Clinton Health Access Initiative

10/23/2025

🎉 Please join us in celebrating one of our incredible team members this month.

Ritubhan Gautam’s journey from engineering to public health reflects a deep-rooted passion for impact. After supporting Punjab’s hepatitis program with CHAI India, he pursued an MPA at Columbia—and returned to CHAI to help shape global health markets.

Whether he’s analyzing market data or aligning global strategies, Ritubhan brings passion and precision to every challenge. And when it’s time to unwind? Chicken curry with rice is his go-to 🍛

👉 Read the full spotlight: https://ow.ly/QyfW50Xcwkc

10/21/2025

A first for Nigeria — and a milestone for global health.

The first Nigerian patient is enrolling today in a pioneering demonstration project providing unprecedented access to nivolumab in the country, an immunotherapy drug widely available in the US for metastatic colorectal cancer— a disease responsible for nearly 6,000 deaths annually in Nigeria and 6.4% of all cancers in the country.

The Innovative Cancer Medicines (ICM) initiative is working with the National Hospital Abuja and the government of Nigeria to launch the project.

This partnership shows what’s possible when global health equity becomes a shared mission.

Read more: https://ow.ly/VRtY50XfAme


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ABUJA, NIGERIA, October 21, 2025: Today, the Innovative Cancer Medicines (ICM) initiative announced the enrollment of the first Nigerian patient in a pioneering demonstration project to provide an immunotherapy drug used to treat cancer. The goal of the initiative is to develop an approach that expl...

10/11/2025

Behind every statistic in our 2024 Annual Report is a partnership.

Thank you to the Gates Foundation, ELMA Foundation, Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office, The Global Fund, Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, Unitaid, Open Philanthropy, GiveWell, Sida - Styrelsen för Internationellt Utvecklingssamarbete, FHI 360, UNOPS, The LEGO Foundation, MedAccess, Judith Neilson Foundation, Cadence, and the dozens of other partners who make this work possible.

Your support enabled us to
✓ Screen 49.6M people for hepatitis
✓ Vaccinate 7.39M girls against HPV in conflict zones
✓ Train thousands of health workers
✓ Negotiate price reductions that save governments millions
✓ Support ministries of health to build sustainable health systems

Alongside our donors and the governments that we serve across 39 countries, we’re building a world where everyone has access to quality, affordable health services.

https://ow.ly/gnct50X9Yaq

10/10/2025

More Annual Report highlights from CHAI and our partners:

🔬 2,000+ AI-powered X-ray machines for TB screening purchased by Indian government after CHAI affiliate WJCF proved the impact these machines can have in diagnosing people in remote areas where there are no radiologists
🧪 49.6M people screened for hepatitis B and C since 2016
🏥 1.4M Rwandan women covered for breast and cervical cancer care via health insurance
💊 365→2: HIV prevention simplified from daily pills to twice-yearly injections with lenacapavir, with CHAI & partners working on making generic versions of this breakthrough drug affordable and accessible
🦟 25 weeks of zero malaria reported in Guatemala's Escuintla region, demonstrating near-elimination

When we combine proven interventions with innovation, when we build adaptable systems, we can achieve our vision: a world where everyone can live a healthy and fulfilling life.

Full report: https://ow.ly/3Y4P50X9geG

10/10/2025

Today, we're announcing a partnership that represents an important step towards transforming lives for millions: CHAI is joining forces with Wellcome Trust and MedAccess to help people with severe mental health conditions access the treatment they need.

The reality is stark: Roughly one billion people suffer from mental health conditions, yet more than 70% of people living with psychosis and severe conditions in low- and middle-income countries receive no care at all. Not because treatments don't exist—but because they are unavailable or unaffordable.

Millions of people living with schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, severe depression, or debilitating anxiety lack access to medication that could help them lead a fuller life.

Through this 12-month program in Ethiopia, Nigeria, Rwanda, and South Africa, we're working to change that by:
✅Making proven medications more accessible and affordable
✅Working with governments to prioritize cost-effective mental health treatments
✅Bringing manufacturers and policymakers together to introduce newer, effective treatments faster

Our vision is a future where everyone with a severe mental condition can reliably access quality treatment—regardless of where they live or their economic circumstances. 🌍

This , we're committed to making universal access to mental health treatment a reality, not just an aspiration.

Because mental health is health. And everyone deserves care.

10/09/2025

Ways CHAI delivered impact in 2024:

📈 600% increase in breast cancer treatment for Ethiopian women between 2019 and 2024
💉 7.39M girls vaccinated against HPV in conflict-affected areas of Nigeria
🏥 271,000 unintended pregnancies prevented through hormonal IUD uptake in seven African countries
🍼 97% treatment coverage for malnourished children in Lao PDR pilot province—up from just 10% the year before

When we combine proven interventions with innovation, when we build adaptable systems, we can achieve our vision: a world where everyone can live a healthy and fulfilling life.

Full report: https://ow.ly/r8VJ50X9gaZ

10/09/2025

This World Sight Day, we're celebrating an incredible milestone from Nigeria. 👓

Mrs. Enebrayi Teks-Daniel is a 55-year-old teacher and mother of four from Delta State. For months, she couldn't count her own change at the market—she had to ask strangers to help. At home, she relied on her daughter to read text messages. Her entire life was built on reading, writing, and teaching, but she could no longer see up close.

