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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Myanmar | Reaching remote communities

20 May 2019
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Access to medicines

South Sudan: Antivenom, not frogs, needed to cure snakebite

Project Update 20 May 2019
 
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South Sudan: A remote hospital on the river

16 May 2019
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Access to Healthcare

MSF’s ‘Access Campaign’ marks 20 years of work

Article 9 May 2019
 
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Access to medicines

More than medicine: a look at mental health needs in detention

Stories from the Frontline 9 May 2019
 
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Photo Story

Treating snakebite in Ethiopia: “The first ten minutes are critical”

14 Feb 2019
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