With the aim of raising awareness of a wider audience, the conference-debate “Access to medicines: A global challenge” will introduce the book “Combien coûtent nos vies?” to open a panorama on access to medicines, illustrating the theme with different vignettes and speakers, followed by a wider debate on the issue of access, inviting participation from the public. Access to essential medicines - a fundamental element of the right to health - remains an issue due to price, availability and affordability. Why is this a global challenge? What is the situation in Switzerland? What are the solutions? At this conference, Prof. Antoine Flahault, Director of the Institute of Global Health at the UNIGE Faculty of Medicine, opens the event. Followed by a presentation of the book by the authors Pauline Londeix and Jérôme Martin, co-founders of the Observatoire de la transparence dans les politiques du médicaments (OTMeds), who open the panorama on the issue of access followed by three presentations on different access issues worldwide.
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Read moreAccess to medicines: A global challenge
Speakers: Antoine Flahault, Pauline Londeix, Jérôme Martin, François Chappuis, David Beran, Alfredo Addeo
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Read moreL’insuline : 100 ans d’existence, toujours pas universel
The “Alumni Tuesday”, organised by Alumni UNIGE, event held on 14 October 2025 welcomed Prof. David Beran, assistant professor in the Division of Tropical & Humanitarian Medicine at the Faculty of Medicine UNIGE/HUG and Project team lead of the NCD Policy Lab.
During the event, Prof. Beran shared his reflections on the global challenges surrounding access to insulin more than 100 years after its discovery, and engaged in a rich discussion with the audience on this critical issue.
Speaker: David Beran