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- Advanced Immunization Management (AIM) e-Learning Website: Japanese Encephalitis
The AIM e-Learning tool is designed to provide comprehensive information to support immunization program managers at all stages of country-level decision-making. This module will help senior policymakers understand Japanese encephalitis (JE) and how immunization programs can decrease JE infection among people. It also provides information on how to add JE vaccine to an immunization program and how to manage the addition of a new vaccine.
- Andhra Pradesh, India - Building a Model Immunization Program
This document describes how an Indian state protects millions and demonstrates what new vaccines and technologies can achieve.
Publication date: 2004
Region: Asia
- Andhra Pradesh: Progress in Immunization Performance
Publication date: 2006
Region: Asia
- AP Shares Lessons With Other States on Strengthening Routine Immunization and Introducing New Vaccines
Publication date: 2006
Region: Asia
- Association Between Maternal, Birth, and Newborn Characteristics and Neonatal Mortality in Five Asian Countries
Questions about new interventions believed to improve neonatal survival have been added to the Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) in five Asian countries: Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Nepal, and the Philippines. This document explores associations between these interventions and neonatal mortality and discusses implications for future research.
- ASUH (Awal Sehat Untuk Hidup Sehat): Improving the Health of Newborns in Indonesia: Final Report
Final report from PATH to USAID Jakarta for the ASUH or Healthy Start for a Healthy Life program. From 2000-2003, PATH, in collaboration with the Indonesian Ministry of Health and other partners, galvanized the participation of communities and the health system in four of Indonesia's districts.
- Attitudes Toward Immunization in Cambodia: A Qualitative Study of Health Worker and Community Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices in Kampong Chhnang
Publication date: 2002
Region: Asia
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- Bangladesh Bidder's Guide
This highly illustrated manual is designed to help suppliers and consultants understand the documents and procedures they will encounter when they compete for Bangladesh Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MOHFW) contracts financed wholly or in part by the World Bank's International Development Association.The manual explains the contracting sequence for goods and services, explains how to prepare bids or proposals, and describes procedures for awards and financial arrangements. The manual includes important background information about the World Bank, a list of resources, a list of acronyms, and a glossary.
- Behavior Change Communication: Increasing Access to Safe Abortion in Nepal
This two-page fact sheet gives a brief overview of the behavior change communication (BCC) work PATH and its partners are doing to increase knowledge of and access to safe abortion in Nepal.
Publication date: 2005
Region: Asia
- Best Practices in HIV/AIDS Prevention Education: The AIDS Surveillance and Education Project in the Philippines
Author: Aquino C; D'Agnes L; Castro J; Borromeo M; Gill K; Schmidt K
Publication date: 2003
Region: Asia
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- Cambodia: "Coverage Improvement Planning" Pays Off - Expanding Services and Increasing Financial Sustainablity
Publication date: 2004
Region: Asia
- Capacity-Building Resources in Youth Sexual and Reproductive Health
This set of capacity-building resources is designed to help organizations integrate youth sexual and reproductive health (YSRH) into ongoing programs, or to introduce YSRH as a new program area. Content is designed to encourage programmers to consider "new generation" approaches that respond to the evolving needs of young people, strengthen skills in key program areas, and build partnerships and network that result in a critical mass of development staff who can effectively respond to young people's need. Due to the document's size, the material is available for downloading as one large file or as as six smaller files.
- Case Study: Andhra Pradesh -- Introducing and Scaling Up a Sharps Waste Management Program
Publication date: 2006
Region: Asia
- China Youth Reproductive Health Project Impact Evaluation Studies
This document provides an overview of seven impact evaluation studies conducted for the China Youth Reproductive Health Project. Summaries of these results for each of the individual studies are also available, as are the full evaluation documents.
Publication date: 2006
Region: Asia
- The China Youth Reproductive Health Project Training Manual: Youth-Friendly Services
This handbook is an English translation of the Chinese manual created for the China Youth Reproductive Health Project. It includes modules to train counselors in youth-friendly services.
Publication date: February 2004
Region: Asia
- Ciclopiroxolamine: A Vaginal Product with Microbicide Potential
This poster was presented by PATH's India Microbicide Project at the Microbicides 2004 Conference in London. It describes ciclopiroxolamine, a vaginal product with microbicide potential. Ciclopiroxolamine is a unique microbicide candidate with a long history of proven safety in clinical use as a vaginal and skin product with anti-infective properties. It is already formulated, manufactured, and marketed worldwide in vaginal products. (This project was active from January 2002 to June 2006. It is on hold pending support to obtain additional data on anti-HIV activity.)
- Citra Diri Training for ASUH Midwives
Description of Citra Diri Training in Indonesia.
