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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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New report highlights key role of generics in ensuring healthcare sustainability (1 min read)

A microbiologist at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) inspects two Petri dish culture plates that have been inoculated with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) bacteria
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Spreading Knowledge, not Resistance (8 min read)

Gut bacterium Escherichia Coli surrounded by erythrocytes
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Facing Antimicrobial Resistance (7 min read)

Dr Mae Dolendo, lead paediatric oncologist at Davao City’s Southern Philippines Medical Center
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World Child Cancer – Addressing Global Inequality in Healthcare Access (7 min read)

Sandoz HACk cover
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The Sandoz HACk — a Competition and a Conversation (2 min read)

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Development is not destiny: Launch of the 2015 Global Burden of Diseases study (2 min read)

Antimicrobial Resistance
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Joining forces to prevent the “end of modern medicine” (4 min read)

A doctor in a mobile paramedic clinic team in Kathmandu performs a medical check on a homeless youngster
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Making Access Happen – the Key to Sustainable Global Healthcare for All (7 min read)

A different kind of education. In Liberia, paintings warn how dangerous a malaria infection is
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Three Global Health Challenges — and Strategies for Change (9 min read)

In Jinka, Ethiopia – a peaceful start: trained midwives provide mothers and infants invaluable medical support
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New Life and New Hope – Training Midwives in Ethiopia (7 min read)