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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
 
Malnutrition

Food Is Not Enough campaign - Understanding malnutrition

Project Update 10 Oct 2007
 
Malnutrition

Treating malnutrition: The RUF revolution

Project Update 10 Oct 2007
 
Malnutrition

Food is not enough: Without essential nutrients millions of children will die

Report 10 Oct 2007
 
India

After Indian court ruling, MSF hands over petition with 420,000 signatures to Novartis

Press Release 8 Aug 2007
 
India

Indian court ruling in Novartis case protects India as the 'Pharmacy of the Developing World'

Project Update 6 Aug 2007
 
Access to medicines

New MSF report shows up to 500% price rise for less-toxic, WHO recommended, first-line regimen

Press Release 23 Jul 2007
 
HIV/AIDS

MSF reaction to G8 declaration on Africa and innovation

Statement 8 Jun 2007
 
Access to medicines

G8 declaration on innovation and intellectual property will directly harm access to medicines

Press Release 7 Jun 2007
 
South Africa

Retaining health workers: the basics

Project Update 24 May 2007
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