Affordable medicines

Oxfam in the Occupied Palestinian Territory and Israel has been able to amplify citizens’ needs and voices in the midst of one of the most complex contexts. Together with its partners, Oxfam has run a successful public campaign collecting signatures and backing from more than 42,000 people across the OPTI, in support of more Money […]

On 5 March 2001, 39 of the world’s largest pharmaceutical companies took the South African government to court over the terms of its 1997 Medicines Act. The Act was intended to provide a legal framework within which medicines could be made more affordable in South Africa. The companies’ decision to pursue the legal proceedings initiated […]