Merci aux communautés présentes à #AFRAVIH2026. Votre rôle est central dans la réponse au VIH. Comme je l’ai mentionné, « L’accès ne s’improvise pas. Ça s’anticipe ». Continuons à construire ensemble en intégrant pleinement votre expertise.

Unitaid and USP are supporting South Africa’s effort to identify a manufacturer to produce quality-assured lenacapavir. Expanding production in sub-Saharan Africa can diversify supply and bring innovation closer to communities that need it most. Learn more: unitaid.org/news-blog/so...

South Africa launches bid to enable local production of long-acting HIV prevention drug, lenacapavir - Unitaid

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As financing contracts and countries assume greater responsibility, access to innovation cannot be left to market forces alone. We need deliberate, coordinated action to ensure new health tools reach all who need them. Read more in @thinkglobalhealth.org: www.thinkglobalhealth.org/article/the-...

The Global Health Reform Debate's Dangerous Blindspot  | Think Global Health

Unitaid's executive director compels countries to consider how the future global health system ensures equitable access to innovation

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Unitaid@unitaid.bsky.social · 6mo ago

For 20 years, Unitaid helped introduce 100+ health products with a 46 to 1 return on investment. @drduneton.bsky.social argues that scaling this work to ensure affordable innovation isn't optional, it's central to a resilient global health systems. 👇 www.thinkglobalhealth.org/article/the-...

At @unitaid.bsky.social, we are heartened to see that the Global Fund’s Eight Replenishment raised more than US$11 billion in financing for the HIV, TB and malaria responses, with additional pledges expected in the coming weeks and months. www.theglobalfund.org/en/news/2025...

Global Fund Partners Demonstrate Unity and Resolve to Sustain Progress and Strengthen Global Health Security

The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (the Global Fund) held its Eighth Replenishment Summit today in Johannesburg, South Africa, co-hosted by the governments of the Republic of Sout...

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Lenacapavir can change the course of HIV prevention, but only if all who need it can access it. With CHAI, Wits RHI and Dr. Reddy's Laboratories, Unitaid secured a US$40 annual price, with generics expected by 2027. A major step toward equity and ending HIV. Learn more: www.unitaid.org/lenacapavir

Unitaid, CHAI, and Wits RHI enter into a landmark agreement with Dr. Reddy’s to make HIV prevention tool lenacapavir affordable in LMICs - Unitaid

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We’re grateful to all who stood, spoke and shared at our #IAS2025 booth. Your feedback helps shape how Unitaid does business. Health innovation must start and end with communities, because only when communities lead can we ensure equitable, effective and lasting impact.

Unitaid applauds ViiV Healthcare and the @medicinespatentpool.org for advancing equitable access to HIV treatment. Strong partnerships like this help deliver life-changing innovations to the communities that need them most. Learn more: medicinespatentpool.org/news-publica...

This is great news. To turn promise into public health impact, we must pair an affordable product with effective delivery and broad uptake to drive population-level impact. The world has the tools to stop the HIV epidemic. Now, we must act boldly to ensure everyone, everywhere, has access to them.

Unitaid@unitaid.bsky.social · last yr.

The @who.int’s strong recommendation of injectable lenacapavir for HIV prevention just weeks after first regulatory approval is a milestone. Unitaid is proud to have supported the work behind this guidance, delivered at record speed to meet urgent needs. Learn more: www.who.int/news/item/14...

Brazil’s leadership shows what’s possible when political vision meets public health ambition. We need more leaders, in the Global North and in the Global South, who are ready to act with courage and urgency. #IAS2025

Unitaid@unitaid.bsky.social · last yr.

“Preventing mother-to-child transmission should be simple, but it remains one of the hardest things to do. That’s why innovation, affordability and equity must drive our efforts,” says Dr. Philippe Duneton, Unitaid's Executive DIrector, at #IAS2025

Speaking with Professor Mohamed Yakub Janabi, @who.int Regional Director for Africa, was a reminder of how vital our partnership is. I congratulate him on his new appointment, and together, Unitaid and @afro.who.int will continue advancing health solutions where Africa needs them most.

Today with Dr. Jarbas Barbosa, Director of PAHO/WHO, we signed a new Memorandum of Arrangement between Unitaid and PAHO/WHO. This marks a renewed commitment to eliminate vertical transmission of HIV, syphilis, hepatitis B and Chagas. A major step for healthier futures across the Americas!

