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SAVING LIVES SUSTAINABLY


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GLOBAL HEALTH SECTOR AND BEYOND.



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NEWS & STORIES

UNOPS LAUNCHES NEW STRATEGY

UNOPS HAS LAUNCHED A NEW STRATEGY THAT AIMS TO STRENGTHEN THE ORGANIZATION’S
COMMITMENT TO GENDER AND SOCIAL INCLUSION IN ITS WORK. UNOPS GENDER EQUALITY AND
SOCIAL INCLUSION MAINSTREAMING IN PROJECTS STRATEGY 2022-2025 IS ANCHORED IN THE
UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS, THE BEIJING DECLARATION AND PLATFORM FOR
ACTION, AND OTHER INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS, STANDARDS AND NORMS THAT ARE SHAPING
THE 2030 AGENDA FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT. IT SEEKS TO REALIZE THE HUMAN
RIGHTS OF ALL PEOPLE AND TO ACHIEVE GENDER EQUALITY AND THE EMPOWERMENT OF WOMEN
AND GIRLS. “THIS STRATEGY MOBILIZES OUR EFFORTS TO PROMOTE EQUAL RIGHTS AND
OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE TO LIVE FULL LIVES, SUPPORTED BY SUSTAINABLE,
RESILIENT, AND INCLUSIVE INFRASTRUCTURE,” ADDED JENS WANDEL. COVID-19 HAS
REVERSED GAINS IN EDUCATION, ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES AND HEALTH. IT ALSO
REINFORCED DEEP-ROOTED SYSTEMIC INEQUALITIES AND CAUSED PARTICULAR HARM TO
CERTAIN MARGINALIZED GROUPS AND INDIVIDUALS. AS THE WORLD RECOVERS FROM THE
PANDEMIC AND LOOKS FOR WAYS TO MOVE FORWARD TOWARDS THE 2030 AGENDA, UNOPS IS
COMMITTED TO STRENGTHENING DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION THROUGHOUT THE PROJECT
LIFESPAN, INCLUDING ITS PROCUREMENT PRACTICES. THROUGH ITS WORK, UNOPS WILL
ADVANCE EFFORTS TO PROMOTE EQUITABLE OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL INDIVIDUALS,
REGARDLESS OF AGE, SEX, RACE, ETHNICITY, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, GENDER IDENTITY,
DISABILITY, RELIGION, LANGUAGE, NATIONALITY, MIGRATION STATUS AND SOCIOECONOMIC
STATUS. BY ENHANCING DIVERSITY AND SOCIAL INCLUSION AND HELPING BUILD SAFER,
MORE STABLE AND JUST SOCIETIES FOR ALL PEOPLE, UNOPS IS CREATING THE NECESSARY
CONDITIONS TO FOSTER SOCIAL TRANSFORMATION, LEADING TO MORE SUSTAINABLE PEACE
AND DEVELOPMENT. THE NEW STRATEGY RUNS HAND IN HAND WITH THE GENDER, DIVERSITY
AND INCLUSION IN OUR WORKFORCE STRATEGY 2022-2025, LAUNCHED IN MARCH 2022, AND
BUILDS ON THE 2018 GENDER MAINSTREAMING STRATEGY.

