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19/11/2025

AVAC's new resource "Getting lenacapavir rollout right: resources and tools" brings together guidance to help countries plan early stages of lenacapavir rollout. Developed with Unitaid and partners, it supports coordinated planning for long-acting PrEP.

https://www.prepwatch.org/resources/getting-len-rollout-right-resources-and-tools/

18/11/2025

Unitaid seeks partners to accelerate equitable access to innovative diagnostic tools. The new funding call focuses on integrated approaches that improve detection, link people to care and strengthen health systems.

Apply by 19 January 2026, 12:00 CET.

The deadline for proposal submission is Monday 19 January 2026 at 12:00 (noon) CET Unitaid seeks to fund new initiatives that will expand access to diagnostics through the adoption of integrated diagnostic tools and delivery approaches. The goal is to accelerate equitable access to effective, affo...

18/11/2025

In Zambia’s mining heartlands, TB threatens both health and livelihoods. TB survivor and advocate Maxwell Mumba shares how stigma, hunger and poverty stand in the way of prevention, and how communities are fighting back.

Read his story:

In Zambia’s mining heartlands, tuberculosis (TB) remains a daily threat — not only to health, but to livelihoods. Maxwell Mumba, a TB survivor and person living with HIV, has turned his personal experience of stigma and survival into a mission to protect others through prevention.

18/11/2025

Insights from Mozambique’s pediatric clinicians helped shape a THRIVE training agenda closely aligned with real clinical challenges in managing advanced HIV disease in children and adolescents. A pre-workshop survey guided a focused program covering diagnostics, treatment strategies and the management of key complications, with small group case discussions giving participants space to apply learning to local contexts.

With the Clinton Health Access Initiative leading the Unitaid-supported THRIVE project, and working with Penta and AfroCAB-HIV, this approach is strengthening pediatric AHD care by building practical skills and improving clinical practice. Participants reported that the training was relevant, actionable and likely to influence their work, reinforcing the value of locally informed capacity-building efforts.

Find out more: https://www.thriveinfo.org/post/strengthening-paediatric-hiv-care-thrive-ahd-training-in-mozambique

18/11/2025

Medical oxygen is not just an emergency supply, it is essential for routine care and pandemic preparedness. A new feature on Development Asia highlights how governments across Asia are integrating oxygen into their national health strategies to build stronger, more resilient systems. Despite progress since COVID-19, millions of patients across the region still lack reliable access to oxygen, showing the urgent need for sustainable investment and workforce training.

At Unitaid, we share this commitment to long-term solutions. Together with Japan, the Clinton Health Access Initiative, MedAccess, PATH and regional partners, we are supporting the expansion of oxygen production in East and Southern Africa through the East African Program on Oxygen Access. By boosting local production and lowering prices, this initiative shows how coordinated global action can make lifesaving oxygen accessible and affordable for all.

Learn more:

Health systems must prioritize sustainable oxygen supply to strengthen routine care and prepare for future pandemics.

18/11/2025

Community health workers in Sierra Leone are showing how early identification and prevention can stop TB before it spreads. Through the IMPAACT4TB project, led by the Aurum Institute, Unitaid is supporting partners like CISMAT to reach families where they live, build trust, and link those exposed to TB to shorter and safer preventive treatment.

Their work is transforming access to care for children and adults alike, reducing stigma, and ensuring communities have the tools they need to stay healthy. Learn more about how community-driven approaches are protecting families from TB.

Find out more:

How IMPAACT4TB has expanded access to preventive treatment through targeted, community-driven strategies to reach and treat those most at risk

18/11/2025

On World Cervical Cancer Elimination Day today, let’s transform the narrative. Eliminating cervical cancer is not just an aspiration, it’s a reality we can achieve.

At Jhpiego, we believe in empowering women to tackle cervical cancer head-on! In countries including Indonesia, the Philippines, and India, Jhpiego increases access to testing and promote self-collection of cervical samples.

