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

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
 
Epilepsy in Liberia
Access to Healthcare

Liberia: A growing cohort of epilepsy patients shows how life-changing treatment is possible

Stories from the Frontline 6 Feb 2020
 
Al Kashafa Hospital 2020
Access to Healthcare

New MSF hospital in White Nile state to strengthen the quality of healthcare provided to refugees and local community

Press Release 24 Jan 2020