Jayasree K. Iyer JayasreeKIyer

Jayasree K. Iyer is the CEO of the Access to Medicine Foundation, where she leads the foundation’s strategy to assess health care companies’ efforts in expanding access to essential medicines. She engages global industry leaders on practical steps to develop, scale, and supply health products to low- and middle-income countries, home to 80% of the world’s population.

Latest Articles

Smart policies, not more dependence, will boost Africa’s health financing

2 months ago // Opinion: Global Health

Opinion: With the right strategies following aid cuts, Africa’s health financing can shift from crisis mode to a system of long-term, financial resilience that sees capital retained and reinvested within the continent.

Opinion: Trump aid shock underscores need for more made-in-Africa medicine

11 months ago // Global health

U.S. aid cuts are forcing Africa to rethink health care. Building local medicine manufacturing on the continent is key to resilience and health security.

Opinion: How AI can push for equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines

about 5 years ago // COVID-19

This op-ed explores three ways pharmaceutical companies’ adoption of artificial intelligence technologies in supply chain activities can benefit the access-to-medicine issue.

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