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Treating multi drug resistant TB and HIV/AIDS in Manipur, India

Access to medicines

Unaffordable, unavailable, not adapted - people around the world face these challenges in accessing lifesaving medicines.

During the 1990s, MSF teams made a bitter observation: we were failing to treat some of our patients suffering from infectious diseases, while in developed countries, remarkable progress was being made in the field of health. Two decades on, medicines in developing countries are still either too expensive, aren't suitable to be used in many of the contexts in which we work (for example, in hot, humid conditions or where there's a lack of electricity), or simply don't exist for the diseases we need to treat.

In 1999, we launched the Campaign for Access to Essential Medicines, now known as the Access Campaign. Its mission focuses on three areas: overcoming barriers to access to essential medicines, stimulating research and development for neglected diseases, promoting health exceptions to global trade agreements.

In 2003, MSF joined several research institutes, including the Institut Pasteur, to create the Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative (DNDi), a non-profit research and development organisation engaged in research and development of new treatments for neglected diseases.

 
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MSF Access Campaign

msfaccess.org
 
Access to medicines

The naked truth

Project Update 14 Sep 2016
 
Seeking malaria treatment around Aweil, South Sudan
Access to medicines

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Colombia

Malaria caused by the falciparum parasite spreading throughout country

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MSF Activities in Ukraine
Ukraine

MSF concludes medical humanitarian activities in Bakhmut

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Aleppo city
Syria

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India

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Press Release 28 Jul 2016
 
Dialysis center in Al-Jumhori hospital in Sana’a, Yemen
Yemen

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Report 20 Jul 2016
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