The Struggle for Access to Essential Medicines in East Africa

This booklet documents the struggle for access to essential medicines in East and Southern Africa. Produced by the Stop Stock-Outs campaign partners with the support of the Open Society Institute, it contains a selection of short stories from different parts of East and Southern Africa that show the great difficulties ordinary people face in accessing essential medicines.

The booklet further brings out the glaring inequalities that exist between the rich and poor when it comes to accessing basic services. It reveals how most people in many African countries have been forced to forego treatment, accept compromised services or turn to quack cures, while others live in fear of premature death simply because their limited income affects their health choices.

The publication aims to encourage policy makers to effect change that brings positive results, improve people's lives, and avoid preventable, premature deaths that result from treatable conditions.

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