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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
 
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Pneumonia

MSF launches global action against Pfizer and GlaxoSmithKline to cut the price of the pneumonia vaccine

Press Release 12 Nov 2015
 
South Africa

South Africa should override patent on key HIV medicine after widespread stock out problem

Press Release 27 Oct 2015
 
India

At African Union – India meeting, leaders should work together to protect access to affordable medicines

Press Release 26 Oct 2015
 
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Access to medicines

MSF urges India to protect affordable medicines for millions

Press Release 28 Sep 2015
 
Snakebite

Global health community slithers away from snakebite crisis as antivenom runs out

Press Release 4 Sep 2015
 
Project Update

A month in focus: August 2015

Project Update 17 Aug 2015
 
Malaria in South Sudan - Patient Story
South Sudan

Severe malaria season - Testimonies from malaria patients & family

Voices from the Field 14 Aug 2015
 
South Sudan

On pace for a second, exceptionally severe malaria season

Project Update 14 Aug 2015
 
Treating multi drug resistant TB and HIV/AIDS in Manipur, India
Access to medicines

TPP negotiators must fix the most damaging trade agreement ever for global health

Press Release 23 Jul 2015
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