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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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26 January 2022 | News
MedAccess welcomes inclusion of COVID-19 assay in Hologic’s Global Access Initiative
MedAccess has welcomed Hologic’s decision to make its Aptima® SARS-CoV-2 Assay available to low- and middle-income countries under the terms…
11 January 2022 | News
Violet Mordichai joins MedAccess on board apprenticeship programme
MedAccess is pleased to announce the appointment of Violet Mordichai to the position of apprentice to the Board. Violet becomes…
2 December 2021 | News
MedAccess welcomes Gavi’s decision to roll out world’s first malaria vaccine
MedAccess has welcomed the decision by Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance to fund the world’s first mass malaria immunisation programmes using…
1 December 2021 | Insight
HIV viral load testing: “If we could test more often, we would”
HIV viral load testing is the best way for doctors to know if the treatment they prescribe is effective. But…
16 November 2021 | Insight
Five things you should know about the new partnership to increase access to dual HIV/syphilis testing
On November 15, the Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI), MedAccess, and SD Biosensor announced a partnership to increase access to…
15 November 2021 | News
New partnership to increase access to dual rapid testing for syphilis and HIV
MedAccess, CHAI and SD Biosensor announce partnership to make dual rapid test for syphilis and HIV available for under US$1…
19 October 2021 | Insight
“I know first-hand the importance of patient-friendly TB treatment”
Evans Mburu, our implementation executive, knows first-hand TB’s devastating impact. When Evans was a student at Jomo Kenyatta University, he…
8 October 2021 | Insight
The importance of tackling resistance in mosquitos
The longer a mosquito population is exposed to a single class of insecticides, the longer it has had to build…
13 September 2021 | News
MedAccess welcomes Vicky Johnson as new Chief Financial Officer
Vicky will lead on all aspects of financial management, control and reporting and she joins MedAccess’ Senior Management Team. MedAccess…
