PATH BlogJulie Pulerwitz is the director of PATH’s HIV/AIDS and Tuberculosis Global Program. She wrote this commentary for a special HIV/AIDS edition of PATH’s newsletter, Directions in Global Health. More than 25,000 people from nearly 200 countries are descending on Washington, … Continue reading
Less than a decade after emerging from a violent war, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is slowly moving toward stability. A hopeful sign of change in the central African country is its work on rebuilding the health system, including … Continue reading
We’ve been featuring some of the most notable achievements in our history, including developing one of the first feasible approaches to nonreusable syringes for immunizations and building a rapid, affordable test for HIV. Now, here’s the sixth in our series on … Continue reading
It’s almost time for the weekend, which, since it’s early April, means drudgery. If you live in the United States, it’s tax time. Obviously, you will need diversion as you sweep together the diffuse bits of your financial life and … Continue reading
Here’s the latest in our series on milestones from PATH’s first 35 years. 1990s: Developed a rapid, affordable dipstick test for HIV The health challenge: Routine screening of blood supplies in developing countries was difficult because test kits and electrically … Continue reading
Today, Kimberly Whipkey of our Woman’s Condom team invites you to check out voting for the top 50 inspiring solutions to improve the lives of women. On Thursday, March 8—International Women’s Day—the global advocacy organization Women Deliver will recognize their … Continue reading
The Global Health Technologies Coalition (GHTC) recently approached prominent people in Washington, DC, and asked them to give the rest of Americans a reason to care about research in global health. Because Americans have always believed they can make a … Continue reading
Luca Khaoya is a respected man in his rural Kenyan community. Neighbors come to him for advice about health issues. They ask him how to solve family problems. They see how happy he, his wife, and his children are, and … Continue reading
In February 2010, staff in our Kenya Country Program organized a “condolympics” for members of Kenya’s uniformed services as part of work in HIV/AIDS prevention. The competition’s goals were to overcome obstacles to the use of condoms—and perhaps to have … Continue reading
Anyone who’s had a baby knows how crucial a support network can be. Friends and loved ones can help a mother sort through parenting wisdom, make healthy decisions for her child, and resist well-meaning but misguided purveyors of advice. In … Continue reading
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