Counterfeit-medicine scan
A phone photo of a medicine pack, examined for the signs of a counterfeit or substandard product.
Read moreMedicine authentication · Afghanistan
Know your medicine is genuine.
بدانید که دوای شما اصلی است.
Counterfeit and substandard medicine looks real on the shelf. Mohr-e-Aseel is building a scan that checks a medicine pack from a single phone photo — and answers in Dari, Pashto or English.
In development · launching first in Afghanistan
An estimated one in ten medical products in low- and middle-income countries is substandard or falsified.
World Health Organization, 2017 —the global surveillance study.
Afghanistan's medicines cross many borders, labelled in English, Urdu, Persian, Turkish and more. A falsified pack is made to fool a trained eye. An antibiotic that does nothing, a heart medicine with the wrong dose — the patient pays for it twice.
Read the research briefThe counterfeit-medicine scan
Three steps, one photo.
Photograph the pack
The box, the blister and the leaflet — with the batch number and expiry date in frame. A phone camera is enough.
The scan examines it
Print, layout and colour against genuine references; the batch and registration formats; the expiry; the active ingredient and its strength.
A clear answer, in your language
Written and spoken in Dari, Pashto or English, with what to do next. When the scan cannot tell, it says so plainly.
What the scan examines
Print and packaging
Typography, colour, layout and security features compared with the genuine article.
Batch and expiry
Batch numbers and dates read from the pack and checked for format and plausibility.
Registration marks
Manufacturer and registration details checked against the format they should follow.
Ingredient and strength
The active ingredient and dose on the label, so a patient knows what they are taking.
Who it is for
Anyone holding a medicine they need to trust.
Patients and families
Check a medicine before you take it, or before you give it to someone you love.
Pharmacists
Check stock from a new supplier at the counter, and show customers what you sell is genuine.
Clinics and health organisations
Screen donated and procured medicine before it reaches a patient.
Services
One seal. A growing family of services.
Health questions by voice
Describe symptoms in a Dari or Pashto voice note and learn how urgently to seek care.
Maternal and newborn care companion
Step-by-step guidance for community health workers and midwives, working without a connection.
Smartphone screening
Camera-based screening for signs such as anaemia, newborn jaundice and skin lesions.
A record that travels with the patient
Years of paper prescriptions and lab slips, photographed into one record the patient keeps.
Our standard
What the seal stands for.
Made for Afghanistan
Built around the packs, languages and supply routes of Afghan pharmacies.
Your language first
Dari and Pashto are first-class, written and spoken — not a translation afterthought.
A phone is enough
No lab, no special hardware. The camera people already carry.
Honest about doubt
A result never claims more certainty than the evidence gives it.
Bring the seal to your pharmacy or clinic.
We are looking for pharmacies, clinics and health organisations in Afghanistan to shape the scan before it launches.
Write to hello@mohreaseel.com