Lightnews — Scholar-powered news

Unitaid @unitaid.bsky.social · 4h

We invite all participants at AHMTEC2025 to join us tomorrow as Unitaid, US Pharmacopeia (USP) and @path.org unveil our US$50M regional manufacturing portfolio which features MedSuRe Africa and MADE in Africa, and strengthens local manufacturing & advances a more self-reliant Africa.

Reposted by Unitaid

World Health Summit @worldhealthsummit.bsky.social · 9h

This year, the World Health Summit will take place at a new venue: the InterContinental Berlin.

📍 Budapester Straße 2, 10787 Berlin

You can easily plan your route and find ticket information via the local public transport website or app of the BVG

#WHS2025
📷 © InterContinental Berlin

1 1

Unitaid @unitaid.bsky.social · 1d

At PAHO’s Directing Council, Robert Matiru highlighted SAFEStart+ and lenacapavir, reaffirming Unitaid’s commitment to advancing HIV prevention, maternal and child health, and disease elimination in partnership with PAHO and countries across the Americas.

Watch here: youtu.be/gsPs1qB4odQ

youtu.be

Reposted by Unitaid

PATH @path.org · 6d

Oxygen is a lifesaving treatment, but reliable access remains inadequate across the globe, especially in LMICs.

On #WorldOxygenDay, we're shining a light on 4 missing pieces 🧩 to help achieve universal #OxygenAccess: https://bit.ly/4o6z2p3

#InvestInOxygen @unitaid.bsky.social @unicef.org @who.int

A graphic titled "Missing pieces toward universal oxygen access," showing four puzzle pieces: Oxygen for noncommunicable diseases, Oxygen for newborn care, Oxygen for pandemic preparedness, and Oxygen innovations. The hashtag #InvestInOxygen is in the bottom right corner.

1 1

Unitaid @unitaid.bsky.social · 6d

This #WorldOxygenDay, construction is underway in Kenya and Tanzania to expand local medical oxygen production. These new facilities will provide hospitals and clinics across East Africa with a reliable and affordable supply of a life-saving medicine.

Learn more: unitaid.org/news-blog/bu...

Building oxygen access from the ground up: an update on the East African Program on Oxygen Access - Unitaid

unitaid.org

1

Reposted by Unitaid

Centre of Excellence for Long-acting Therapeutics @celtliverpool.bsky.social · 8d

Teoreler is a free online PBPK modelling application. With support from @unitaid.bsky.social, our team work really hard to continually update Teoreler and add new models.

Find out more if you're new to Teoreler, or leave us feedback if you're not, via the link: www.liverpool.ac.uk/centre-of-ex...

Dr Rajith Rajoli is using modelling software on their computer. Over the image reads "Teoreler: A web-based physiologically based pharmacokinetic (PBPK) modelling application for the simulation and extrapolation of drug use scenarios. This application simulates drug pharmacokinetics of small molecules using complex mathematical equations to predict the efficacy of drugs in the human body in a variety of species and populations."

1 1

Reposted by Unitaid

International Pandemic Preparedness Secretariat @ippsecretariat.org · 27d

⏱️ Outbreaks don’t wait. Diagnostics shouldn’t either.

A new independent report by IPPS, Brown University (@pandemiccenter.bsky.social) and FIND highlights the persistent barriers in diagnostic preparedness undermining efforts to prevent future pandemics.

👇

1 1 2

Reposted by Unitaid

Deutsche Aidshilfe @deutscheaidshilfe.bsky.social · 12d

3️⃣ #Lenacapavir- #PrEP für 40 $ pro Person und Jahr: @unitaid.bsky.social, die Clinton Health Access Initiative und Wits RHI haben eine Vereinbarung mit dem indischen Produzenten Dr. Reddy's Laboratories getroffen, um für 120 besonders von #HIV betroffene Ländern Zugang zu schaffen.

