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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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Access to Healthcare

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Access to medicines

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MSF TB Treatment in Mumbai, India
Access to medicines

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Press Release 13 Oct 2017
 
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Access to medicines

Patent Office dashes hopes for affordable pneumonia vaccine

Press Release 22 Aug 2017
 
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Press Release 3 Aug 2017
 
AIDS in era of antiretrovirals
HIV/AIDS

MSF concerned by high numbers of AIDS deaths in sub-Saharan Africa

Press Release 25 Jul 2017
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