Addressing Medical Challenges
The MSF Access Campaign is currently working to address six key medical challenges: HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, malnutrition, malaria, vaccines and neglected diseases.
MSF aims to bring the best medical care possible to some of the most disadvantaged people on earth. But our medical teams face enormous challenges in delivering that optimised care. There are many reasons for this but the Access Campaign’s key focus is on the difficulties people face in getting hold of effective diagnostic tests, drugs and vaccines.
© Juan Carlos Tomasi
HIV/AIDS
© Brendan Bannon
Getting better treatment to people earlier will prolong lives and prevent the virus from spreading.
» Read what we are doing to help scale up treatment to those in need.
Malaria
© Brendan Bannon
Many more young lives could be saved by switching to a new treatment.
» Read how we are pushing for countries to make the switch to artesunate.
Malnutrition
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Young children everywhere need diets high in nutrients to develop and grow healthily.
Neglected Diseases
© Mads Nissen
Chagas, kala azar, sleeping sickness and Buruli ulcer have suffered years of neglect in terms of funding and research.
» Read about MSF’s encounters in the field with these diseases and what needs to be done.
Tuberculosis
© Sophie Scott
There’s still a massive hole in the pipeline for medicines for drug-resistant TB.
» Read how we are trying to support the development of better drugs.
Vaccines
© Olivier Asselin
Too many children are dying of diseases that could be wiped out by immunisation.
» Read about how we are trying to boost existing coverage and get newer vaccines to the field.