Affordable Medicine
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Hundreds of protestors descend on DTI’s Pretoria offices demanding access to affordable medicines
Think paying your medical aid premiums every month ensures you access to the drugs you need when you get sick? Think again.
The Elders fight for health for all, but especially for vulnerable groups
As the development economist and Nobel laureate Professor Amartya Sen argued in 2015, universal health coverage is “an affordable dream”.
UN panel investigates access to medicine
As part of a global dialogue, a UN panel is meeting in Johannesburg to discuss proposals that aim to help prevent millions of unnecessary deaths.