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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
 
Neglected diseases

Combating tropical diseases: What is still missing

Press Release 30 Jan 2012
 
5 lives
Access to medicines

Ten Stories that Mattered in Access to Medicines in 2011

Report 22 Dec 2011
 
HIV/AIDS

MSF pays tribute to the people fighting HIV/AIDS in Africa and launches 'Positive Generation: Voices for an AIDS-free future'

Press Release 1 Dec 2011
 
HIV/AIDS

Response to President Obama's HIV/AIDS speech: 'Now it is time for all governments to step up'

Statement 1 Dec 2011
 
Access to Healthcare

The thinnest of lifelines: An interview with Dr. Unni Karunakara on MSF's response to the funding crisis at the Global Fund

Voices from the Field 1 Dec 2011
 
Malawi 2011 : 10 years ARV
Malawi

10 Years of Antiretrovirals: Treatment in Malawi by MSF

Report 29 Nov 2011
 
Kenya

The reduction of activities may have dramatic consequences on refugees in Dadaab

Project Update 28 Nov 2011
 
Access to Healthcare

MSF response to Global Fund Board meeting

Press Release 22 Nov 2011
 
HIV/AIDS

Access to HIV treatment must speed up to match political promises

Press Release 21 Nov 2011
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