Unitaid

**Saving lives faster** We believe that everyone, no matter where they live, should be able to benefit from the best health products and interventions. But every year, millions of people in low- and middle-income countries fall ill and sometimes die from preventable, treatable diseases because the care they need is unavailable. Unitaid was created to address this inequality. We save lives by making health products accessible, available and affordable for people who need them most – fast. We save lives by making new health products available and affordable for people in low- and middle-income countries. We identify innovative treatments, tests and tools, help tackle the market barriers that are holding them back, and get them to the people who need them most – fast. **Addressing today’s health challenges** In a world faced with rising health challenges, governments, industry and global health partners must develop and roll out new health products faster than ever before. COVID-19 reversed progress toward global health goals, and it’s only a matter of time before we’re faced with the next pandemic. Climate change is pushing diseases like malaria into new communities. Addressing women’s and children’s health is fundamental to the future of global health – but progress has stalled and maternal and child health is underfunded. And tuberculosis, HIV and malaria still kill more than 2.5 million people each year and are becoming increasingly drug-resistant, making them harder to treat. Rising inequalities are blocking access to lifesaving health products for the world’s most vulnerable people, meaning millions continue to suffer and die from preventable, treatable illnesses. Focus areas [Climate & health](https://unitaid.org/climate-and-health/) [HIV ](https://unitaid.org/hiv-and-coinfections/) [Tuberculosis ](https://unitaid.org/tuberculosis/) [Malaria ](https://unitaid.org/malaria/) [Women’s and children’s health](https://unitaid.org/about-unitaid/) [Global health emergencies](https://unitaid.org/global-health-emergencies/) [Oxygen ](https://unitaid.org/oxygen/) [Regional manufacturing](https://unitaid.org/regional-manufacturing/) [Climate & health](https://unitaid.org/climate-and-health/) **Our impact** Since we were created in 2006, we have unlocked access to more than 100 groundbreaking treatments, tests and health tools that benefit more than 300 million people in low- and middle-income countries each year. How we work **Identify health challenges** We work with countries, communities and health agencies to identify challenges that are slowing progress towards global health goals. **Find potential solutions** We work with partners to find promising new health products and solutions. **Invest in innovative products** We work with implementing partners to address market barriers to get the new product to the people who need it. **Test effectiveness** We work with countries, implementing partners and communities to make sure the product works for people in the real world. **Use evidence for policy change** The WHO uses evidence from our investments to create policy and guidance so that the product can be used more widely. **Scale up** We partner with donors, countries, communities and health agencies to take the products to scale so people everywhere can benefit. Our supporters Unitaid was founded in 2006 by a visionary group of countries – Brazil, Chile, France, Norway and the United Kingdom – whose continued support has enabled us to reach hundreds of millions of people with lifesaving care and advance the standard of global public health. During the 2023-2027 strategic period, Unitaid has received financial investments from: Brazil, Canada, Chile, the European Union, France, the Gates Foundation, Japan, Portugal, the Republic of Korea, Spain, the United Kingdom, Wellcome, and the WHO Foundation.