3 OCTOBER 2022

UNITAID REDUCES THE BURDEN OF MAL…

EVEN BEFORE THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC CREATED NEW SETBACKS, THE RATE OF PROGRESS IN
THE FIGHT AGAINST MALARIA HAD REACHED A PLATEAU. DESPITE COMMENDABLE EFFORTS TO
QUICKLY SECURE CONTINUITY OF KEY MALARIA CONTROL SERVICES, GLOBAL MALARIA DEATHS
ROSE BY 12 PERCENT IN 2020. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT BURDEN OF DISEASE IS
INCREASINGLY BEING CARRIED BY A HANDFUL OF COUNTRIES WHERE THE SITUATION IS
GROWING IN SEVERITY. THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION REPORTS THAT JUST 11
COUNTRIES – ALL BUT ONE LOCATED IN AFRICA – ACCOUNT FOR APPROXIMATELY 70 PERCENT
OF ALL CASES AND DEATHS CAUSED BY MALARIA. AND WHILE MANY COUNTRIES WITH LOWER
RATES OF MALARIA PROGRESSED TOWARDS ELIMINATION TARGETS DESPITE THE PANDEMIC,
THE COUNTRIES WITH THE HIGHEST BURDENS LOST GROUND. “THE SAME TROUBLING TREND WE
HAVE SEEN PUT SO STARKLY IN RELIEF SINCE THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC BEGAN HAS BEEN
QUIETLY PLAYING OUT IN OUR EFFORTS AGAINST MALARIA AND OTHER DISEASES FOR
DECADES,” SAID DR. PHILIPPE DUNETON, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF UNITAID. “QUALITY
INNOVATIONS ARE SLOW TO REACH THE COUNTRIES THAT NEED THEM MOST AND WE SEE A
DIVERGENCE IN GLOBAL HEALTH RESPONSES, AS HIGHER INCOME COUNTRIES TACKLE
CHALLENGES AND MOVE ON, AND INTEREST AND FUNDING TO EXTEND EFFORTS EQUITABLY
WANES.” MUCH OF THE PROGRESS ACHIEVED OVER THE PAST TWO DECADES WAS DUE, IN
LARGE PART, TO THE MASSIVE MOBILIZATION OF FUNDS AND INTERVENTIONS, WHICH HELPED
CUT DEATHS FROM MALARIA IN HALF BETWEEN THE YEARS 2000 AND 2015. BUT AS THE
NUMBER OF COUNTRIES FACING ACUTE CRISES DECREASED, SO TOO DID THE GALVANIZED
EFFORTS REQUIRED TO SUSTAIN AND ADVANCE THE FIGHT. WHO HAS ISSUED A CALL FOR
GREATER INVESTMENTS AND INCREASED INNOVATION TO IMPROVE TOOLS AND APPROACHES AND
REDUCE THE BURDEN OF MALARIA. WITH MORE THAN US$330 MILLION CURRENTLY INVESTED
TO OPTIMIZE DELIVERY, UPDATE TOOLS, AND TEST NEW STRATEGIES, UNITAID IS
ADVANCING EFFORTS TO PROTECT PEOPLE EVERYWHERE FROM MALARIA. NO SINGLE TOOL OR
