Mind the Medicine Gap - Audio

The Open University

Vanessa lives in London. She has cancer. Lemlem lives in rural Ethiopia. She has typhoid. Most people would agree that both women should have similar access to the medicines they need. But why is this harder for Lemlem? And why are fewer drugs developed for common diseases in Lemlem's part of the world? Is it that the pharmaceutical companies are driven only by a profit motive? Is it because of failing infrastructure in developing countries? Or a...Read More

Vanessa lives in London. She has cancer. Lemlem lives in rural Ethiopia. She has typhoid. ...Read More