Access to medicines

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. 

 
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Access to medicines

Any future COVID-19 vaccines must be sold at cost and accessible to all

Press Release 2 Jun 2020
 
Families register for the measles vaccination campaign in  Botulu, Boso Manzi health zone
Access to Healthcare

Democratic Republic of Congo: “COVID-19 must not jeopardise the fight against major killer diseases like measles”

Article 6 May 2020
 
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Access to medicines

MSF calls for no patents or profiteering on COVID-19 drugs, tests, and vaccines in pandemic

Press Release 27 Mar 2020
 
Access to medicines

5 barriers from Big Pharma preventing people getting lifesaving TB drugs

Article 23 Mar 2020
 
Patients waiting to take their methadone at the Karuri MAT clinic [© Paul Odongo/MSF]
Access to Healthcare

“I never thought I would get hooked,” reprieve for drugs users through a holistic approach

Article 13 Mar 2020
 
The road to Metuge is heavily damaged due to the cyclone and rains [MSF-SPAIN]
Access to medicines

Northern Mozambique: Invisible conflict, very real consequences

Interview 13 Feb 2020