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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TRIPS waiver for COVID-19 Tools: what are the implications for Africa?

3 Mar 2021
Videos and Photos
 
Access to medicines

If approved, first shipments of J&J COVID-19 vaccine should go to low- and middle-income countries

Press Release 25 Feb 2021
 
COVID-19 center set up in Blantyre, Malawi.
Access to medicines

MSF: Urgent need for vaccines as new COVID-19 strain ravages Mozambique, Eswatini and Malawi

Press Release 5 Feb 2021
 
Mohammed Hussein Bule teacher in Dagahaley refugee camp. He also lives with Type 1 Diabetes
Access to medicines

New findings: a gamechanger for diabetes care in refugee settings

Project Update 4 Feb 2021
 
Access to medicines

MSF to wealthy countries: Don’t block and ruin the potential of a landmark waiver on monopolies during the pandemic

Press Release 3 Feb 2021
 
2018 MSF team examines a snakebite wound on a patient’s foot in Abdurafi, Ethiopia.
Access to Healthcare

No more neglected diseases, no more neglected patients

Press Release 28 Jan 2021