Unitaid, CHAI, and Wits RHI enter into a landmark agreement with Dr. Reddy’s to make HIV prevention tool lenacapavir affordable in LMICs - Clinton Health Access Initiative

The revolutionary HIV prevention tool, injectable lenacapavir, will be available at a cost of US$40 a year in 120 low- and middle-income countries starting in 2027, under a new partnership announced t...

www.clintonhealthaccess.org

1 2 4

Reposted by Unitaid

Centre of Excellence for Long-acting Therapeutics @celtliverpool.bsky.social · 12d

News from other long-acting teams:

- @unitaid.bsky.social, Clinton Health Access Initiative and Wits RHI: agreement with Dr Reddy's Laboratories to make affordable lenacapavir
- @unaids.org respond to the announcement of making affordable HIV preventatives.

www.liverpool.ac.uk/centre-of-ex...

A person is holding a vial of lenacapavir

1 2

Reposted by Unitaid

AVAC @avac.org · 12d

Big news this week for injectable lenacapavir for #HIV #PrEP! Terrific summary from @biancahillier.bsky.social at @theworld.org with our ED, Mitchell Warren, @jirairratevosian.bsky.social, @unitaid.bsky.social and Wits RHI

🎧 here: theworld.org/segments/202...

Twice-yearly HIV prevention drug to be offered at new, low cost - The World from PRX

An HIV prevention drug will be made available at a new, low cost in 120 low- and middle-income countries starting in 2027, according to an announcement yesterday. The move is being called a “once-in-a...

theworld.org

3 6

Reposted by Unitaid

Elton John AIDS Foundation @eltonjohnaidsfoundation.org · 12d

Clinton Health Access Initiative and @unitaid.bsky.social’s commitments to expand access to long-acting prevention show what’s possible when the global community comes together.

1 1 2

Unitaid @unitaid.bsky.social · 12d

Une avancée historique : le #lénacapavir injectable sera disponible à 40 $US/an dans 120 pays à revenu faible et intermédiaire. Un outil révolutionnaire de prévention du #VIH, accessible en un temps record.

🔗 unitaid.org/lenacapavir-fr

Unitaid, CHAI et Wits RHI concluent un accord historique avec Dr. Reddy’s pour rendre l’outil de prévention du VIH, le lénacapavir, abordable dans les pays à revenu faible et intermédiaire - Unitaid

unitaid.org

1

Reposted by Unitaid

Health Policy Watch - Global health news reporting @healthpolicywatch.bsky.social · 13d

💉 From $42,250 to $40 — a massive win for equitable HIV prevention.

Thanks to catalytic funding & technical support from the @gatesfoundation.bsky.social, @unitaid.bsky.social, and others, the cost for the two annual shots of Lenacapavir will drop to $40.

@unaids.org @iasociety.bsky.social
📖⬇️ & 🙏🔁

Support For Indian Manufacturers To Produce Cheap Generics Of HIV 'Miracle' Drug, Lenacapavir - Health Policy Watch

Two Indian manufacturers will be able to mass-produce cheap generic versions of the HIV 'miracle' drug, lenacapavir, which almost eliminates HIV transmission

healthpolicy-watch.news

1 3

Reposted by Unitaid

Salud por Derecho @saludporderecho.bsky.social · 13d

📢 Estos días se han anunciado acuerdos para producir genéricos de #lenacapavir, la inyección preventiva contra el VIH que se aplica cada 6 meses.

💉 A partir de 2027 podría costar 40 dólares al año. Un avance impulsado por @unitaid.bsky.social y socios, una muy buena noticia para ampliar el acceso.

1 2 3

Reposted by Unitaid

Madhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · 14d

We all need some good news

👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

“The revolutionary HIV prevention tool, injectable lenacapavir, will be available at a cost of US$40 a year in 120 low- and middle-income countries starting in 2027”

@unitaid.bsky.social CHAI Wits RHI

unitaid.org/news-blog/le...

Unitaid, CHAI, and Wits RHI enter into a landmark agreement with Dr. Reddy’s to make HIV prevention tool lenacapavir affordable in LMICs - Unitaid

unitaid.org

37 130

Unitaid @unitaid.bsky.social · 14d

Unitaid, CHAI, Wits RHI & Dr. Reddy's Laboratories have secured a US$40 annual price for injectable lenacapavir, a twice-yearly HIV prevention shot. Instead of the usual decade, generics are expected by 2027, just two years after first approvals.

