Unity Health Foundation funds the design and build of public health infrastructure for sexual health.
The Crisis
40.8 million people are living with HIV globally. 5.3 million don't know they have it. In 2024 alone, 1.3 million new infections were recorded.
Philippines
61
new HIV infections per day
Up 22% year over year. Over 20,000 new cases in 2025.
Mexico
1 in 5
people with HIV don't know it
Roughly 80,000 people unaware of their status nationally.
Brazil
59.7%
of new 2024 cases among Black Brazilians
They represent 62.2% of all AIDS deaths.
USA
158K
people don't know they have HIV right now
3 in 4 were never tested. Black Americans are 12% of the population, 38% of new diagnoses, 43% of deaths.
Decades of programs. Billions in funding. And still, too many people living with HIV don't know they have it.
The programs are not failing. They are working exactly as designed: for who we already know will show up. Everyone else was never in the model.
When getting tested means being seen walking into that clinic, lost wages, or the employer that asks why, when testing requires disclosing who you are, who you sleep with, where you live, showing up feels more costly than the illness itself.
Unity Health Foundation funds the infrastructure built around the people the model missed. Starting with the question every program skipped: why aren't they here?
Shame is the most effective pathogen in the world.
"I Hated the Way the World Made Me Feel About Myself."
Who Is Unity Health?
What are we building?
Sexual health care for people who don't feel safe being seen.
What's important?
Private entry. Dignified care. No identity required to start.
Who's it for?
Built for the invisible.
The Problem
Every program assumes people will show up.
None of them ask why someone walked away in the first place.
Every intervention requires disclosure.
None of them question whether that requirement is the barrier itself.
The appointment they never booked because they didn't want you to know.
The test they put off because they didn't feel safe or "seen" in the waiting room.
We are building to reach the invisible.
We are Unity Health.
Our Mission
Most public health programs measure the cost of not getting care. Nobody measures the cost of showing up.
Lost wages. A job that doesn't survive an afternoon off. A waiting room where someone might recognize you. A form that asks questions you can't safely answer.
Unity Health Foundation funds the infrastructure that works to remove those costs. Not by making care more convenient. By making it possible.
Our Approach
Every decision we make traces back to one of these.
01
Access, without Friction
We remove the barriers that keep people from showing up and staying in care.
02
Continuity of Care
We build pathways from testing to follow-up. Care does not end at results.
03
Privacy as Foundation
Privacy is not a feature we added. It is the structural premise everything else is built on.
Get Involved
We work with funders, community partners, and research institutions. Each plays a different role. Find yours.
Funders & Investors
Foundations, impact investors, and grant-making institutions looking to fund care access built for populations that current programs consistently fail to reach.
For Funders →Community Partners
Community organizations and local activists who know their populations and want to work alongside infrastructure built for people who don't show up anywhere else.
For Partners →Research & Policy
Academic institutions, public health bodies, and advocacy organizations focused on care access, consent standards, and population-level data.
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