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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
 
India

Church leaders call on Novartis to drop legal case in India

Project Update 16 Feb 2007
 
Tuberculosis

Overcoming the gaps in TB drug development - 'No Time To Wait' conference statement

Project Update 12 Jan 2007
 
Thailand

MSF welcomes move to overcome patent on AIDS drug in Thailand

Project Update 30 Nov 2006
 
Global

People are not getting the treatment they need to stay alive - newer AIDS drugs are unaffordable and unavailable

Press Release 29 Nov 2006
 
South Africa

The steady danger of stock-outs: MSF's experience accessing TDF in South Africa

Project Update 29 Nov 2006
 
Thailand

Unaffordable and unavailable: Newer ARVs in Thailand

Project Update 29 Nov 2006
 
Sleeping sickness

New study shows potential for shorter and safer sleeping sickness treatment

Press Release 16 Nov 2006
 
Access to medicines

Five years after DOHA, drug prices are on the rise

Press Release 14 Nov 2006
 
Guatemala

Global Fund and Guatemalan government urged to commit resources to ensure broader HIV/AIDS treatment and lower drug prices

Press Release 3 Nov 2006
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