STRATEGY WILL SOLVE THE PROBLEM OF MALARIA ALONE. UNITAID’S INVESTMENTS ENDEAVOR
TO INCREASE ACCESS TO THE PROVEN TOOLS THAT WORK, WHILE INVESTING IN DEVELOPING
NEW AND UPDATED PRODUCTS TO BUILD A MORE ROBUST ARSENAL OF MALARIA-FIGHTING
INTERVENTIONS. UNITAID IS FUNDING EFFORTS TO IMPROVE COVERAGE OF ANTIMALARIAL
PREVENTIVE TREATMENTS FOR PREGNANT WOMEN AND YOUNG CHILDREN, WHO ARE MOST
VULNERABLE TO ADVERSE EVENTS FROM INFECTION. THROUGH COMMUNITY INTERVENTIONS,
THE UNITAID-FUNDED TIPTOP PROJECT DEMONSTRATED HOW TO DRASTICALLY INCREASE THE
NUMBER OF WOMEN REACHED WITH LIFE-SAVING PREVENTIVE TREATMENT DURING PREGNANCY.
AND NEW INVESTMENTS LAUNCHED LAST YEAR ARE WORKING TO ENHANCE DELIVERY OF
PREVENTIVE MEDICINE THAT WILL REACH MORE CHILDREN WITH ANTIMALARIAL PROTECTION
OVER THEIR FIRST TWO YEARS OF LIFE. MORE THAN TWO-THIRDS OF ALL DEATHS FROM
MALARIA OCCUR IN YOUNG CHILDREN UNDER FIVE IN AFRICA. WITH PILOTS CO-FUNDED BY
UNITAID, THE GLOBAL FUND AND GAVI, THE WORLD’S FIRST MALARIA VACCINE IS BEING
DELIVERED TO CHILDREN AS PART OF A COMPREHENSIVE PACKAGE OF PREVENTIVE CARE.
VECTOR CONTROL, WHICH TARGETS DISEASE SPREADING MOSQUITOES, IS A HIGHLY
EFFECTIVE AND VITAL COMPONENT OF MALARIA ELIMINATION STRATEGIES. WITH
INVESTMENTS INTO NEXT-GENERATION BED NETS THAT COMBAT GROWING MOSQUITO
RESISTANCE, NEW SPATIAL REPELLENTS, AND BY TREATING HUMANS AND LIVESTOCK WITH
MEDICINE THAT KILLS MOSQUITOES WHO BITE THEM, UNITAID IS DRIVING PROGRESS TO
ADVANCE NEW AND EFFECTIVE TOOLS. AND WITH WORK TO IMPROVE SCREENING AND
TREATMENT FOR RELAPSING P. VIVAX MALARIA – THE MOST COMMON TYPE OF MALARIA
OUTSIDE OF SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA – UNITAID IS HELPING IMPROVE CARE FOR PEOPLE IN
ASIA-PACIFIC AND LATIN AMERICAN COUNTRIES, INCLUDING MANY THAT ARE CLOSE TO
ELIMINATION TARGETS. THE WHO GLOBAL MALARIA STRATEGY CALLS FOR A 90 PERCENT
GLOBAL REDUCTION OF CASES AND DEATH BY 2030. ACHIEVING THIS GOAL REQUIRES URGENT
GLOBAL INVESTMENT TO SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT AND DEPLOYMENT OF CRUCIAL
INNOVATIONS TO ENSURE PEOPLE IN ALL COUNTRIES ARE PROTECTED FROM MALARIA.

