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The Global Fund: Partnering with National Governments to Fight Fake Medicines
The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Tanzania’s Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission of Nigeria (EFCC). The Global Fund and these national offices have agreed to share intelligence in order to facilitate the investigation of networks suspected of manufacturing and distributing fake medicines. As stated by the Director General of the Tanzania FDA, Hiiti Sillo: “Spurious, falsely-labelled, falsified, counterfeit Read more…
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IRACM – Institute of Research against Counterfeit Medicines
In the face of this scourge which directly threatens the health of hundreds of thousands of people and is endangering global health, the creation of a universal centre specially dedicated to the fight against health product counterfeiting emerged as a necessity. Created with this ambition in 2010, the international Institute of Research against Counterfeit Medicine (IRACM) is today the only independent international organization that is exclusively dedicated to the fight against counterfeiting and falsification of Read more…
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Fondation Chirac – Spot against fake medicines
Fondaction Chirac : spot against fake medicines “we must act now”. To watch the video and know more about The Cotonou Declaration click here. Fondaction Chirac: Spot d’alerte contre le trafic de faux médicaments “il est urgent d’agir”. Pour regarder la vidéo et en savoir sur la Déclaration de Cotonou, cliquer ici.
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IRACM – ACT: If you are a patient or general public
ACT: if you are a patient or general public, when you buy drugs online or from unusual sources of supply it is important to inspect the product you are about to take. – AGIR : si vous êtes un patient ou grand public, lorsque vous achetez des médicaments sur internet ou à partir de sources d’approvisionnement inhabituelles (hors pharmacie) il est primordial d’inspecter le médicament que vous vous apprêtez à prendre. Pour en savoir plus, cliquez Read more…
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Lesotho Nurses Association Joins in Awareness Raising about FakeMedicines
Lesotho has conducted its first official forum to discuss the threat of fake medicines and other fake health products to the country. The forum worked to raise awareness of the fast growing problem of counterfeit medicines in Lesotho and the lack of legislation available to protect the public from these dangerous products. Director of the National Drug Stockpile Organisation (NDSO) stated that fake medicines make up to 30% of the national drug supply, and the Read more…
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IRACM – ACT: If you are a pharmacist
ACT: if you are a pharmacist in charge of a distribution facility, submit to the competent authorities any observations reported due to his own experience or following elements that have been reported. AGIR : si vous êtes un pharmacien responsable d’un établissement de distribution, transmettez aux autorités compétentes tout signalement rapporté du fait de ses propres observations ou faisant suite à des éléments qui lui ont été rapportés. Pour en savoir plus cliquez ici.
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Fondation Chirac : UN Secretary-General’s message to “Call of Cotonou” meeting on the trafficking of counterfeit medicines
Read the UN Secretary-General’s message to “Call of Cotonou” meeting on the trafficking of counterfeit medicines.
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ICN – International Nurses Day “Nurses for Patient Safety: Targeting Counterfeit Medicines”
2005 International Nurses Day theme was “Nurses for Patient Safety: Targeting Counterfeit and Substandard Medicines”. ICN has chosen this topic as the focus of this year’s IND in order to inform nurses and to provide you with the tools to tackle this growing problem. En 2005, le CII a choisi comme thème de sa Journée internationale de l’infirmière “Les infirmières s’engagent pour la sécurité des patients : lutte contre les médicaments de contrefaçon et de Read more…
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Fondation Chirac – The Cotonou Declaration
Read the Cotonou Declaration: On October 2009 President Jacques Chirac and the Honor Committee of the International Mobilization called for action against falsified medicines. Download the Cotonou Declaration in English, in French, in Arab, and in Chinese. Lisez et téléchargez l’Appel de Cotonou signé par Jacques Chirac et les personnalités présentes le 12 octobre 2009, la liste des signataires de l’Appel de Cotonou (à jour février 2012), et le message du Secrétaire général des Nations Read more…