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

As WHO issues critical new TB treatment recommendations, MSF calls on governments to urgently scale-up all oral treatment

Press Release 22 Dec 2018
 
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Access to medicines

Bossangoa, Central African Republic: Improved access to healthcare leads to a sharp increase in malaria and malnutrition patients

Press Release 10 Dec 2018