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New interview series explores the science, art and impact of market shaping

MedAccess is pleased to announce the launch of Market Shapers, a new video interview series that brings together some of the most influential voices in global health to explore how market shaping works, why it matters and where it’s heading. Market shaping is familiar to many in global health, but its inner workings are often complex and misunderstood. Market Shapers aims to…

A doctor talking with a female patient and her child in Kolkata, India

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…

A pregnant woman in the street in Accra, Ghana

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…

A mother and her children in Sambouya, Gambia

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…

Interceptor G2 nets being distributed in Kadiolo, Mali

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…

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

16 August 2021 | News

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…