Today the United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI) holds a conference on the SAVEmed Project, a research collaboration to add anti-counterfeiting and track & trace technology to the packaging of medical products. SAVEmed, funding by the European Union, works to tackle the growing threat of fake medicines to Read more…
Today begins the 2014 National High School Model United Nations (NHSMUN) conference in New York City. NHSMUN represents 40 years of engaging students from all over the world in high level debate, teaching them first-hand about the United Nations and international diplomacy. This years’ ‘United Nations Office on Drugs and Read more…
We are proud to announce Malaria Consortium as a new Partner of the Fight the Fakes campaign! Malaria Consortium is one of the world’s leading non-profits specialising in the prevention, control and treatment of malaria and other communicable diseases. They are on the frontline of malaria initiatives, with 95% of Read more…
We are proud to announce the Roll Back Malaria (RBM) Partnership as a new Partner of the Fight the Fakes Campaign! The RBM Partnership is a global framework to implement coordinated action against malaria, comprised of over 500 partners including national governments, development partners, the private sector, NGOs and foundations Read more…
We are proud to announce the Global Pharma Health Fund (GPHF) as a new Partner of the Fight the Fakes Campaign! GPHF is a charitable organisation that works within international development assistance to improve healthcare and detect counterfeit medicines using the GPHF-Minilab™. GPHF-Minilab™ is a mobile laboratory for rapid drug Read more…
We are proud to announce the Dutch Malaria Foundation as a new Partner of the Fight the Fakes Campaign! The Dutch Malaria Foundation is a non-for-profit that aims to control malaria worldwide in order to structurally improve health, reduce poverty and stimulate economic development. Africa and Asia are hit hardest Read more…
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Today the Executive Board of the World Health Organisation (WHO) discussed the issue of substandard/spurious/falsely labelled/falsified/counterfeit (SSFFC) medical products. Counterfeit medicines threaten health systems worldwide. Many countries stressed the need for enhanced regulatory capacity to be achieved, in particular, by fostering regulatory convergence. During her opening address on Monday 20 Read more…
Today the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) launches a campaign to raise public awareness about the dangers of counterfeit products. “Counterfeit: Don’t buy into organized crime” shines a light on the illicit trade that manufactures and distributes counterfeit goods and the widespread health, social and ethical consequences Read more…
The Japanese government will step up efforts to fight fake medicines entering the country via foreign websites in 2014. The country’s Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare has been alerted to an increasing number of websites selling fake medication claiming to be based within Japan but operating oversees. The Ministry Read more…