National HIV treatment programs are preparing for big shifts in their national treatment guidelines and patient regimens. The World Health Organization’s (WHO) 2016 guidelines included a number of antiretroviral (ARV) medications that are more effective, tolerable and...
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IKEA Foundation and CHAI Announce Grants Totaling $16.8 Million to Reduce Childhood Mortality in India and Kenya
The IKEA Foundation and the Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI) today announced two new four year grants totaling $16.8 million to continue work to reduce child mortality and provide access to lifesaving treatment for diarrhea and pneumonia in Madhya Pradesh,...
American Cancer Society and Clinton Health Access Initiative Announce Collaborations with Pfizer and Cipla to Increase Access to Lifesaving Cancer Treatment in Africa
Market access agreements advance growing ACS-led effort to significantly improve cancer care in six sub-Saharan African countries The American Cancer Society (ACS) and the Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI) today announced two separate groundbreaking market...
New UNITAID and CHAI initiative to speed introduction and access to critical HIV drugs
London, 30 November 2016 – UNITAID and the Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI) today announced a three-year project to speed the introduction of new, optimal HIV drugs, and make them more available and affordable. The US$34 million investment is expected to be a...
Press Release: Aurobindo Pharma receives USFDA tentative approval for Dolutegravir
Aurobindo Pharma Limited is pleased to announce the tentative approval of Dolutegravir 50mg from US Food & Drug Administration (USFDA) for the treatment of HIV. This important milestone marks the first FDA approval of a generic version of Dolutegravir...
Statement from the Board of the Clinton Health Access Initiative, Inc.
The Clinton Health Access Initiative, Inc. (“CHAI”) was founded in 2002 as a Clinton Foundation Initiative. Today, the CHAI Board of Directors, which is fully committed to and proud of CHAI’s life-saving work, announced the following changes will be implemented if...
CHAI Annual Report 2015
The 2015 Annual Report highlights CHAI's programmatic work around the world, thanks to our many dedicated partners and supporters. ...
Video Released: CHAI & IKEA Foundation work to combat child diarrhea in India
See the video here. Diarrhea is the second leading killer of children worldwide, responsible for over 600,000 deaths each year. India bears a quarter of the global burden: nearly 400 children die of diarrhea each day. A highly effective treatment—zinc and oral...
New agreements reduce pricing and increase access to neonatal resuscitation equipment in low- and middle-income countries
May 17, 2016 – The Clinton Health Access Initiative, Inc. (CHAI) today announced agreements with GPC Medical Limited and Shanghai Jolly Medical Education Co., Ltd. that will reduce the price of the neonatal bag and mask resuscitator and the neonatal...
CHAI announces partnership with governments in six low- and middle-income countries to initiate and expand hepatitis C treatment programs
(Barcelona, April 15, 2016) - Ministries of Health in Ethiopia, Indonesia, Myanmar, Nigeria, Rwanda, and Vietnam are accelerating access to hepatitis C (HCV) testing and treatment with technical assistance from the Quick-Start program, which aims to cure 25,000 people...