INFORMATIONAL MATERIALS
Fake Medicines and Malaria (repost)
Malaria is a disease that can be prevented and treated…when using the right medicines!
UPDATES
Fighting the Fakes for World Malaria Day
Photo by AMISOM via Iwaria World Malaria Day reminds us, as if we had ever forgotten, that fatal diseases that have afflicted humanity long before COVID-19 are still responsible for hundreds of thousands of avoidable deaths each year. It is a time to reflect that, in a world where heart-breaking Read more…
STORIES
Victoria Amponsah’s Story (repost from 2013)
The day Victoria Amponsah was diagnosed with malaria she also learned that she was two months pregnant. She left the hospital with a prescription for an anti-malarial drug and, like patients anywhere else in the world, went to a local pharmacy believing that the medicine she purchased would treat her Read more…
COVID-19
Update: Medical Product Quality Report from IDDO on COVID-19 vaccines – February & March issues
According to the Medicine Quality Research Group, Centre of Tropical Medicine & Global Health, Nuffield Department of Medicine and the University of Oxford’s Medical Product Quality Report – COVID-19 vaccine issues from March 2021, between 12th March 2020 and 5 th March 2021 76 reports of diverted or SF COVID-19 vaccines from Read more…
EVENTS
IFPW Foundation’s 2021 Virtual Benefit – 29-30 April 2021
Every year our founding member IFPW Foundation organises its central fundraising event, thanks to which also the mission of Fight the Fakes is being supported! This year the benefit will take place online which means that you too can participate to learn more about the initiatives that IFPW Foundation is Read more…
EVENTS
Fight the Fakes Alliance at GS1 Healthcare Online Summit, 20-22 April 2021
The GS1 Healthcare Online Summit is a 3-day event (20-22 April 2021) organised by GS1, who is one of the founding members of the recently launched Fight the Fakes Alliance. The event offers the opportunity to understand how global standards are being used across all parts of the healthcare supply Read more…
EVENTS
World Health Day celebrated under the theme of Health Equity
Today, on 7 April, the global health community is celebrating World Health Day under the theme of Health Equity, proposed by the World Health Organisation (WHO). The COVID-19 pandemic has intensified social, economic, and health inequities. Living a healthy live, and getting easier access to health services more than others, depends on where you are Read more…
EVENTS
Counterfeit Medicines in Africa webinar on April 7th, 2021, organised by APDA, African Pharmaceutical Distribution Association
Fight the Fakes invites you to a webinar dedicated to #fakemeds in Africa The webinar will take place on 7 April 2021, from 6:00 pm CET, and is organised by the African Pharmaceutical Distribution Association. Don’t miss the presentation from Adam Aspinall, Senior Director, Access and Product Management, Medicines for Read more…
UPDATES
Fight the Fakes made it to Forbes magazine!
Dr Judy Stone, Infectious Disease specialist, recently talked about Fight the Fakes work and the risks of fake medicines in Forbes magazine. The author started the article by describing the grim situation of the black market for fake Covid-19 vaccines and vaccination cards which has been rapidly growing worldwide, increasing by more Read more…
INFORMATIONAL MATERIALS
WHO Policy paper on traceability of medical products
The World Health Organization (WHO) has recently published a policy paper bringing together the available knowledge around existing traceability systems with the aim to support national regulatory authorities in setting up and ensuring an efficient traceability of medical products. A strong system able to trace medicines in real-time along the Read more…