We live in a golden age of medical science.
But over two billion people can’t access the medicines they need, causing preventable illness, disease and death.
We’re here to change that.
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Background to MedAccess
MedAccess is a social enterprise committed to improving health in more than 90 countries. Our mission is to cut illness and death by speeding up access to lifesaving vaccines, medicines, diagnostics and technologies for people in underserved communities.
We broker and finance agreements – which otherwise wouldn’t be made – to bring medical innovations to more people, in more countries, as quickly as possible. In our first five years we have helped to accelerate access to products to tackle HIV, malaria, tuberculosis, syphilis and COVID-19.
We bring financial rigour and commercial acumen to address some of the most pressing global health needs. Using $200 million capital from British International Investment, our team of global health and investment experts shape agreements that lower prices and secure supply of medical products.
We are doers with big dreams, busy trying to change the world. Our team is purpose-driven, inspiring, and innovative. We start from where partners are and work together to get where we need to be. But we’re not afraid to go against the grain —in fact, we pride ourselves on our honest and original approach and unconventional thinking.
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Bridging the gap between makers and buyers
MedAccess is a social enterprise committed to improving health in low- and middle-income countries.
We broker partnerships that remove barriers stopping lifesaving medical innovations reaching people who need them.
Our agreements with makers and buyers across the health ecosystem speed up access to healthcare. We shoulder financial risk to strengthen health markets, enabling more products to reach more people more quickly.
© Arete / Bernard Kalu / MedAccess
Our work is underpinned by our five core values:
We are mission driven
We are humble
We are relentless about rigour
We build trust
We invest in people
We are independent and not-for-profit, with any operating surpluses invested into developing new agreements to accelerate access to healthcare.
To find out more about our mission, our impact, our values and our innovative finance tools, please visit www.medaccess.org
Because fair access is at the heart of a healthier future
Since our foundation in 2017, we have secured nine agreements to increase access to health products. Our agreements are helping to tackle HIV, tuberculosis, malaria, syphilis and COVID-19.
All our agreements support strong partnerships that include businesses, global health organisations, countries, and civil society. We strongly believe that partnership is at the heart of transformational and sustainable health impact.
We are also aiming to expand our work to tackle non-communicable diseases, such as cancer and diabetes. We believe we can make a significant impact on the growing burden of non-communicable diseases in low- and middle-income countries, helping millions more people to live longer, healthier lives.
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