MSF operates a rural HIV/AIDS program in Lusikisiki, in the Eastern Cape province, one of the country's poorest areas. The program has tested more than 600 people for the virus each month and has demonstrated an HIV-positive prevalence of 30 to 40 percent. MSF manages opportunistic infections in 11 rural clinics and in the district hospital and began offering ARV treatment in the clinics in November 2003. Photograph by Jonathan Torgovnik
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Open letter: The Critical Medicines Act must deliver equitable, affordable access to medicines for all

RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
European Union
CSO Open Letter on the Critical Medicines Act - 16 March 2026
Photograph by Jonathan Torgovnik

Ahead of the second interinstitutional meeting to negotiate the Critical Medicines Act (CMA), civil society organisations including MSF, call on Members of the European Parliament, Council representatives and Commission officials to ensure that public interest and equity remain at the centre of these deliberations. 

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