#Unitaid

@pharmalot.bsky.social

1 week ago

Gilead and South Africa are negotiating a license for local production of new HIV drug South Africa has the world’s highest HIV burden, with about 8 million HIV-positive people, or 1 in 5 adults, as of last year.

Gilead and South Africa are negotiating a license for local production of new HIV drug.. statnews.com/pharmalot/20... #pharma #HIV #AIDS #Africa #SouthAfrica #Unitaid #lenacapavir #Gilead #license #medicine

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International Network of People who Use Drugs

@inpud.bsky.social

3 months ago

Big moment for our community today.

Juma Kwame, Executive Director of TaNPUD, Global CAB Vice Chair & CUTTS CAB representative, participated in the #G20 side event in Johannesburg today.

The event was co-sponsored by #Unitaid, C20 South Africa, Impact Drivers & WACI Health.

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Medicines Patent Pool

@medicinespatentpool.org

8 months ago

Expanding the #voluntarylicence for cabotegravir long-acting from #HIV prevention to treatment builds on 10+ years of #MPP–#ViiVHealthcare collaboration.
Founded by #Unitaid in 2010, MPP helped 23M+ access DTG—now doing the same for CAB LA with generic partners for prevention and treatment.

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Medicines Patent Pool

@medicinespatentpool.org

8 months ago

The MPP and ViiV have expanded their agreement to now include cabotegravir long-acting for both #HIV prevention and treatment.
This is the first fully long-acting HIV treatment made available through a voluntary licence in low- and middle- income countries.

#IAS2025 #ViiV #Unitaid

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International Network of People who Use Drugs

@inpud.bsky.social

10 months ago

Today, Anton Basenko is speaking about why needle and syringe programmes should start by asking communities what they actually need.

Make sure you’re there!

📅 Today, 4:30–5:30 pm
📍 #HR25Bogotá

#UNITAID

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Pete Dodd

@petedodd24.bsky.social

10 months ago

Treatment decision algorithms for tuberculosis screening and diagnosis in children below 5 years hospitalised with severe acute malnutrition: a cost-effectiveness analysis Children with severe acute malnutrition (SAM) are an important risk group for underdiagnosis and death from tuberculosis. In 2022, the World Health Or…

WHO recommends treatment decision scoring algorithms to help diagnose child #Tuberculosis. Thx to #Unitaid, our TB-Speed team evaluated them to be very cost-effective for children with severe acute malnutrition in UGA & ZAM

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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