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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Photo Story

Photostory: Out of sight, out of mind

15 Jul 2019
Photo Story
 
Vials of Amphotericin B which is used to treat Cryptococcal Meningitis [© Albert Masias/MSF]
Access to medicines

Gilead Sciences fails on promise to expand access to lifesaving drug for people living with HIV

Press Release 27 Jun 2019
 
Elisabeth and her daughters Adelphine and Rachel [ © Arjun Claire/MSF]
Access to Healthcare

Stories of Survival : Adelphine, Elisabeth and Rachel from Burundi

Testimony 18 Jun 2019
 
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Access to medicines

Central African Republic: "We have not seen any doctors in Mingala for more than two years"

Project Update 5 Jun 2019
 
Videos and Photos

Myanmar | Reaching remote communities

20 May 2019
Videos and Photos
 
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Access to medicines

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

Project Update 20 May 2019