PATH BlogTo mark World Hepatitis Day, Molly Derrick, a member of our staff in Vietnam, sent this encouraging report on progress in getting newborns the vaccine that can protect them from hepatitis B. In Asia, infants face a greater risk of … Continue reading
Abi Weaver is policy communications officer for PATH’s Advocacy and Public Policy department. If you’ve been following our blog, you know that PATH is busy driving forward dozens of groundbreaking projects. You also know that most of these projects start … Continue reading
It’s the BIRTHweigh™ scale that really gets the seventh graders from Salmon Bay School excited. Maybe it’s the three baby dolls PATH staff member Emily Griswold has lined up to demonstrate the device, which helps attendants at births outside of … Continue reading
Today and Friday, hundreds of experts and leaders in global health will meet in Washington, DC, to identify ways to reach one ambitious goal. They want to end preventable child deaths, aiming to reduce the number of deaths by 70 … Continue reading
The blonde girl poses before the fireplace, her hands folded politely in her lap, a Peter Pan collar on her dress. “Chicago,” someone has carefully inked in blue at the top of the family snapshot. “Hillary 1952.” US Secretary of … Continue reading
Early morning is my favorite time of day. A quiet hour spent sipping coffee and reading the paper—it’s hard to beat. But today, I had a very different and very inspiring morning—and not just because I was treated to mango … Continue reading
Every year in India, about 78,000 women don’t survive giving birth, and a million babies die in their first month. But in the village of Devpuri—and in thousands of other rural villages and urban slums touched by PATH’s Sure Start … Continue reading
In thousands of rural villages and urban slums touched by PATH’s Sure Start project, ordinary people are using simple yet ingenious tools to make mothers and babies safer. Watch our video to see why they’re smiling today, and see our … Continue reading
In the early-morning hours after my daughter Naya’s birth, I was jolted awake by crying. As I rubbed sleep from my eyes, a nurse plucked the baby from her hospital crib, handed her to me, and encouraged me to feed … Continue reading
When it comes to pregnancy and childbirth, good information and support make all the difference. So what happens when the support’s not there and the information is more dangerous than helpful? In India, it means an astounding number of babies … Continue reading
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