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Unitaid’s statement on the recommendation of casirivimab/imdevimab for COVID-19 treatment
News | 24 September 2021
...helping identify people who may benefit from this treatment. A proposed initial donation from Roche/Regeneron, to be managed by UNICEF, could help meet immediate needs and ensure casirivimab/imdevimab reaches people...
Innovative agreement launches affordable, optimal second-line HIV treatment in low- and middle-income countries
News | 26 July 2021
...US$210 per patient per year, or US$17.50/pack (plus shipping and insurance). This price is cheaper than the well-established but suboptimal alternative option, lopinavir/ritonavir (LPV/r). Kenly Sikwese, HIV advocate and head...
Bed nets treated with new insecticide combinations reduced malaria infections by nearly half among children in Benin, according to new study
News | 25 January 2023
...Executive Director of the Global Fund. “The deployment of these highly efficient new nets at scale, together with other core malaria prevention tools like seasonal malaria chemoprevention, can help us...
Africa leading the fight against malaria as world faces up to climate change
News | 20 April 2023
...counter mosquito resistance; spatial repellents that release chemicals into the air to prevent mosquitoes from biting humans within a given space; and treatment of humans and livestock with drugs that...
Unitaid statement at the G20 Joint Finance and Health Ministers’ Meeting
News | 29 October 2021
...developed by MSD/Merck – are cheaper, in addition to being easier to produce and implement, than biological products. Creating generic markets for these antivirals is an urgent next step. Third,...
Unitaid strengthens malaria response by targeting threats to progress
News | 06 November 2015
...existing tools for controlling the deadly mosquito-borne disease. Meeting in Geneva, the Executive Board announced that Unitaid would focus malaria investments in three areas: expanding access to preventive chemotherapy in...
A new insecticide to be used to fight malaria
News | 14 December 2017
Geneva/Liverpool – Unitaid, the Innovative Vector Control Consortium (IVCC) and Japan’s Sumitomo Chemical Company are excited to announce a new-generation insecticide for indoor residual spraying (IRS) to fight malaria. IRS...
Unitaid’s Board welcomes new leadership and acknowledges strong achievements
News | 21 June 2019
...and beyond. The Board’s 32nd meeting opened with remarks from Korean Vice-Minister Kim Ganglip of the Ministry of Health and Welfare and Deputy Minister for Multilateral and Global Affairs Kang...
New high-quality antiretroviral therapy to be launched in South Africa, Kenya and over 90 low- and middle-income countries at reduced price
News | 21 September 2017
...next six years. “As a doctor with deep, personal experience of the heartache and despair caused by HIV and AIDS, I’m excited by the prospect of bringing better treatment to...
Partners announce reduced price for patient-friendly tuberculosis preventive treatments
News | 01 August 2022
...prevent, diagnose, and treat diseases more quickly, cheaply, and effectively, in low- and middle-income countries. Its work includes funding initiatives to address major diseases such as HIV, malaria, and tuberculosis,...