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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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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…

An Indian woman paying at the counter of a pharmacy-drugstore along the road in Cherthala, Kerala, India

Improving availability of patient-friendly tuberculosis preventive therapy

MedAccess’ volume guarantee will help increase availability of an innovative treatment for latent tuberculosis. Global partners working to tackle the…

A health worker screens children to determine if they are eligible for the malaria vaccine, Mkaka Primary School Outreach, Malawi

New financing agreement boost for malaria vaccine

Gavi, MedAccess and GlaxoSmithKline join forces to guarantee continued production of the RTS,S antigen for the RTS,S/AS01e malaria vaccine ahead…

Interceptor® G2 mosquito nets being distributed in Yanfolila, Mali

Getting new malaria control technologies to communities

New malaria control technologies are tackling the problem of insecticide resistance in mosquitos. Dr. Tom McLean from IVCC discusses how…

Abbo Koulsoumi, a 25 years old woman with her 6 months old baby Fadimatou, in the Regional Hospital of Bertoua, in the East of Cameroon

MedAccess announces extension to guarantee support for UNICEF

The extension will support UNICEF’s work to accelerate access to essential supplies for countries around the world. MedAccess today announced…

In all, UNICEF will be supplying up to 1 billion syringes and 10 million safety boxes to countries in 2021 to ensure they are ready for COVID-19 vaccinations

COVID-19 vaccine rollout begins in Ghana using syringes purchased with MedAccess support

Ghana will begin its COVID-19 immunisation campaign using syringes provided through MedAccess’ support for UNICEF. Ghana is set to become…

The Panther viral load testing machine

Viral load testing: the key to tackling the HIV epidemic

Through the Global Access Initiative, we are helping to increase access to viral load testing through the Panther® platform. Ahead…

A group of Indian girls smiling

Promising progress but more to do for adolescent girls’ health

Considerable progress has been made to improve girls’ health and to empower and educate them to make safer decisions about…

Indian women at a rural pregnancy clinic in Adapur, Bihar State, India

MedAccess’ life-changing impact highlighted in first Annual Report

Our 2019 Annual Report highlights how our guarantees secured lower prices and supported sustainable access to healthcare products for people…

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