@drduneton.bsky.social
Executive Director, Unitaid @unitaid.bsky.social www.unitaid.org
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
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.
15.07.2025 08:59 — 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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.
16.07.2025 07:46 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Brazil’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
15.07.2025 06:48 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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.
28.05.2025 12:26 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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!
21.05.2025 13:06 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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
13.05.2025 18:15 — 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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!
21.05.2025 12:55 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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.
25.04.2025 18:04 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
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...
08.04.2025 09:20 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1
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...