25 AUGUST 2022

SCALING ACCESS TO INNOVATIONS FOR…

WHEN THE GLOBAL HIV EPIDEMIC BEGAN MORE THAN 40 YEARS AGO, HIV WAS A TERMINAL
ILLNESS. IT IS NOW A PREVENTABLE AND CHRONIC DISEASE FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE ABLE TO
ACCESS TREATMENT. HOWEVER, ACCESS TO PREVENTION AND TREATMENT SERVICES IS NOT
EQUITABLE, AND NEW INNOVATIONS ARE NOT ALWAYS REACHING PEOPLE IN NEED. IT HAS
BEEN MORE THAN A DECADE SINCE THE FIRST EVIDENCE OF THE EFFICACY OF DAILY ORAL
PRE-EXPOSURE PROPHYLAXIS (PREP) WAS PUBLISHED. PREP IS A DAILY PILL YOU CAN TAKE
THAT HELPS PREVENT HIV. IN 2021, MORE THAN 1.6 MILLION PEOPLE WORLDWIDE WERE
RECEIVING ORAL PRE-EXPOSURE PROPHYLAXIS (PREP), WHICH REMAINS WELL SHORT OF THE
2025 TARGET OF 10 MILLION PEOPLE. PARTNERSHIPS FOR INCREASING ACCESS TO PREP
UNTIL RECENTLY, PREP WAS CONCENTRATED IN HIGH-INCOME COUNTRIES. THE LAST TWO
YEARS HAVE SEEN A PRONOUNCED UPTAKE OF PREP IN EASTERN AND SOUTHERN AFRICA. “I
FIRST HEARD ABOUT PRE-EXPOSURE PROPHYLAXIS (PREP) IN 2018 WHEN I STARTED COMING
HERE TO THE CENTRE FOR SEXUAL HEALTH AND HIV/AIDS RESEARCH (CESHHAR) FOR
TREATMENT. THE CLINIC TREATS SEX WORKERS. THE AUNTIES, OUR NURSES WHO WORK HERE
WOULD TELL US ABOUT WHY PREP, AND WHY IT IS GOOD. THAT’S HOW I KNEW ABOUT IT,”
SAYS NASHLY, 26, FROM MUTARE, ZIMBABWE. NASHLY SHARES HER STORY OF BEING RAPED
ON HER WAY HOME FROM WORK IN 2020 RESULTING IN PREGNANCY. SHE UNDERWENT A
PSYCHOLOGICAL TRAUMA WITH THE POSSIBLE THOUGHT OF THE BABY AND HERSELF
CONTRACTING AIDS. “I SAW THE GOODNESS OF PREP WHEN I GAVE BIRTH. MY BABY DOESN’T
HAVE HIV AND I DID NOT CONTRACT IT EITHER,” SHE SAYS. “THE SERVICES WE GET AT
CESHHAAR ARE IMPORTANT TO US. IF THESE SERVICES ARE NO LONGER AVAILABLE, WE
WOULD SUFFER AND WE WOULD ALL FALL SICK.” UNDP IS SUPPORTING COUNTRIES TO
INCREASE ACCESS TO PREP FOR THE MOST VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES, AS PART OF ITS
LARGER EFFORTS TO IMPROVE AND EXPAND COVERAGE OF HIV PREVENTION FOR KEY
POPULATIONS (GAY MEN AND OTHER MEN HAVING SEX WITH MEN, SEX WORKERS, TRANSGENDER
PEOPLE, PEOPLE WHO USE DRUGS AND PRISONERS) AND THEIR SEXUAL PARTNERS WHO NOW
ACCOUNT FOR 70 PERCENT OF NEW HIV INFECTIONS WORLDWIDE. IN 2021, IN ZIMBABWE,
UNDP IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE GLOBAL FUND, THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND NGOS
REACHED 3,300 FEMALE SEX WORKERS WITH PREP. THIS WAS DONE THROUGH A COMBINATION
OF FIXED SITES PROVIDING PREVENTION SERVICES, AND OUTREACH CONDUCTED BY NGO
PARTNERS SUCH AS THE CENTRE FOR SEXUAL HEALTH AND HIV/AIDS RESEARCH ZIMBABWE
(CESHHAR). IN PAKISTAN, UNDP WITH SUPPORT FROM THE GLOBAL FUND AND IN
PARTNERSHIP WITH LOCAL COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS, THE GOVERNMENT, UNAIDS AND
WHO LAUNCHED A NEW PREP INITIATIVE IN JUNE 2022. THE INITIATIVE IS ALSO WORKING
CLOSELY WITH KEY POPULATION COMMUNITIES TO PROVIDE PREP THROUGH NETWORKS OF PEER
OUTREACH WORKERS AND DROP-IN CENTRES. IN ADDITION, GOVERNMENT HEALTH CARE
