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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. 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
For babies, breast milk is the one and only super food. It provides all of the energy, nutrients, and fluids they need during their first six months of life as well as antibodies that help keep them free from illness. … Continue reading
For millions of people who lack access to safe drinking water, home water filters can help solve a problem that contributes to the deaths of about 800,000 children from diarrhea every year. But PATH’s safe water team knows there’s a … Continue reading
Dr. Michael J. Free is becoming PATH’s senior advisor emeritus after more than 30 years as leader of our work in health technologies. Last week, Dr. Free discussed his career at PATH and what makes a global health success. This … Continue reading
Dr. Michael J. Free is becoming PATH’s senior advisor emeritus after more than 30 years as leader of our work in health technologies. Dr. Free began working with PATH at our organization’s inception. Over the course of his career, he … Continue reading
Almost a year ago, members of the Ntembo People Living with HIV/AIDS self-help group held a meeting to decide who would receive a loan generated by earnings on their “solidarity fund.” They chose a mother of three called Mama Antho, … Continue reading
In the West African country of Benin this week, mothers will bind their youngest children to their backs with bright pieces of cloth. Shopkeepers will pull closed the metal doors that secure their businesses. Young people will mount their bicycles … Continue reading
“In 1983, I was among the first group of graduate students to study at Beijing University following the tumultuous years of the Cultural Revolution,” our President and CEO Steve Davis writes in his blog post for the Huffington Post. “It … Continue reading
After 15 years at the pharmaceutical company Pfizer, Ponni Subbiah, MD, MPH, joined PATH recently as leader of our Drug Development program, which grew out of our affiliation with OneWorld Health. She spoke with Communications Officer Elena Pantjushenko. You can … Continue reading
Our president and CEO Steve Davis attended last month’s annual meeting of the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI), President Clinton’s mission to bring global leaders together to commit to addressing the world’s most pressing challenges. Steve moderated a panel discussion on … Continue reading
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