Why does the Millennium Foundation work with UNITAID? Why not with UNICEF, the World Health Organization or others?
The Millennium Foundation and UNITAID are working towards the delivery of global health aid to the world’s most vulnerable populations, including those mentioned above, as well as others. The Millennium Foundation is focused on “innovative fundraising”, which means creating a sustainable new source of needed additional funding to help saves lives by fighting life-threatening diseases. The way UNITAID works (partnering with credible partners and identifying and supporting high-impact programs) has already proven successful in lowering the price and accelerating the availability of high quality drugs and diagnostics. It’s through this partnership that The Millennium Foundation aims to reach the most people in the most efficient and timely manner. If they are able to realize their vision of creating a voluntary mass movement, their hope would be that every aid organization focused on achieving the health-related Millennium Challenge Goals will share their success.
