News & Insight

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Find out more about our work to increase access to innovative healthcare products. Read our latest press releases and dive deeper with insight articles and primers on innovative finance for healthcare.

FEATURED STORY – 31 Mar '21

MedAccess announces extension to guarantee support for UNICEF

Extension will support UNICEF's work to accelerate access to essential supplies for countries around the world

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News & Insight

News – 14 May '21

Michael Anderson joins panel discussion on future of healthcare funding

MedAccess CEO Michael Anderson joined Laura Frigenti and Simba Makoni to discuss trends in financing for global health and how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected funding.

News – 31 Mar '21

MedAccess announces extension to guarantee support for UNICEF

Extension will support UNICEF's work to accelerate access to essential supplies for countries around the world
News – 25 Feb '21

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.
Insight – 30 Nov '20

Viral load testing: the key to tackling the HIV epidemic

Through the Global Access Initiative, we are helping to increase access viral load testing through the Panther platform. Ahead of World AIDS Day 2020, two laboratory technicians in Kenya and Zambia told us how Panther is helping them to better serve patients.
Insight – 13 Nov '20

Michael Anderson joins ODI panel on development finance institutions and healthcare

Michael joined an ODI panel to assess the immediate development finance institutions' (DFI) response to the COVID-19 pandemic and how DFI’s could support public sector investment in the health sector.
Insight – 16 Oct '20

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 their bodies. Here are three major concerns for the health of girls around the world.
Insight – 30 Sep '20

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 living in underserved communities.
News – 16 Jul '20

MedAccess and UNICEF partner for access to COVID-19 supplies

New support for UNICEF to secure vital COVID-19 medical products, including diagnostic tests and clinical management supplies, for low- and middle-income countries.
Insight – 07 Apr '20

COVID-19: Changing how we think about finance for global health

Academic and scientific communities, and pharmaceutical companies, have moved away from business as usual in the pursuit of medical products to tackle coronavirus.
Insight – 02 Mar '20

Leveraging at scale to tackle chronic illness

Whilst the progress against infectious diseases has been nothing short of remarkable, the burden of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) has increased.
News – 24 Feb '20

Hema Srinivasan appointed Chief Access Officer

MedAccess is pleased to announce the appointment of Hema Srinivasan as the social finance company’s new Chief Access Officer. Hema will take up her new role in March 2020.
News – 08 Oct '19

Cost of next generation bednets almost halved

The price of new BASF Interceptor® G2 anti-mosquito bed nets will be reduced by 40% for underserved communities thanks to a new MedAccess partnership
News – 07 Oct '19

Fresh support from CDC Group at Global Fund Replenishment

MedAccess has been invited to showcase how a social finance company can accelerate the delivery of new and better products in the fight against diseases.
Insight – 27 Nov '18

Pricing, manufacturing and distribution

An independent ranking of 20 of the world’s leading pharmaceutical companies on their efforts to improve access to medicine in low- and middle-income countries.
News – 13 Nov '18

Importance of HIV tests in global AIDS fight

The importance of making routine HIV tests more accessible as part of the effort to reach the U.N.’s ambitious goal to eliminate HIV transmission by the year 2030.
News – 13 Nov '18

MedAccess support for viral load testing announced

The Hologic Global Access Initiative was launched at the International AIDS Society Conference in July 2018, setting a new standard for affordable and transparent pricing.
News – 26 Apr '14

Guaranteed Impact: volume guarantees for contraceptive implants

Despite the efficacy and availability of quality-assured implants, evidence from national family planning programs has suggested a significant unmet need.
Insight – 29 Jan '13

A Market Shaping Primer

The Market Shaping Primer identifies three key root causes of market failure: high-transaction costs, poor market information, and risk imbalances between supply and demand.

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