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Kathleen Donnelly manages content for path.org, including the PATH blog. A former newspaper reporter and website producer, Kathleen was a freelance writer and editor specializing in global health and development for nearly a decade before joining PATH. You can see her reports from the December 2010 launch of a new vaccine against meningitis in our Meningitis Vaccine Project special feature. Three decades ago Patience Cofie decided to dedicate her career to public health—specifically, to the health of women and children in her native Ghana and surrounding countries. Her reasons for the choice were perfectly logical. She had a thirst for … Continue reading
The fact that noncommunicable diseases like diabetes and cancer are a problem in low-income countries still surprises some people, says Helen McGuire. After all, work in global health has understandably been most sharply focused on the communicable side of things—HIV, … Continue reading
This Sunday—Mother’s Day in the United States—will be a day of light hearts and laughter for many. At PATH, we’re dedicated to developing simple, affordable technology to make sure becoming a mother is a time of joy the world over. … Continue reading
For women the world over, it’s a monthly fact of life as common as a quarter moon. And yet for many, it’s incredibly difficult to discuss. “Because menstruation is a taboo subject in most cultures, women’s menstrual management needs are … Continue reading
Pneumonia and diarrhea work well together, and to beat them, we must, too. That’s why we’re celebrating the release today of the Integrated Global Action Plan for the Prevention and Control of Pneumonia and Diarrhoea from the World Health Organization … Continue reading
Today, we’re celebrating a breakthrough in the treatment of malaria: a stable supply of the centerpiece ingredient in the most effective drug therapy for the disease. Dr. Ponni Subbiah, leader of our Drug Development program, is reporting from festivities marking … Continue reading
Tuberculosis (TB) has been with us for thousands of years—an airborne respiratory illness that by 1882 was the cause of an astounding one of every seven deaths. In spring of that year—March 24, to be exact—Dr. Robert Koch announced he … Continue reading
Tuberculosis—an airborne disease that kills 4,000 people a day worldwide—continues to be a public health crisis in many developing counties, including Vietnam. In 2011, nearly 100,000 people in Vietnam were diagnosed with TB. Thousands died from the disease. World TB … Continue reading
Since it’s Valentine’s Day, let’s talk about romance. Or at least sex. “We talk about this all the time on our teams,” says Maggie Kilbourne-Brook, a program officer in our Technology Solutions Global Program who in more than 25 years … Continue reading
OK, here’s the pitch: It’s the mid-1990s and rates of HIV infection in women are climbing. Condoms can help protect everyone from the virus, but in a lot of cases, only the men control who uses them. So, a couple … Continue reading
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