Make Medicines Affordable
Corporate monopolies and the overpricing of essential medicines leads to millions of preventable deaths each year.
The Make Medicines Affordable campaign works to bring down the price of HIV, TB, Hepatitis-C and Covid-19 vaccines and treatments and demand medicine equality.
"During my son’s birth no-one spoke to me, except to shout at me" - Vera.
"When a woman is diagnosed with HIV you must wrap her in love, care and support – like a baby."
"If a pharma exec saw my baby die they'd still overprice their drugs" - Noi.
"I was told I’d have to wait for 10 more people to die before I could get treatment" - Kularb.
"After my wife’s labour, the medical staff made sure we would never have another child" - Andrei's wife was sterilised without her knowledge.
"I planned my own funeral so my mother wouldn't have to" - Jeed.
"When I was diagnosed with HIV I was told I had two years to live. I feel very lucky. It’s over 20 years later and I have a healthy life, a husband and step-children" - Natalia.
"My grandmother was the first communist feminist" - Valeria.
"There were no ARVs, no treatment, no cure. We’d play guitar, share a smoke. The only treatment was a hug" - Loon.
"I suddenly realised that if we didn’t do it no-one would do it. I thought no-one gives a fuck about our fucking HIV. I was furious" - Valeria crossed the frontline of occupied Ukraine to get HIV treatment to prisoners.
"The history of HIV activism is inextricably linked with the actions of pharmaceutical corporations. Groundbreaking research has saved millions of lives, but the decisions taken by executives have ended millions of others" - Othoman.