This year, everything changed. Mrs. Teks-Daniel received her first pair of reading glasses through Nigeria's government-led "Effective Spectacle Coverage Initiative." Now she's back to mentoring students independently, reading her Bible, sewing clothes for her children, and counting her own change.

"I can't explain the joy I feel," she says. "These glasses may look small, but they carry a very big blessing."

And she's not alone. In just one year, over 1 million Nigerians received free reading glasses through this presidential initiative. The program screened 1.5 million people across 16 states, and remarkably, 66% of beneficiaries received their first-ever pair of glasses.

CHAI, Livelihood Impact Fund, and RestoringVision have been proud to support this initiative, training 2,000 healthcare workers and distributing 800,000 glasses across 10 states—nearly 80% of all glasses in the campaign.

Nigeria has the fifth highest unmet need for reading glasses in the world. Ten million Nigerians live with this struggle. But the solution is simple and inexpensive: reading glasses that cost just a few dollars to manufacture.

This initiative proves what's possible when you deliver care where people actually are—at primary health centers, the backbone of Nigeria's health system. When facilities weren't enough to reach everyone, health workers took screenings directly into communities, partnering with village leaders and religious figures.

The model works. The glasses are inexpensive. The screenings are straightforward. The infrastructure exists.

Now it's time to take this blueprint to other countries.

Read the full story: https://ow.ly/1AET50X94kS

In 12 months, Nigeria's presidential initiative screened 1.5 million people and distributed over a million free reading glasses—with CHAI and partners contributing 800,000 pairs across 10 states.

10/07/2025

📊 🎉Our Annual Report is here.

When we launched our 2024-2028 strategy, we set out to tackle persistent global health challenges by scaling proven solutions, accelerating innovation, extending health spending value, and strengthening health systems.

Despite the dramatic shifts in the global health landscape since our launch, this report demonstrates that the strategy is delivering real results across 39 countries—from a 600% increase in breast cancer treatment for Ethiopian women to preventing 50,000 stillbirths and miscarriages through expanded HIV/syphilis testing across multiple countries to using AI-powered x-ray machines to screen over 700,000 people for TB in India.

📖 Read the full report and explore how innovation, partnership, and locally-led solutions are creating pathways to better health outcomes.

https://www.clintonhealthaccess.org/annual-report/2024/

Gates Foundation, Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office, The Global Fund, Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, Sida - Styrelsen för Internationellt Utvecklingssamarbete, Unitaid, Judith Neilson Foundation, UNOPS

10/06/2025

New from CHAI: Dual HIV/Syphilis Rapid Tests – Lessons from Scale-Up Across Six Countries

Our first Triple Elimination brief examines how dual HIV/syphilis RDTs moved from global recommendation to national scale-up—taking nearly a decade and requiring coordinated action across policy, markets, and financing.

The brief distills what happened, what worked, and why these lessons matter for the next generation of multiplex tests—including triple HIV/syphilis/HBV RDTs.

Read the brief now: https://ow.ly/r71t50X6rZa

10/03/2025

📢 New briefing!

The current Global Fund Grant Cycle 7 (GC7) and the upcoming Grant Cycle 8 (GC8, 2026 – 2028) are key moments for hepatitis advocates to push for the integration and sustained inclusion of hepatitis in Global Fund-supported programmes.

To support advocates in engaging in the Global Fund’s reprioritisation efforts in GC8, WHA, and the Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI), have developed a new briefing that includes:
✔️ An overview of the Global Fund’s reprioritisation process
✔️ Key opportunities and risks for hepatitis
✔️ Insights on preparing for Global Fund Grant Cycle 8
✔️ Next steps and advocacy messages for communities

Download the briefing here: https://lnkd.in/ecfX3qTA

10/02/2025

🌍 World Oxygen Day 2025: In low- and middle-income countries, oxygen shortages have long meant preventable deaths. But across Africa, we’re proving that equitable access to life-saving oxygen is not just possible—it’s happening.

This week we’ve shared impacts from our programmatic work across three countries. Three pathways. One shared vision of health equity.

🇨🇲 Cameroon: First liquid medical oxygen system in Central Africa ➡️ 200+ patients already benefiting

🇺🇬 Uganda: National 5-year strategy launched after evaluating 85 facilities and noting only 8% of staff had oxygen training ➡️ systematic change at scale

🇪🇹 Ethiopia: 3 → 55 oxygen plants built, 58 million people reached through hub-and-spoke model ➡️ nearly half the country’s population now has reliable access

In all, CHAI has partnered with 20 countries to make oxygen more accessible.

Every success story becomes a blueprint. Every breakthrough becomes a possibility for millions more children, mothers, and families who deserve the same quality care regardless of where they live.

The question isn't whether oxygen access is achievable—we've proven it is.

The question is: which country will be next to save lives at scale?

09/30/2025

From 3 to 55 oxygen plants in less than a decade 📈.

In 2016, only 62% of Ethiopian hospitals had oxygen access in pediatric departments. Today 58 million Ethiopians—nearly half the population—have reliable oxygen access through our hub-and-spoke model.

This World Oxygen Day, we celebrate not just the numbers, but the lives saved when healthcare systems are built to last.

🏥 Hub-and-spoke model dramatically reduces transport costs
🩺 5,000+ healthcare workers trained on oxygen therapy
💡 Simple innovations like flow splitters multiply impact

Read more about Ethiopia’s progress: https://ow.ly/C5P850X2lkf