PATH BlogSeems like Coca-Cola should be able to work this into a marketing campaign somehow: a young participant at this week’s Women Deliver conference remarked that while he can get a Coke anywhere, it’s not easy to find contraceptives. The Inter … Continue reading
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
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
Malaria’s impact on individuals and society is so profound that it’s not enough to pursue a partial solution. At PATH, we’re using multiple lines of attack to fight the disease. We are developing and implementing strategies with national and global … 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
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
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
It’s a sobering fact: as much as 50 percent of vaccines purchased go missing between manufacture and delivery, which translates to millions of lost doses for children whose lives depend on effective vaccination. In the immunization world, it’s a problem … Continue reading
Guest contributor Billie-Jean Nieuwenhuys is PATH’s global advocacy officer, based in Geneva. The year 2015 is etched in the minds of those of us who work in global health. It’s our deadline to meet the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), eight … 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
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