Global Health Series: Access to Essential Medicines

In a rare visit to the UK Ethan Guillen, the global Universities Allied for Essential Medicines' new Executive Director will be doing a talk for Medsin on access to essential medicines and how students can get involved.

One-third of the world’s population lacks access to essential medicines; in the poorest parts of Africa and Asia this figure rises to one-half. Many of the world's most important medicines and public health devices are wholly or partly developed in academic laboratories. Their accessibility to those living in poor nations is profoundly affected by the research, licensing and patenting decisions made by universities.

The global Universities Allied for Essential Medicines (UAEM) campaign believes that universities, like UCL, have an opportunity and a responsibility to improve global access to public health goods--particularly those they have helped develop.

In a rare visit to the UK Ethan Guillen, UAEM's new Executive Director will be doing a talk for Medsin on access to essential medicines and how students can get involved.

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