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No fake medicines sign, China by Flickr/Ian Fuller

Tools for exposing fakes

An arsenal of technologies has been deployed to track down fake drugs
Flickr/Pranjal Mahna

The drugs that fuel disease

Priya Shetty gives the facts and figures on counterfeit medicines

From access to drugs to swine flu

Keep up-to-date with the issues affecting science, health and development
Police officer in Pailin province, Cambodia by Moeun Chhean Nariddh

Stamp out fake antimalarials

Mekong countries need support to keep fighting fakes and stem drug resistance
Pharmacy shelf, Guinea by Flickr/ Julien Harneis

It's all in the name

Confusion over 'counterfeits' is harming efforts to tackle substandard drugs

From GM crops to forestry

Learn more about the challenges of feeding our growing population versus caring for our planet
Bag of seized counterfeit drugs by Wikicommons/CBP

Policing fake drugs

Interpol's work against counterfeit medicines shows key role of collaboration

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