the Fakes delivers statement at World Health Assembly

According to the situation report of the World Health Organization (WHO) Member State Mechanism on Substandard/spurious/falsely-labelled/ falsified/counterfeit (SSFFC) medical products: “The manufacture, distribution and sale of SSFFC medical products is an international issue threatening the health of people in every region and every Member State. It threatens public confidence in life saving medicines, health care systems and undermines trust in health care professionals, in addition to wasting precious resources. This topic has been widely and Read more…

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Survey of 5 European countries shows low awareness of fake medicines

According to the survey conducted by happycurious for Sanofi, only 20% of Europeans associate counterfeiting with medicines. 77% of European consumers say they have not been adequately informed or are ignorant on the subject of fake medicines. This lack of awareness about fake medicines exists despite the following facts: 1 in 10 drugs sold worldwide are counterfeit; this figure reaches above 40% in some countries. In 2013, 99 countries collaborated on Operation Pangea VI to fight Read more…

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Event on Medicrime Convention at World Health Assembly

It is undeniable that fake medicines are a growing threat to public health. This February, customs in Le Havre seized 2.4 million doses of counterfeit medicines disguised as tea. In 2012 Swiss companies were implicated in the distribution of counterfeit versions of the cancer drug Avastin. The struggle to prevent counterfeit medicines from infiltrating some of the most secure drug supply chains in the world makes clear the gravity of this challenge for regulatory authorities. Read more…

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Making Sure Everyone Gets the Message

I am Embele Patience Fominyen, Station Manager of Radio Health International for the past 4 years. I have always loved social work and had a perfect opportunity to blend this with communication, which I studied at university. Health themed radio is a new concept in Central Africa where there is a great need for this information, as health issues continue to kill millions every year. Cameroon is a developing country and poverty is an issue. Read more…

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