On October 3rd, FTFA was invited by the World Trade Organization to speak at a closed-door panel discussion about “Substandard, Falsified and Counterfeit Medical Products” alongside the World Health Organization and the World Customs Organization. The event brought together country representatives from 30+ countries in the context of WTO’s annual Read more…
King’s College London Fight the Fakes will welcome Dr. Asma Buanz in its next webinar about SFs on Thursday, 20 June! The issue of substandard and fake medical products (SFs) has been on the rise with e-commerce platforms providing easy access to such products, and there is an increased need Read more…
King’s College London Fight the Fakes will host a webinar about the response to substandard and falsified (SF) medical products in francophone Sub-Saharan African countries with Raffaella Ravinetto, PharmD, PhD, Head of the Public Health Department, and a professor in pharmaceutical public health, at the Institute of Tropical Medicine (ITM), Read more…
Join us in confronting a critical issue that affects communities across Africa. Pharmacy students from Guinea, Cameroon, Congo, Ethiopia, Madagascar, and Ivory Coast have come together to expose the harsh truth about fake and substandard medicines. Many of these students were once victims, and now, armed with knowledge, they are Read more…
This playbook provides an overview of the Fight the Fakes Week 2023 campaign and ways to get involved. Download here Download the FRENCH version here. For more information about the Fight the Fakes Week activities visit https://fightthefakes.org/fight-the-fakes-week-4-10-december-2023/
Ce guide fournit un aperçu de la campagne Semaine Fight the Fakes 2023 et propose des moyens de s’impliquer. Téléchargez ici Pour plus d’informations sur les activités de la Semaine Fight the Fakes, visitez https://fightthefakes.org/semaine-fight-the-fakes-4-10-decembre-2023/
We are organizing a flagship online event on 7 December 2023 to mark Fight the Fakes Week taking place from 4th to 10th December 2023. This week-long event presents a significant opportunity for us to come together and raise awareness about the pressing issue of substandard and falsified medicines. Under the Read more…
Prenez part à la Semaine Fight the Fakes du 4 au 10 décembre 2023 afin de sensibiliser aux dangers des médicaments de qualité inférieure et falsifiés. Cette année, notre attention se porte sur l’Afrique, où environ 1 produit médical sur 10 est de mauvaise qualité inférieure ou falsifiés, entraînant près Read more…
Join the Fight the Fakes Week between 4 – 10 December 2023, to raise awareness about the dangers of substandard and falsified medicines. This year, our focus is on Africa, where approximately 1 in 10 medical products are substandard or falsified, leading to nearly 500,000 deaths annually in sub-Saharan Africa Read more…
Fight The Fakes Week flagship event: Keeping patients safe – securing the global medicines supply chain Homicide Charges for Those Making Harmful Fake Medicine? Article originally published on Health Policy Watch by Kerry Cullinan There should be much harsher penalties, including homicide charges, for those who intentionally falsify medicine and Read more…