Unitaid

20/12/2025

In our report, 'Reimagining global health', Unitaid outlines how strategic innovation, combined with country leadership and strong partnerships, is key to building resilient systems and delivering greater impact with every health dollar.

Learn more: https://unitaid.org/news-blog/we-must-rethink-how-we-work-new-unitaid-report-showcases-how-innovation-and-access-strategies-can-support-stronger-country-led-health-systems/

19/12/2025

Each year, 15 million people in Africa need oxygen. Unitaid’s partnership with Nikkiso brings modular oxygen plants to Kenya and Tanzania, helping close a deadly supply gap and reducing reliance on external sources.

Learn more: https://www.gasworld.com/story/nikkiso-to-expand-medical-oxygen-output-with-four-asus-in-africa/2161392.article/

19/12/2025

Brazil’s validation by the World Health Organization (WHO) for eliminating mother-to-child transmission of HIV is a landmark moment. It shows what’s possible when universal health care, human rights, and access to quality medicines and diagnostics come together at scale.

Find out more: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=plVfmreVknA

19/12/2025

Unitaid and Nikkiso are partnering to strengthen Kenya’s health system with two new medical oxygen plants in Nairobi and Mombasa. These facilities will supply high-purity oxygen to hospitals, saving lives and reducing reliance on costly cylinders.

Learn more: https://nation.africa/kenya/health/kenya-to-boost-medical-oxygen-production-with-new-plants-5105146

19/12/2025

Over 80% of malaria cases in Africa are treated with one drug combination. If resistance spreads, millions could be left without effective treatment. STOP-AMDR introduces multiple first-line therapies to reduce this risk.

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Geneva, 19 August – Artemisinin-based combination therapies (ACTs) have been the cornerstone of malaria treatment since their introduction in 2001. But growing resistance to artemisinin, their main compound, is threatening decades of progress against malaria, a disease that claimed more than 600,0...

19/12/2025

Du Rwanda à la Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée, Unitaid et ses partenaires aident les pays à concrétiser leurs plans d’élimination grâce à des modèles efficaces et locaux.

En savoir plus : https://unitaid.org/fr/news-blog/unitaid-accelere-les-efforts-pour-eliminer-le-cancer-du-col-de-luterus-dici-2030-avec-un-engagement-de-50-millions-usd-sur-deux-ans-pour-ameliorer-lacces-au-depistage-et-au/

19/12/2025

La chimioprévention du paludisme pérenne est désormais déployée dans six districts de santé de la région du Centre du Cameroun, dont Bafia. Unitaid et Population Services International collaborent étroitement pour garantir que les enfants reçoivent une protection contre le paludisme intégrée à leurs vaccinations de routine. Cette approche permet d’utiliser les services de santé déjà en place pour renforcer la prévention dès les premières années de vie.

Ce modèle montre comment des interventions innovantes peuvent être adoptées efficacement par les agents de santé et les communautés lorsqu’elles s’intègrent aux soins existants.

Découvrez cette avancée : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6_t7T35gsg

18/12/2025

Our partnership with the Global Fund leverages health innovations to bring down the death toll from HIV, TB, and malaria more than three years ahead of projections. Together, we remain steadfast in our dedication to saving lives faster.

Find out more:https://unitaid.org/uploads/GF-Unitaid_EN.pdf

18/12/2025

New malaria tools are emerging, but fragmented markets and limited data slow access. Together with the RBM Partnership to End Malaria and with funding from the Gates Foundation, Unitaid is launching a new initiative to accelerate access through greater market transparency.

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New tools to fight malaria are emerging, but fragmented markets, complex regulations, and limited visibility on supply and demand slow access for the people who urgently need them.

18/12/2025

High heat and humidity can undermine the quality of essential medicines and diagnostics. Unitaid is funding innovations to safeguard health products in a changing climate. Apply by 23 January 2026 at noon CET.

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As governments prepare to gather at COP30 to confront the escalating impacts of climate change, Unitaid is highlighting the urgent need to better understand the possible impact of high heat and humidity on the safety, quality, and effectiveness of essential medicines, diagnostics, and other health p...

18/12/2025

Postpartum haemorrhage is a leading cause of maternal death in Nigeria, yet tranexamic acid can save lives. Through the Unitaid-funded TRANSFORM project, we’re working with WARDC to bring life-saving tranexamic acid knowledge and access to communities.

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Tranexamic acid is a life-saving drug shown to reduce deaths from severe bleeding after birth – postpartum haemorrhage – and is recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO).* Yet, it remains understocked in pharmacies, underused by clinicians and largely unknown to the women who need it mo...

18/12/2025

Les outils innovants contre le paludisme ne servent que s’ils sont accessibles. Unitaid agit pour lever les obstacles et garantir une protection abordable et efficace à celles et ceux qui en ont le plus besoin.

En savoir plus :https://unitaid.org/uploads/Unitaid-and-malaria-fr.pdf