Executive summary Essential medicines satisfy the priority health-care needs of the
population. Essential medicines policies are crucial to promoting health and achieving …

Background: As called for by the Sustainable Development Goals, governments,
development partners and civil society are working on anti-corruption, transparency and …

Introduction: The globalization of the pharmaceutical supply chain has introduced new
challenges, chief among them, fighting the international criminal trade in fake medicines. As …

Antibiotic resistance is a problem for human health, and consequently, its study had been
traditionally focused toward its impact for the success of treating human infections in …

Approximately 10% of antimicrobials used by humans in low-and middle-income countries
are estimated to be substandard or falsified. In addition to their negative impact on morbidity …

Objective Substandard and falsified (SF) medical products are a global public health threat.
The presence and spread of SF drugs negatively affect (1) patients' safety and health …

The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, which has significant impact on global
health care delivery, occurs amid the ongoing global health crisis of antimicrobial resistance …

Substandard and falsified medicines are often reported jointly, making it difficult to recognize
variations in medicine quality. This study characterized medicine quality based on active …

This study evaluates the use of the Global Pharma Health Fund (GPHF) Minilab for medicine
quality screening by 16 faith-based drug supply organizations located in 13 low-and middle …

Drug counterfeits have been an international issue for almost two decades, and the latest
statistics show that fake medications will continue to penetrate legitimate pharmaceutical …