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30 April 2025
MedAccess and Elekta aim to expand access to cancer care in Africa with innovative pay-per-use model
MedAccess and Elekta, a global leader in precision radiation therapy equipment and software, today launched a partnership to provide an innovative pay-per-use model for radiotherapy treatment for cancer in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). The partnership is the first of its kind for cancer care in Africa. Access to radiotherapy…
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2 August 2022 | Insight
The reality of undiagnosed syphilis for mothers and babies
Nigeria is ramping up the use of a test which can detect both HIV and syphilis simultaneously. But why is…
1 August 2022 | News
Partners announce reduced price for patient-friendly tuberculosis preventive treatments
New lower prices negotiated as partners aim to increase access to short-course tuberculosis preventive treatments. Unitaid, The Aurum Institute, the…
31 July 2022 | Insight
5 things you should know about HIV self-testing
CHAI spoke with HIV advocate and Director of the African Community Advisory Board (AfroCAB) Treatment Access Partnership Kenly Sikwese about…
28 July 2022 | News
AVAC, BMGF, CIFF, MedAccess, Unitaid, and ViiV Healthcare announce collaboration to catalyse more affordable access to long-acting injectable cabotegravir for HIV prevention
MedAccess joins partners to speed up equitable access to injectable cabotegravir for HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP). At the 24th International…
27 July 2022 | News
New agreement secures historic US$1 price for HIV self-test
MedAccess, the Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI), and Wondfo announced an agreement to make Wondfo’s HIV self-test available for US$1.…
30 June 2022 | News
2021 Annual Review: Accelerating impact and preparing for the future
MedAccess today publishes its 2021 Annual Review, setting out how our guarantees helped accelerate access to vital healthcare products in…
13 May 2022 | News
Global COVID-19 Summit: MedAccess’ commitment to vaccine access
MedAccess has reaffirmed its commitment to increase access to COVID-19 vaccines via a $100m guarantee for COVAX. MedAccess’ $100 million…
7 April 2022 | News
New partnership to help meet country demand for COVID-19 vaccines
Gavi Risk Sharing Partnership with MedAccess and the Open Society Foundations will help meet country demand for COVID-19 vaccines. Gavi,…
25 March 2022 | News
MedAccess and BASF welcome positive trial results for next-generation mosquito net
Results from a study in Tanzania show the Interceptor® G2 mosquito net to be highly effective at reducing malaria cases.…
