Tuelo Mphele, who will help lead the Botswana effort, signs a memorial quilt during a candle service to remember those who have died from HIV/AIDS.

African Comprehensive HIV/AIDS Partnerships in Botswana
Our company participates in a project that helps Botswana develop and implement a comprehensive approach to HIV/AIDS prevention, care and treatment.

Accelerating Access Initiative
The Accelerating Access Initiative aims to help improve access to HIV/AIDS treatment. It is a cooperative endeavor of UNAIDS, the World Health Organization, UNICEF, UNFPA, and the World Bank, MSD, and other research-based pharmaceutical companies.

Romania: The Value of Partnerships
Romania is home to nearly 60 percent of Europe's pediatric AIDS cases. Since 1997, the Romanian government and MSD have worked together to increase access to treatment for thousands of children and adults living with HIV/AIDS.

Through this program, we have provided more than 700 million tablets of MECTIZAN (ivermectin) free of charge to people at risk for onchocerciasis (river blindness) in some of the poorest countries in the world.  This program is the single largest, longest standing, public/private partnership of its kind.

We donate pharmaceuticals and vaccines to a selected group of qualified, private voluntary organizations for use in the developing world and in support of major disaster relief efforts worldwide.

We believe that access to medicines should be based on an appropriate balance between physician judgment and treatment guidelines, and should encourage utilization of the most appropriate therapies while discouraging the use of ineffective or inappropriate medicine.