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Lesley Reed is a writer and editor at PATH. She has done communications work for a number of nonprofit organizations specializing in health and development; she attributes her passion for this work to her early years living in Iran and West Africa. Lesley traveled to India in 2011 to document PATH’s work in the country. Dr. Alfred Ochola will speak about his work to save children’s lives in Kenya at PATH’s Breakfast for Global Health on May 21. The Breakfast is an annual event in our headquarters city of Seattle, Washington, that raises funds for … Continue reading
In Cambodia, an innovative idea to treat pneumonia and diarrhea at the same time—profiled in this post—was so successful that the Ministry of Health plans to join with us and UNICEF to extend the project throughout the country. But the … Continue reading
If you’re in Seattle this summer, you can see how PATH is working to improve health and ride up to the top of the Space Needle all in the same afternoon. Through August 19 at Seattle Center, our stories and … Continue reading
Last fall PATH’s Lesley Reed visited our projects in India, including efforts to improve immunization services. Here is one of her reports from the field. You can see other stories about PATH’s work and the people it affects in our … Continue reading
Every year in India, about 78,000 women don’t survive giving birth, and a million babies die in their first month. But in the village of Devpuri—and in thousands of other rural villages and urban slums touched by PATH’s Sure Start … Continue reading
We’re celebrating results from PATH’s Sure Start project, which reached 24.5 million people in India with information and support to make childbirth safer. To learn more, see our special feature on the project. W. Sita Shankar, our director of Maternal … Continue reading
In the village of Vavilala in Andhra Pradesh, India, one little girl embodies why we’re celebrating World Water Day on March 22. PATH’s Lesley Reed met her last fall. Mani holds the stainless steel cup firmly in two hands, gives … Continue reading
To have the best chance of saving a child from potentially deadly infection caused by hepatitis B, you must administer hepatitis B vaccine within 24 hours of birth. Not only must the vaccine be delivered promptly, it must be kept … Continue reading
Today marks a year since a child in India was paralyzed by polio. In October, PATH’s Lesley Reed saw vaccinations that are helping India come closer to eradicating the disease. The lights are off at the Bijadandi Primary Health Center, … Continue reading
Lauren Franzel’s job is a balancing act. As a forecasting manager at PATH, she and her team look out over the next two decades to analyze demand for vaccines and compare that to supply. Their goal: ensure that children worldwide … Continue reading
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