Items tagged with Global health

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation doubles its contribution to Unitaid to US$100 million over 5 years (post)

21 September 2023: The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announced a long-term commitment of $100 million to Unitaid to bring faster access to health products in low- and middle-income countries. This funding doubles the foundation’s previous commitment and will support Unitaid’s work to accelerate the introduction and delivery of new lifesaving solutions at equitable scale, including those for maternal and newborn health.

Partnership Report: Unitaid and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (post)

In our newly released Partnership Report, we highlight how the Global Fund and Unitaid collaborate to accelerate equitable access to lifesaving health products that prevent, detect and treat HIV, TB and malaria. By combining Unitaid’s investments in innovative new health products with the Global Fund’s proven ability to take those tools to scale around the world, we increase return on investment, save more lives and reach the health-related Sustainable Development Goals more quickly.

To prepare for the next pandemic, we must spend now on TB and other major diseases (post)

Study highlights heavy global burden of infectious diseases (post)

A study published this week in The Lancet Infectious Diseases highlights the substantial impact of infectious diseases on global health.

New partnership to improve access to new antibiotics in low- and middle-income countries to boost efforts to combat TB and AMR (post)

The Global Antibiotic Research & Development Partnership (GARDP) and the Stop TB Partnership’s Global Drug Facility (GDF) announced a partnership agreement to improve global access to antibiotics. GDF will incorporate GARDP’s portfolio of antibiotics to improve appropriate and affordable antibiotic access for the benefit of patients and health systems, particularly in low- and middle-income countries.

Global Fund and Unitaid increase collaboration to advance equitable access to health products (post)

Geneva, 27 June 2024 – The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (the Global Fund) and Unitaid signed a new collaboration framework to advance equitable access to high-quality and affordable health products and innovations in low- and middle-income countries over the next three years.

Critics blast ‘inward, technocratic’ MSF leadership for closing Access Campaign (post)

The leadership of Médecins sans Frontières (MSF) is under significant global pressure to reverse its decision to close its Access Campaign.

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Rebalancing the global battle against tuberculosis (post with simple image)

In view of the present and future requirements of global tuberculosis control, a sustained fight against tuberculosis now needs enhanced investment.

MSF: Urgent action needed to tackle global drug-resistant TB threat (post with simple image)

New MSF briefing paper outlines why deadly strains of DR-TB is one of the biggest global health threats we face today.