The need for #oxygen is overwhelming across populations & health conditions. This @devex.com piece lays out 4 reasons why investing in medical oxygen is critical to achieve #healthforall: bit.ly/4j2iono @unitaid.bsky.social @drduneton.bsky.social

Yesterday’s meeting reaffirmed Brazil’s deep commitment to our mission. Grateful to Minister @padilhando.bsky.social, former Minister Nisia Trindade, Fiocruz President Mario S. Moreira & Ambassador Cecilia Kiku Ishitani for their unwavering support, a powerful partnership for global health!

Unitaid demeure engagé à élargir la fabrication régionale pour renforcer l’accès aux traitements. Ce progrès est un pas concret vers plus d'équité, de sécurité sanitaire et d’autonomie pour les systèmes de santé africains. En savoir plus : news.un.org/fr/story/202...

Sida : le Fonds mondial mise sur les médicaments contre le VIH fabriqués en Afrique

Le Fonds mondial de lutte contre le sida, la tuberculose et le paludisme a franchi une étape historique en soutenant pour la première fois l’approvisionnement en traitements de première intention cont...

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Together with @jhpiego.org and with support from @euinnigeria.bsky.social through SafeBirth Africa, we’re proud to support Nigeria in making birth safer, from new PPH guidance and advocacy briefs to training on three key medicines and a vital PPH detection device. 🔗 health.gov.ng/Bpg_info/258...

PRESS RELEASE FG Launches Bold Reforms to End Preventable Maternal & NeoNatal Deaths

- "No woman should die giving life,” says Health Minister on Safe Motherhood Day

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Unitaid is proud to fund the PETITE-DTG study, led by Prof. Adrie Bekker at Stellenbosch University, which offers the first-ever evidence that dolutegravir can be safely used in newborns. Find out more in @spotlightnsp.bsky.social: www.spotlightnsp.co.za/2025/04/30/c...

Cape Town study brings hope to newborns left behind in HIV treatment advances

Research led by Professor Adrie Bekker is paving the way for an important HIV medicine to be made available to neonates in a way that is both safe and much more convenient than previous options. Biénn...

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WHO’s updated TB guidelines mark a major milestone in the global fight against drug-resistant TB. With Unitaid’s support, countries are now better equipped to adopt these innovations and deliver faster, more effective care. Find out more: economykz.org?p=16388&lang...

Strengthening the Regional Response to Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis - EC[ON]OMY

Aligning Policy, Practice, and Progress for the People in the Region

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La résistance aux antimicrobiens est une menace croissante pour la santé mondiale, responsable de 1,27 million de décès en 2019. Unitaid agit en introduisant des outils de prévention, de diagnostic et de traitement pour inverser cette tendance. 🔗 unitaid.org/uploads/Anti...

Face à la résistance croissante aux insecticides et aux traitements, l’innovation est essentielle. Moustiquaires de nouvelle génération, vaccins, stratégies intégrées : les solutions existent, mais doivent être financées et déployées sans retard. via @afrique.rfi.fr : www.rfi.fr/fr/afrique/2...

Santé: le paludisme touche toujours largement l'Afrique et ne sera certainement pas éradiqué en 2030

Ce vendredi 25 avril est la journée internationale de lutte contre le paludisme. Plus de 263 millions de personnes ont contracté la maladie en 2023, dernière année pour laquelle des chiffres sont disp...

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La résistance aux antipaludiques et aux insecticides est aujourd’hui l’une des plus grandes menaces dans la lutte contre le paludisme. Unitaid agit pour introduire de nouveaux outils, réduire les coûts et renforcer la résilience des systèmes de santé face à cette menace mondiale.

RFI Afrique@afrique.rfi.fr · last yr.

Santé: le paludisme touche toujours largement l'Afrique et ne sera certainement pas éradiqué en 2030

Très heureux d’avoir participé aux Journées scientifiques de l’@anrs-mie.bsky.social. Moment clé rappelant l’importance de la recherche face aux maladies infectieuses. Avec l’OMS, nous avons souligné les enjeux d’accès au lenacapavir injectable pour prévenir le VIH : www.youtube.com/watch?v=JlqX...

VIH & accès à l’innovation : point sur les antirétroviraux à longue durée d'action

YouTube video by ANRS Maladies infectieuses émergentes

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Maternal health challenges like preeclampsia and anemia need innovation, not stagnation. Unitaid’s funding call is a step toward sustainable solutions that prioritize equity, access, and measurable impact. Find out more: unitaid.org/news-blog/un...