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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

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Tuberculosis, a killer disease

Project Update 21 Mar 2014
 
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A Qualitative Assessment of a Community Antiretroviral Therapy Group Model in Tete, Mozambique

20 Mar 2014
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Directly-Observed and Self-Administered Tuberculosis Treatment in a Chronic, Low-Intensity Conflict Setting in India

20 Mar 2014
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HIV and DR-TB treatment in Swazialnd, October 2013 (MSB3196 )
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Voices from the Field 19 Mar 2014
 
Tuberculosis

Test Me Treat Me' TB manifesto

Project Update 17 Mar 2014
 
HIV and DR-TB treatment in Swazialnd, October 2013
Tuberculosis

The new face of an old disease: Urgent action needed to tackle global Drug-Resistant TB threat

Press Release 17 Mar 2014
 
Tuberculosis

Multidrug-resistant TB patient stories

Project Update 17 Mar 2014
 
Tuberculosis

A breath of hope for Drug-Resistant TB

Project Update 17 Mar 2014
 
Nelisiwe Ziqugu, Community Health Agent, doing door to door HIV testing. KwaZulu Natal, South Africa.
HIV/AIDS

Two new studies point to impact of HIV treatment on transmission in high-HIV-burden African contexts

Press Release 6 Mar 2014
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