Learn more: unitaid.org/lenacapavir

Unitaid, CHAI, and Wits RHI enter into a landmark agreement with Dr. Reddy’s to make HIV prevention tool lenacapavir affordable in LMICs - Unitaid

unitaid.org

1

Reposted by Unitaid

Medicines Patent Pool @medicinespatentpool.org · 16d

🌍 MPP joined the Joint @who.int @unaids.org @unitaid.bsky.social annual consultation!

Judith Federhofer shared updates on long-acting HIV treatment and the CAB-LA licence amendment for treatment + PrEP. @eburrone.bsky.social discussed access and pricing for #long-acting prevention in LMICs.

2 4

Reposted by Unitaid

IAS - the International AIDS Society @iasociety.bsky.social · 21d

"How #Mpox revealed an epidemic of untreated #HIV in #SierraLeone – as Trump’s aid cuts begin to bite"

How an Mpox outbreak revealed an epidemic of untreated HIV in Sierra Leone

The impact of the US slashing foreign aid on the country’s Mpox response has likely been huge, activists tell Rachel Schraer

www.independent.co.uk

6 6

Reposted by Unitaid

World Health Summit @worldhealthsummit.bsky.social · 28d

🏙 Every year, we welcome participants from around the world to Berlin – the vibrant host city of the annual WHS.
👉 Join us this October at #WHS2025. Be part of the leading global platform for health and experience Berlin yourself
🔗 https://f.mtr.cool/cqzuvjqpuf

1 1

Reposted by Unitaid

KNCV TB Plus | KNCV Tuberculosis Foundation @kncvtbplus.bsky.social · Sep 8

🤝Strengthening TB care for children in the Philippines!
Interest-holders in the Philippines came together in a recent forum to finalize a policy that will make pediatric #tuberculosis (TB) testing more timely, accurate, and child-friendly.🧒

@unitaid.bsky.social #TBSky

Stakeholders validate interim policy on stool-based LC-NAAT for pediatric TB diagnosis – ASCENT DR-TB

ascentdrtb.org

1 2

Reposted by Unitaid

Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine @lstmnews.bsky.social · Aug 18

Spatial mosquito repellents could transform malaria control.

A new $18.1m Unitaid-funded project, led by CRID in Cameroon with support from @LSTMnews, will trial this innovative tool to help accelerate malaria elimination.

🔗 lstm.ac/CRIDSpatialR...

#Malaria #GlobalHealth

Spatial mosquito repellents could be a promising new malaria prevention tool

Catalyzing the Adoption of a Novel Vector Control Toolbox (CANVeCT), led by the Centre for Research in Infectious Diseases (CRID) in Cameroon and supported by Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine,

lstm.ac

1 2

Unitaid @unitaid.bsky.social · Sep 3

👏 We welcome @stoptb.bsky.social’s historic price cut for bedaquiline, lowering DR-TB treatment costs to under $300. This vital boost to care comes as countries face record pressure on health budgets, showing how advocacy and partnerships make medicines affordable.

🔗 www.stoptb.org/news/breakin...

1

Unitaid @unitaid.bsky.social · Sep 2

Malaria kills nearly 600,000 Africans each year, mostly children. @who.int-approved spatial emanators, developed through Unitaid-funded studies, aim to fill the protection gap left by bed nets.

Learn more: trt.global/afrika-engli...

TRT Global - Spatial emanators: Why Africa's new weapon against malaria is a game-changer

This new WHO-endorsed technology has given Africa a tighter line of defence against evolving malaria vectors, one that works beyond the bed net.

trt.global

1

Unitaid @unitaid.bsky.social · Sep 2

📢 CHAI and Unitaid are seeking Expressions of Interest from gas suppliers in West and Central Africa. This exploratory step aims to assess potential for future work to expand access to affordable medical oxygen in the region.

Learn more: www.clintonhealthaccess.org/rfp/cei-fina...

Unitaid @unitaid.bsky.social · Aug 28

Unitaid champions community-led responses because they build trust, reach and sustainability. Young people, people living with HIV and marginalized groups help design the policies and programs that save lives.

Learn more: unitaid.org/news-blog/yo...

Young people are not just beneficiaries — we’re partners in the HIV response - Unitaid

By Abdul-Fatawu Salifu, Executive Secretary, Ghana Network of People Living with HIV; Alternate Board Member, Unitaid

unitaid.org

1