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Significant parts of the world’s population still lack access to even the most basic medicines, and this poses a significant barrier to long-term social and economic development. Read stories about the people and organizations who are #MakingAccessHappen.

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Access to Healthcare
Bringing medical care to vibrant Shanghai, home to 23 million people.
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Dialects and diplomacy – a day in the life of two doctors in Shanghai (8 min read)

In laboratories, the plant’s active ingredient, artemisinin, is extracted from the plant and chemically modified into arthemether
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From plant to medicine: How an ancient plant-based remedy became a modern malaria medicine (11 min read)

Bringing medication and medical care to people in crisis – the work of Americares
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Bringing medication and medical care to people in crisis – the work of Americares

Sandoz Making Access Happen - July 2017
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Making Access Happen – the new Sandoz magazine

Time for a checkup. How do patients perceive access to healthcare?
System Capacity Building

What are the big healthcare challenges in individual countries? (8 min read)

Doc Mae
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Childhood cancer’s enemy in the Philippines is called Doc Mae

Medicines start their journey from the pharmaceutical manufacturing site
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Getting medicines to patients – the role of quality logistics (11 min read)

Biosimilars
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Improving access to biologic medicines through biosimilars (9 min read)

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Better access to healthcare through mobile technology: Winning ideas from the Sandoz HACk (17 min read)

dancing seniors with fans
System Capacity Building

Changing societies, changing healthcare needs: three demographic trends shaping the future of medical services (11 min read)