Pacific Friends of Global Health strongly welcomes the Australian Government’s pledge of $266 million to the Global Fund’s Eighth Replenishment to fight AIDS, tuberculosis (TB) and malaria, cementing Australia’s commitment to end the three epidemics and strengthen health systems. Australia has become the sixth donor to pledge early, with this significant investment in global health […]
Global Fund 45th Board Meeting Reports Continued Progress Despite COVID-19 Pandemic 12 May 2021 GENEVA – The Board of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria overwhelmingly praised the continued progress of the Global Fund in the past year despite the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Board discussed how the Global Fund partnership […]
11 May 2021: The Australian Global Health Alliance – Australia’s peak body for global health organisations – and Pacific Friends of Global Health are alarmed by the Australian Government’s decision to decrease its foreign aid budget during the worst global health and economic crisis in a century. Despite the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic causing devastating impact across […]
Unitaid statement on US support for IP waiver for COVID-19 vaccines Geneva, 6th May 2021 – Unitaid welcomes the decision of the United States government to support a waiver of intellectual property protections for COVID-19 vaccines. This is an important step forwards for equitable access in the context of the current World Trade Organization (WTO) negotiations […]
Immunization services begin slow recovery from COVID-19 disruptions, though millions of children remain at risk from deadly diseases Ambitious new global strategy aims to save over 50 million lives through vaccination. Geneva/New York, 26 April 2021 – While immunization services have started to recover from disruptions caused by COVID-19, millions of children remain vulnerable to deadly […]
France makes important vaccine dose donation to COVAX Today, to mark the first year of the creation of the Access to COVID-19 Tools (ACT) Accelerator, President Emmanuel Macron announced that France has begun sharing vaccine doses with COVAX, starting with a first batch of 105,600 doses – with 500,000 by the middle of June. These […]
World Malaria Day : Unitaid commits to ensure increased and equitable access to life-saving tools against malaria Geneva – Ahead of World Malaria Day, marked annually on April 25, Unitaid reaffirms its strong commitment to combat malaria by increasing its efforts to prevent, control, and ultimately eliminate the disease. The emergence of COVID-19 more than one […]
Access to HIV self-tests significantly expanded and costs halved thanks to Unitaid agreement Photo credits: PSI/Dogsontherunphotography Self-testing vital tool to help people know HIV status – but market has been dominated by single oral-based self-test New Unitaid-led agreement with Viatris (through its subsidiary Mylan) reduces price of blood-based HIV self-test by 50%, significantly expanding market […]
Global leaders rally to accelerate access to COVID-19 vaccines for lower-income countries The “One World Protected” Event, hosted today by the United States and Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, launched a campaign to raise US$ 2 billion for the global fight against COVID-19. The additional funding from donors and countries with MDB support will enable the […]
Unitaid commemorates World Chagas Day with a new initiative to prevent mother-to-child transmission of the disease Chagas disease affects between 6 and 7 million people worldwide and kills 10,000 people annually. In Latin America, it causes more deaths than any other parasitic disease including malaria. Patients infected with Chagas disease are at risk of severe […]
Unitaid commemorates World Chagas Day with a new initiative to prevent mother-to-child transmission of the disease Chagas disease affects between 6 and 7 million people worldwide and kills 10,000 people annually. In Latin America, it causes more deaths than any other parasitic disease including malaria. Patients infected with Chagas disease are at risk of severe […]
New Global Fund Report Shows Massive Disruption to Health Care Caused by COVID-19 in Africa and Asia 13 April 2021 GENEVA – A new report by the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria shows COVID-19 has massively disrupted health systems and health service delivery for HIV, TB and malaria in low- and middle-income countries […]
New Global Fund Report Shows Massive Disruption to Health Care Caused by COVID-19 in Africa and Asia 13 April 2021 GENEVA – A new report by the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria shows COVID-19 has massively disrupted health systems and health service delivery for HIV, TB and malaria in low- and middle-income countries […]
COVAX reaches over 100 economies, 42 days after first international delivery The COVAX Facility has now delivered life-saving vaccines to over 100 economies since making its first international delivery to Ghana on February 24th So far, more than 38 million doses of vaccines from manufacturers AstraZeneca, Pfizer-BioNTech and Serum Institute of India (SII) have now […]
