In recent years, progress against malaria has plateaued and is at threat of backsliding. Young children and pregnant women, along with people experiencing instability such as refugees, migrants and internally displaced people, are disproportionately affected. Effective medicines and other malaria-fighting tools are not reaching as widely as is needed, while other tools are waning in efficacy.

The World Health Organization has called climate change “the single biggest health threat facing humanity.” The impacts of climate change are jeopardizing progress in development, global health and poverty reduction, and creating new health risks that disproportionately affect the world’s most vulnerable communities. Climate change is making people more vulnerable to illness, while extreme weather […]

Accelerating access to groundbreaking health innovations and addressing market barriers that hinder the fight against HIV

Unitaid is proud to be a key partner of AFRAVIH 2024, a major HIV conference taking place in Yaoundé, Cameroon. This event gathers experts and stakeholders from around the world to discuss advances and strategies in the fight against HIV/AIDS.

The World Health Assembly brings together the leading minds and powers in global health to develop responses and address the most pressing challenges to health today.