WORKERS STATIONED AT EXISTING ANTIRETROVIRAL (ART) TREATMENT CENTRES ARE BEING
TRAINED ON DELIVERING SAFE AND EFFECTIVE PREP SERVICES. “WHEN I FOUND OUT ABOUT
PREP, I WANTED TO USE IT MYSELF,” SHARES KIRAN DANESH FROM THE GENDER
INTERACTIVE ALLIANCE, KARACHI, PAKISTAN. “WHEN I ASKED MY DOCTOR TO GIVE ME
PREP, HE WARNED ME THAT THIS IS NOT A GOOD THING, AND I SHOULD NOT USE IT. I
LATER REALIZED THAT THE DOCTOR WAS WRONG AND THAT HE PROBABLY DID NOT HAVE THE
CORRECT INFORMATION.” “I WOULD LIKE TO USE PREP MYSELF,” SAYS MOBIN AHMED FROM
THE SAATHI FOUNDATION, FAISALABAD. “I AM WORKING AS A LEADER IN MY COMMUNITY AND
I WANT TO SET AN EXAMPLE FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY THAT THIS IS A VERY
BENEFICIAL MEDICINE. I WILL USE IT AS SOON AS IT BECOMES AVAILABLE.” USING
DIGITAL PLATFORMS TO SCALE UP PREP DIGITAL SOLUTIONS CAN PLAY AN IMPORTANT ROLE
IN INCREASING ACCESS TO SERVICES FOR VULNERABLE AND MARGINALISED POPULATIONS, AS
WELL AS INCREASE RETENTION. IN COLOMBIA, THE PREP-COLOMBIA.ORG PLATFORM IS USED
FOR INITIAL SCREENING, SETTING UP MEDICAL APPOINTMENTS, KEEPING RECORDS OF
FOLLOW-UP APPOINTMENTS AND SHARING THE RESULTS OF LABORATORY TESTS. IT ALSO
ALLOWS DOCTORS TO GENERATE DIFFERENT METRICS SUCH AS LEVEL OF ACCEPTANCE,
INITIAL CONTINUATION, PREVALENCE OF TOXICITY AND HIV STATUS. ALL THIS IS
COMBINED WITH TRAINING ON COMBINATION PREVENTION STRATEGIES REACHING MORE THAN
20,300 PEOPLE. THIS INNOVATIVE APPROACH HAS MADE IT POSSIBLE TO GUARANTEE THE
CONTINUOUS PROVISION OF SERVICES, OBTAIN GOOD ADHERENCE TO TREATMENT, AND
SUPPORT INDIVIDUALS DESPITE THE CHALLENGES POSED BY THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC.
“THANKS TO THE PREP-COLOMBIA, TODAY I KNOW HOW TO TAKE CARE OF MYSELF AND HOW TO
TAKE CARE OF THE PEOPLE I LOVE AND THOSE AROUND ME. STAYING NEGATIVE FILLS ME
WITH PEACE OF MIND AND MAKES ME WANT TO LIVE LIFE, OBVIOUSLY RESPONSIBLY”, SAYS
JOAN ALFARO, 22, COLOMBIAN SOCIAL LEADER. THE NEED TO SCALE UP WITH THE
POTENTIAL FOR PREP AND OTHER INNOVATIVE TOOLS SUCH AS LONG-ACTING ARVS FOR PREP
AND VAGINAL RING FOR WOMEN TO TRANSFORM HIV PREVENTION, WE SIMPLY CANNOT AFFORD
TO REPEAT THE MISTAKES FROM THE PAST. ONLY BY ADDRESSING INEQUALITIES AND
INCREASING THE CAPACITY OF PEOPLE LIVING WITH HIV, KEY POPULATIONS AND OTHER
EXCLUDED GROUPS TO ACCESS HIV AND HEALTH SERVICES CAN WE REGAIN LOST GROUND ON
HIV. WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR PREP AND OTHER INNOVATIVE TOOLS SUCH AS LONG-ACTING
ARVS FOR PREP AND VAGINAL RING FOR WOMEN TO TRANSFORM HIV PREVENTION, WE SIMPLY
CANNOT AFFORD TO REPEAT THE MISTAKES FROM THE PAST. ONLY BY ADDRESSING
INEQUALITIES AND INCREASING THE CAPACITY OF PEOPLE LIVING WITH HIV, KEY
POPULATIONS AND OTHER EXCLUDED GROUPS TO ACCESS HIV AND HEALTH SERVICES CAN WE
REGAIN LOST GROUND ON HIV. THIS ARTICLE WAS ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED ON
UNDP.MEDIUM.COM.  

1 AUGUST 2022


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