The GPHF-Minilab™ - Background Information on Counterfeit Medicines

Examples of Counterfeit Medicines

• 2023: Estimating the prevalence of poor-quality anti-TB medicines
• 2022: Burden of and factors associated with poor quality medicines in Malawi
• 2022: Counterfeit and substandard drugs in Tanzania
• 2022: The GPHF-Minilab in Practice: A Systematic Evaluation with Case Reports from Africa
• 2021: Fake antimalarial medicines detected in Chad, Ivory Coast, and Mali
• 2020: COVID-19 collateral damage: plenty of fake chloroquine pills in Africa
• 2020: Fake antimalarial tablets lacking quinine circulating in West and Central Africa
• 2019: Fake antimalarial medicines without quinine discovered in three African countries
• 2019: Fake blood pressure pills in Cameroon containing antidiabetic
• 2019: Fake antibacterial medicines found in Chad
• 2019: Spurious malaria tablets appear again in Cameroon
• 2018: Shortage causes supply of fake quinine tablets in Cameroon
• 2018: Falsified "Augmentin" without actives circulating in Cameroon
• 2018: Fake antimalarials with zero quinine content found in DR-Congo
• 2018: Falsified cefixime tablets detected in DR-Congo
• 2017: Falsified antibacterial medicines in Cameroon
• 2017: Falsified antimalarial medicines in DR-Congo (2)
• 2017: Falsified antimalarial medicines in DR-Congo (1)
• 2016: Fake antimalarial medicines in Cameroon
• 2016: Counterfeit antimalarial medicines in DR-Congo
• 2016: Fake antibacterial medicines in DR-Congo
• 2016: Falsified hepatitis C medicines in Myanmar
• 2016: Falsified AmoxiClav Tablets in Cameroon
• 2016: Fake fertility medicines in Cameroon
• 2015: Fake emergency contraceptive in Uganda
• 2015: Fake antibacterial medicines in Congo-Kinshasa
• 2015: Fake antimalarial medicine in Gabon
• 2015: Fake antimalarial medicine in Malawi
• 2015: Fake antimalarial medicines in Togo and the Ivory Coast
• 2014: Fake cardiovascular medicine in Kenya
• 2014: Fake antibacterial medicine in Cameroon
• 2014: Fake antimalaria medicines in Liberia, Cameroon and Ghana
• 2013: Fake antimalaria medicine in the Democratic Republic of Congo
• 2013: Fake sulfonamide antimalarial in Cameroon
• 2013: Fake antimalaria medicine in Cameroon (3)
• 2013: Fake antimalaria medicine in Cameroon (2)
• 2013: Fake antimalaria medicine in Cameroon (1)
• 2012 - 2013: Fake antimalarial medicine in Papua New Guinea (2)
• 2012: Fake anthelminthic medicine in Angola
• 2012: Fake antimalaria medicine in Equatorial Guinea
• 2012: Fake antimalaria medicine in the Democratic Republic of Congo (2)
• 2012: Fake antimalaria medicine in the Democratic Republic of Congo (1)
• 2011: Fake antimalaria medicine in Cameroon
• 2010: Fake antimalaria medicine in Papua New Guinea (1)
• 2008: Fake leishmaniasis medicine in Bangladesh
• 2006 - 2007: Counterfeit Antimalarials in East Africa
• 2006: Counterfeit Antimalarials in West Africa
• 1999 - 2005: Counterfeit Antimalarials in South East Asia
• 2002 - 2003: Counterfeit Antimicrobials in South Asia
• 2002: Counterfeit Antimalarials in South East Asia
• 1998 - 1999: Counterfeit Antimicrobials in Latin America
• 1997: Counterfeit Antimalarials in East Africa