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R16-2021-e Funding authorization for the ‘Africa, Asia, Americas COVID-19 Preparedness’ (3ACP) project
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Thirteen countries from Asia and the Pacific plan scale-up of PrEP and HIV self-testing
News | 01 November 2018
BANGKOK – Representatives from 13 countries across Asia and the Pacific gathered in Bangkok, Thailand, from 29 to 31 October to develop road maps to implement and expand pre-exposure prophylaxis...
Targeted innovation and better access to vector control tools essential in Asia Pacific
News | 31 January 2018
...with insecticides. Development of new tools and expanding access to all vector control methods are essential in Asia Pacific countries aiming to eliminate malaria and to prevent other insect-borne diseases....
Unitaid partners with APLMA to drive malaria elimination in Asia Pacific by 2030
News | 02 July 2018
...diseases in the Asia Pacific region. Malaria continues to be a global health threat, killing 445,000 people a year. The new platform, known as the Vector Control Platform for Asia...
Need to improve oxygen access has not ended with the pandemic
News | 02 February 2024
Better supplies could prevent countless deaths from common illnesses by P. Duneton, T. Akahori and P. Amoth – February 2, 2024 Nikkei Asia Philippe Duneton is executive director of global...
Medicines We Can Trust Campaign Rallies Mekong Governments and Leaders to Improve Access to Quality Medicines
News | 07 November 2018
...in low- and middle-income countries, including many countries in Asia Pacific. In Southeast Asia alone, an estimated 30% of antimalarial drugs are of poor-quality contributing to an alarming rise in...
Global Fund and Unitaid to counter insecticide resistance with innovative insecticide-treated mosquito nets
News | 20 September 2018
...it is collaborating with the Asia Pacific Leaders Malaria Alliance (APLMA) on the Vector Control Platform for Asia Pacific (VCAP), a collaborative platform to improve access to new vector control...
World Malaria Day : Unitaid commits to ensure increased and equitable access to life-saving tools against malaria
News | 23 April 2021
...in countries close to elimination throughout Asia-Pacific and Latin America. In 2018, global investments to end malaria have saved 600 000 lives and prevented close to 100 million malaria cases...
Africa leading the fight against malaria as world faces up to climate change
News | 20 April 2023
...which is native to South Asia and the Arabian Peninsula, has been detected in a growing number of African countries and is resistant to many insecticides in current use. Scientists...
Cecilia Kiku Ishitani
...In the Foreign Ministry headquarters in Brasilia, she has worked as an Assistant to the Director General of the Trade Promotion Department and to the Undersecretary General for Africa, Asia,...