Save Our Science: Access to Medicines Week 2025
For the Access to Medicines Week artivism project, UAEMers describe why they believe it’s important to “save our science.”
December 5, 2025
WASHINGTON, D.C. — From November 17-21, 2025, UAEMers around the world gathered for Access to Medicines Week to raise awareness about inequalities in global access to safe and effective therapeutics, vaccines, and diagnostics.
This year’s campaign, Save Our Science, highlighted the role the university community plays in safeguarding scientific innovation and fighting against attacks to scientific progress. With research funding under threat and inequities in access growing, UAEM chapters across North America and Europe came together to stand up against the global attacks on science.
Each day of Access to Medicines Week had a different theme, and UAEMers hosted workshops, signed petitions, tabled on their campus, and more, to spread the message across their communities:
Monday - The attack on science and what it means for our research
Tuesday - Save Our Science: What is your university doing?
Wednesday - Save Our Science: How are advocates + communities fighting corporate greed?
Thursday - Save Our Science: Join the movement!
Friday - Save Our Science: What’s at stake?
Now more than ever, students, researchers, and advocates must speak out about the importance of biomedical research and access to the resulting innovation.
