PATH BlogAt 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
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
Tuberculosis—an airborne disease that kills 4,000 people a day worldwide—continues to be a public health crisis in many developing counties, including Vietnam. In 2011, nearly 100,000 people in Vietnam were diagnosed with TB. Thousands died from the disease. World TB … Continue reading
In the last few decades, we’ve made amazing progress in global health—and those of us who work in this field do like to talk about it. Without these stories, after all, the challenges of improving health and life seem insurmountable. … Continue reading
For babies, breast milk is the one and only super food. It provides all of the energy, nutrients, and fluids they need during their first six months of life as well as antibodies that help keep them free from illness. … Continue reading
Heather Ignatius, a senior policy and advocacy officer with our Advocacy and Public Policy team in Washington, DC, recently sent us her thoughts on global health and development priorities for the second-term Obama administration and the 113th Congress. As President … Continue reading
When the drugs we rely on to treat life-threatening diseases such as malaria and tuberculosis begin to lose effectiveness, it’s not only time to worry; it’s time to figure out our next move. This week, media outlets reported on drug-resistant … Continue reading
After 15 years at the pharmaceutical company Pfizer, Ponni Subbiah, MD, MPH, joined PATH recently as leader of our Drug Development program, which grew out of our affiliation with OneWorld Health. She spoke with Communications Officer Elena Pantjushenko. You can … Continue reading
If there’s a theme to the news that caught our eye this week, it’s the challenging question of how to get drugs and other health supplies to people living in developing countries. Coke applies supply-chain expertise to deliver AIDS drugs … Continue reading
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