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New Technology Can Save Lives From an Ancient Disease

Philippe Douste-Blazy | Posted 05.20.2013 | Impact
Read More: World Tuberculosis Day, Hiv, Drug Resistant Tuberculosis, Mozambique, Tuberculosis, Innovative Financing, Genexpert, Unitaid, Tuberculosis Testing, Impact News
Philippe Douste-Blazy

Created in 2006, UNITAID is largely financed by a small tax on airline tickets and last year invested $30 million to roll out a new rapid test for tuberculosis, known as GeneXpert.

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The Financial Transaction Tax: Globalization's Payback Time for the World's Poor

Philippe Douste-Blazy | Posted 03.12.2013 | World
Read More: Mdgs, Financial Transaction Tax, Ftt, United Nations, Financial Crisis, Aid Development, Francois Hollande, Unitaid, World News
Philippe Douste-Blazy

Last year, UNITAID released a study that demonstrates exactly what a country would need to do to implement an FTT. The study found that the introduction of such a tax on a national basis should have no significant negative impact on national financial markets.

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Why I Am Thinking About the Nobel Peace Prize on World Malaria Day

Mark Leon Goldberg | Posted 06.25.2012 | Impact
Read More: Philippe Douste-Blazy, Global Health, Unitaid, Malaria, Nobel Peace Prize, World Malaria Day, Africa, Impact News
Mark Leon Goldberg

We need to diversify how we fund the global fight against diseases like malaria. The term for this is "innovative financing for development." The world's laboratory for innovative financing is located in Geneva, in a small outpost of the UN family called UNITAID.

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In Cameroon with UNITAID: Keeping HIV Patients Alive and Well

Mark Leon Goldberg | Posted 10.29.2011 | World
Read More: HIV/AIDS, HIV Drugs, Hiv, Anti-Retrovirals, UNITAID Patent Pool, Arvs, HIV/AIDS Africa, Unitaid, World News
Mark Leon Goldberg

Drug companies who participate in the patent pool hand over their patents to UNITAID, which makes those patents available to generic drug manufacturers. Part of the deal is that the generic drugs can only be sold in lower-income countries.

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Sophie Delaunay of Doctors Without Borders USA (MSF) on Global Health Financing

Rahim Kanani | Posted 05.25.2011 | Impact
Read More: Doctors Without Borders, Financial Transaction Tax, Education, HIV/AIDS, Human Rights, Clinton Foundation, International Development, Ngos, Aid, Malnutrition, Global Health, Unitaid, Children's Health, Impact News
Rahim Kanani

It's quite ironic that on one hand there has never been such strong mobilization and acknowledgement of global health needs, and still, the funding and policies do not proportionately match the momentum or awareness.

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UN And Bill Clinton Launch MassiveGood, Ask Flyers To Donate $2 For World Health Initiatives

AP | JOHN HEILPRIN | Posted 05.25.2011 | Impact
Read More: Bill Clinton, Massivegood, United Nations, Un, Clinton Health Access Initiative, Ban Ki-Moon, World Health Organization, HIV/AIDS, Aids, Malaria, Tuberculosis, Maternal Health, Maternal Mortality, Children's Health, Health, Airlines, Airplanes, Unitaid, Impact News

UNITED NATIONS — With a simple click, U.S. travelers buying airline tickets via some travel agencies and Internet sites can now donate $2 or mor...

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