PATH BlogToday, 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
To commemorate World Malaria Day and World Immunization Week, our partners in African research centers who are working on a malaria vaccine have been writing about their personal experiences with malaria. Today, Callisto Sekeleza, formerly a communications officer in Lilongwe, … Continue reading
This week’s news includes a potentially far-reaching decision by the Indian Supreme Court that will give people in developing countries continuing access to low-cost copies of drugs to treat diseases and infections like HIV and cancer. We’re also intrigued by … Continue reading
To commemorate World Malaria Day and World Immunization Week, our partners in African research centers who are working on a malaria vaccine have been writing about their personal experiences with malaria. Today, M. Nze Ndong Pascal Romuald, former administrative officer … Continue reading
To commemorate World Malaria Day and World Immunization Week, our partners in African research centers who are working on a malaria vaccine have been writing about their personal experiences with malaria. Today, Winston Mbanda, communications officer at the Kenya Medical … Continue reading
Guest contributor Claire Wingfield is a product development policy officer with PATH’s Advocacy and Public Policy team. The US government is a major driver of groundbreaking global health research and development, providing 70 cents of every public-sector dollar that supports … Continue reading
Today is World Water Day, a time to recognize that an estimated 780 million people lack access to safe water, and to acknowledge just what that means in human terms. If everyone had access to safe water, for example, almost … Continue reading
It’s budget season in Washington, DC, and this week, a resolution will likely be introduced in the US Senate that’s sure to be the target of damaging amendments proposing deep cuts to international assistance programs. In the past few months, … 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
This week, journalists took us to the insectary at the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research to find out what sequestration will do to the search for malaria vaccine there. We also learned about a place that gets 12 times … Continue reading
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