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Representatives from more than 150 countries are meeting in Geneva this week at the World Health Assembly. One of their tasks is to complete the work of the Intergovernmental Working Group on Innovation, Public Health and Intellectual Property (IGWG) on a deal both to increase access to medicines in developing countries and to reform a system of medical research and development that has failed to deliver new treatments to patients in the developing world. Access Campaign director, Dr Tido von Schoen-Angerer, says there's still a window of opportunity Listen to Dr von Schoen-Angerer
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Putting Patients First: 
MSF collection of interviews and essays on some of the gaps in medical research and access and some proposals to reform the current system
Read more about the Intergovernmental Working Group on Public Health, Innovation and Intellectual Property (IGWG)
Listen to the Access Campaign's director, Dr. Tido von Schoen-Angerer explaining what's at stake at the IGWG
'What we wanted to see was governments prescribe some change to a broken system, but they have not risen to the challenge. Concrete proposals to ensure urgently needed drugs and diagnostics are developed for developing country diseases have not received support. Considering the colossal needs we see in MSF daily practice, this is a lost opportunity.’ Dr Tido von Schoen-Angerer
Read MSF's statement at the end of the April IGWG talks
MSF Clinical Officer Olesi Ellemani Pasulani's reflections on AIDS treatment in Malawi
Living with MDR TB: 'Expert Client' Nonkululeko Mamba's Story
MDR TB Treatment in Cambodia: A Catalyst for Change
