Dedicated students fighting to make medicines more affordable and accessible to patients in need! These students are inspiring and dedicated to making sure new drugs are created for people and not profits.
I'm an alum turned donor. This group empowers students to engaged in nuanced policy conversation with a diverse range of stakeholders. They train the next generation of activists while also promoting access in the short term.
This nonprofit is the first one to have brought me on board and immediately given me tools to get involved with local, national, and international levels of advocacy. Every year UAEM sends a group of students to the WHO World Health Assembly in Geneva to contribute to making medicines more accessible around the world. Emphasis on students here! It's an amazing nonprofit to get involved in if you care about affordable medicines and building the global health leaders of tomorrow.
UAEM provides an excellent and engaging environment for students to learn about effective tactics to fight for lowering drug prices and transforming the biomedical research and development pipeline.
UAEM also strives to engage diverse groups of people. The leadership and empowerment this community provides is uplifting.
UAEM is working hard to empower students and researchers to raise their voice and push for the public mission of their academic institutions. As an organization, it creates opportunity, trains the next generation of leaders in the space, and creates tools for folks to help ensure better access to affordable medicines.
As a leading group on innovative thinking, UAEM also works to promote alternatives to the research and development models that currently exist in medicines. UAEM's work to raise the public perception of these approaches could have effects for years to come.
UAEM is a student-led organization filled with passionate, intelligent, driven youth. Their advocacy work in access to medicines definitely reflects this energy and dedication to improving health for all!
UAEM has given many students, including myself, the tools and the community necessary to grow as a student activist, and to fight for what I truly believe in: that health is a human right for all. Students across campuses around the world are connected to network of professionals and academics right from the start, and are apart of a unique opportunity to leverage their positions as members of the academic community to advocate for real change that has meaningful impact on the drug-development pipeline. It's a wonderful organization that has made real progress on making medicines affordable everywhere, and that has inspired a generation to continue pushing forward on that vision.
This non-profit is almost entirely student-run--a group of student activists fighting for affordable and accessible medications. The students are highly motivated and have had many success stories and making sure university biomedical innovations are translated into accessible drugs (especially for globally neglected diseases).
Great, evidence informed and impactful advocacy. They're doing important work to make sure access to medicines is affordable and a human right.
I am a member of the North American Board of Directors for Universities Allied for Essential Medicines (UAEM), and I have been involved with UAEM since 2009. Because of this experience, I have been fortunate to have met inspiring students from all around the world, who are dedicated to ensuring that everyone, regardless of economic status, has access to life-saving medicines.
On a personal level, UAEM has impacted me in a number of ways, including reinforcing my interest in social justice issues and helping me develop as a student leader. I credit my experiences with UAEM for encouraging my activism and empowering me to make a difference at my University and in the community at large. I am forever grateful to the students at the University of British Columbia, who introduced me to UAEM and persuaded me that I could help solve the global health problem of access to essential medicines, which is both complex and enormous.
Now, as I move on from being a student, I can confidently state that my work with UAEM has given me skills and knowledge that I will take with me into my career. Through UAEM, I have learned the basics of organizing conferences and campaigns, and am learning about the governance of a nonprofit. Most of all, UAEM has taught me to set big goals and to work towards them passionately but strategically.
I am constantly inspired by my colleagues at UAEM. Their dedication to helping those who have been shut out of conversations around pharmaceuticals and their commitment to healthcare as a human right reminds me that we can all make a difference.