Through our SUCCESS initiatives with support from Unitaid and led by Expertise France, we have collaborated with ministries of health to expand HPV testing and make effective treatment options more accessible in primary health care and communities including through community based self-sampling for HPV.

18/11/2025

𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝘃𝗼𝗶𝗰𝗲𝘀: 𝗔𝗱𝘃𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗧𝗕 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗜𝗠𝗣𝗔𝗔𝗖𝗧𝟰𝗧𝗕
This interview series highlights the inspiring community advocates driving change through the Unitaid-funded IMPAACT4TB project, led by the Aurum Institute, bringing TB prevention closer to communities.

Aisha Linatu Abdulrahman is a dedicated community advocate in Nigeria, working to empower women and young people through the Rahama Girl Child and Women Empowerment Initiative (RAHAMA). Through the Unitaid-funded IMPAACT4TB project, Aisha has helped bring TB prevention closer to communities, tackling stigma and misinformation while ensuring that people have the knowledge and resources to protect their health. Her work highlights the power of community-driven approaches to transform health outcomes and build lasting resilience.

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗺𝗼𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘁𝗼 𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝗶𝗻𝘃𝗼𝗹𝘃𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝗮𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗧𝗕 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻?
My motivation came from witnessing how preventable illnesses like TB continue to hold people back, especially women and young people from living healthy, productive lives. Working in communities where health information is often limited, largely due to illiteracy and poverty made me realize that prevention is not just about medicine; it’s about empowering people with knowledge and access. That realization pushed me into community health work.

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗶𝗴𝗴𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗲𝘀 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗳𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗱𝗮𝗶𝗹𝘆 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸?
Misinformation and stigma remain major challenges. Many still believe TB preventive therapy is unnecessary if they feel healthy, or that it’s only for the sick. Addressing these misconceptions requires patience, persistence, and culturally sensitive communication.

𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗨𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗱’𝘀 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗺𝗮𝗱𝗲 𝗮 𝗱𝗶𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵?
Unitaid’s support has been transformative. It allowed us to bring TB prevention closer to the people who might otherwise never have known about it. The partnership created a platform where communities are not just beneficiaries but active participants driving TB prevention efforts and shaping local solutions.

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝘁𝗮𝘂𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆?
It’s taught me that people are willing to change if we engage them with respect and consistency. Communities have incredible resilience, acceptance and wisdom, they just need to be part of the solution.

18/11/2025

Are you passionate about global health strategy and impact? Unitaid is hiring a Technical Manager (Strategy) in Geneva to shape market-based interventions that improve lives worldwide. Apply by Nov. 28th!

Details: https://careers.who.int/careersection/ex/jobdetail.ftl?job=2504017&tz=GMT%2B01%3A00&tzname=Europe%2FBerlin

18/11/2025

The World Health Organization (WHO) Global Tuberculosis Report 2025 is a stark reminder that tuberculosis continues to claim more than 1.2 million lives each year, even though it is both preventable and curable. While the world has seen encouraging gains in diagnosis, treatment and innovation, persistent funding gaps and unequal access to care threaten to stall or reverse progress. Drug-resistant TB remains a major public health crisis, with far too many people still unable to access the treatment they need. The report underscores the urgency of sustained political commitment, increased domestic investment and a stronger global push to ensure that lifesaving tools reach everyone who needs them.

As the largest multilateral funder of TB research and product development, Unitaid is working to accelerate the scale-up of innovative solutions that make TB care more effective, affordable and accessible. From shorter, safer treatment regimens for drug-resistant TB to improved diagnostics and child-friendly preventive options, our investments are helping countries introduce and expand the newest, most impactful tools. We remain committed to driving efficiencies, lowering costs and enabling equitable access, so that the gains highlighted in this year’s report can continue and so the world can move decisively toward ending TB.

Read the report: https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/9789240116924

17/11/2025

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.

🔗https://unitaid.org/uploads/Antimicrobial-resistance-FR.pdf

17/11/2025

Meet Stelia, whose story shows how community-based HPV self-testing is bringing cervical cancer screening to remote African villages.