At an HIV Leaders meeting to re-energise global efforts against HIV/AIDS, held at the House of Lords, London, on 9 March, Dr Jorge Bermudez, Executive Secretary of UNITAID, stressed the crucial contribution of innovative financing and new tools to keep the momentum and promise on universal access to AIDS treatment and care.

A new initiative to raise money for health

UNITAID welcomes the announcement today of the MASSIVEGOOD initiative, established to provide additional funding for UNITAID’s work in expanding access to treatment for HIV/AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis.

The seventh plenary session of the Leading Group was held 28-29 January 2010, in Santiago, Chile.

To read more, please see the following website: http://www.leadinggroup.org/rubrique20.html.

In an effort to fill a gap in the breakdown of health services following the earthquake of 12 January, the UNITAID Executive Board has approved the allocation of one million US dollars  this week to treat and feed 6 000 children living with HIV/AIDS in Haiti. The project will be managed for UNITAID by the Clinton HIV/AIDS Initiative (CHAI).

The UNITAID Strategy 2010-2012, entitled Improving global markets to address HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria, is now available here.