PATH BlogIt’s a complicated question: What role should large pharmaceutical companies play in improving health in developing countries? In The Guardian this week, Rwandan health minister Agnes Binagwaho sorts through the pros and cons in her response to an earlier commentary … Continue reading
On Wednesday, actress Angelina Jolie wrote in The New York Times about her decision to undergo a preventive double mastectomy to lessen her chance of developing breast cancer. Jolie carries the BRCA1 gene, which sharply increases her risk for breast … Continue reading
At what level of daily income are people no longer living in poverty? Charles Kenny, a fellow at the Center for Global Development and the New America Foundation, took on that question this week in Businessweek. Right now, extreme poverty … Continue reading
Dr. Jacqueline Sherris is vice president of Global Programs at PATH. She was the first director of PATH’s HPV Vaccines: Evidence for Impact project. You may not know it, but most likely you’ve been infected with HPV, the virus that … Continue reading
This week’s roundup brings us as close as we get to celebrity news on the PATH Blog, albeit celebrity news of a serious sort. Bill Gates has released his fifth Annual Letter outlining his thoughts on global health. This year, … Continue reading
Our reading this week brought us a stark mix of good news/bad news. In Forbes, a Merck executive put forth ideas on how the public, private, and nonprofit sectors can bring lifesaving commodities to women and children (good news), while … Continue reading
Guest contributor Vivien Tsu is associate director of PATH’s Reproductive Health Global Program. January is Cervical Cancer Awareness Month—perhaps the only time of the year that people in Europe and North America give even a passing thought to a disease … Continue reading
As Cervical Health Month gets going in the United States, researchers at Johns Hopkins University reported early results that might one day mean the Pap test—which screens for cervical cancer—might be used to find other cancers. That’s among the varied … Continue reading
Dr. Kathy Neuzil, who directs PATH’s activities in vaccine access and delivery, is in Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania, this week for the GAVI Partners’ Forum, a meeting of those helping the GAVI Alliance increase access to immunization in the world’s poorest countries. … Continue reading
Around PATH, the idea that partnering with the private sector can lead to global health and development solutions has been part of our work for decades. For an example, look no farther than the Uniject™ injection system, developed by PATH, … Continue reading
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