Access to medicines
New tests and drugs for world’s deadliest infectious disease, TB, remain out of reach - TB Report
Press Release
19 Nov 2020
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Access to medicines
One third of the world lacks access to essential medicines. In the poorest parts of Africa and Asia this figure rises to a half of the population. We challenge the high cost of medicines and the absence of treatment for many of the diseases affecting ou
Too often we cannot treat patients because the medicines are too expensive, or they are no longer produced. Sometimes, the only drugs we have are highly toxic or ineffective and nobody is looking for a better cure.
As a medical humanitarian organisation, it is fundamentally unacceptable that access to essential medicines is increasingly difficult, particularly for the most common global infectious diseases.
Access to medicines
MSF: Governments must demand pharma make all COVID-19 vaccine licensing deals public
Press Release
11 Nov 2020
Access to medicines
MSF calls on Kenya to support landmark move to ban patents on COVID medicines and tools
Press Release
15 Oct 2020
Access to medicines
Access to coronavirus diagnostic tools is crucial to the response - An example from Cameroon
Project Update
13 Aug 2020
Access to medicines
Johnson & Johnson TB drug price reduction is important step, and governments need to urgently scale up better treatment
Press Release
6 Jul 2020
Access to medicines
African Union says urgent need to address patents and technology barriers for access to future COVID-19 vaccine
Press Release
1 Jul 2020