Publication date: 2003
Region: Asia
- Clinical Training for ASUH Midwives
Description of clinical training provided to midwives in Indonesia.
Publication date: 2003
Region: Asia
- Contraceptive Choices for Young People (job aid) [Vietnamese]
Developed as part of a project aimed at strengthening the provision of reproductive health services for young people at pharmacies, this job aid aims to remind pharmacy staff of key points about ongoing contraceptive methods for their discussions with young clients.
Publication date: 2004
Region: Asia
- Convergence of HIV and SRH Services in India: Impacts on and Implications for Key Populations
This document reviews global literature on the impacts and implications for converging HIV and sexual and reproductive health services for people most at risk: young men and women, sex workers, and HIV-positive people.
Publication date: January 2007
Region: Asia
- Counseling on Dual Protection: STD/HIV and Pregnancy - A Guide for Program Staff, Community Health Outreach Works (CHOWs) and Peer Educators (PEs)
This publication is a job aid designed to be used by community health outreach workers to counsel youth on dual protection (STD/HIV and pregnancy prevention).
- Creating a Japanese Encephalitis Surveillance System in Vietnam
This document provides details on PATH's partnership with the National Expanded Program on Immunization in Vietnam to enhance surveillance of Japanese encephalitis disease and inform planning for immunization programs.
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- Demonstrating Needle Remover Use to Improve Sharps Waste Management in Vietnam
PATH and Vietnam's National Expanded Program on Immunization pilot tested the use of a needle-remover device in rural Vietnam. This fact sheet reports on health workers' experience that needle removers were easy to operate, safe, and effective for treating contaminated syringes at health centers and in the community.
Publication date: 2007
Region: Asia
- Developing an Introduction Strategy For Needle Removers
This document briefly describes the core components needed to introduce and use needle removers in a safe and sustainable manner.
- Dialogues for Life: Training Facilitators in Dialogue-Based Behavior Change Communication for Reproductive Health
This training course was developed as a component of the Dialogues for Life approach, which focuses on preventing unwanted pregnancy and unsafe abortion and increasing women’s access to safe, legal abortion to terminate unwanted pregnancy. The course prepares participants to lead activities such as dialogue groups, magnification of personal stories of behavior change, and facilitation of referrals for reproductive health services.
Publication date: June 2007
Region: Asia
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- Emergency Contraception (job aid) [Vietnamese]
Developed as part of a project aimed at strengthening the provision of reproductive health services for young people at pharmacies, this job aid aims to remind pharmacy staff of the indications for the use of emergency contraceptive pills (ECPs), and to suggest steps in providing ECPs for young clients in Thanh Hoa.
Publication date: 2004
Region: Asia
- Emergency Contraceptive Pills (Leaflet) (Vietnamese)
Developed as part of a project aimed at strengthening the provision of reproductive health services for young people at pharmacies, this leaflet aims to provide necessary information on emergency contraceptive pills (ECPs), and increase youth's awareness about EC service at pharmacies.
Publication date: 2004
Region: Asia
- Empowering Communities through ASUH
Description of how ASUH helped communities in Indonesia.
Publication date: 2003
Region: Asia
- Evaluation of a Needle Remover Demonstration Project: A Study From Huong Khe District, Ha Tinh Province, Vietnam
PATH and the Vietnam Ministry of Health implemented a six-month demonstration project in Huong Khe District, Ha Tinh Province, Vietnam, to assess the acceptability, performance, and impact on waste disposal of a manual needle remover introduced at commune health centers. The results of this demonstration project will enable the Vietnam National Immunization Program to explore alternative methods that may be more effective and appropriate than current practices for managing medical waste at the commune level. This report provides background, methodology, results, discussion, and references associated with an evaluation of the project.
Publication date: 2007
Region: Asia
- Evaluation of Out-of-the-cold-chain Approaches for Improving On-time Delivery of the Hepatitis B Birth Dose in Rural Areas of China
This document summarizes the results of a study of out-of-the-cold-chain approaches for improving on-time delivery of birth doses of the hepatitis B vaccine in rural areas of China.
Publication date: 2006
Region: Asia
- Evaluation of the Impact of Life-Planning Skills Training Among Senior High School Students in Shangcai County
These documents describe a study to evaluate the impact of sexual and reproductive health education using life-planning skills training among senior high school students in Shangcai, a county with high HIV prevalence in China. A full report is provided in English, with summaries in both English and Chinese.
Publication date: August 2005
Region: Asia
- Evaluation of the Impact of Life-Planning Skills Training in the Harbin City Education System
These documents report on a study to evaluate the impact of the ChinaYouth Reproductive Health Project implemented in Harbin City. The study included (1) documenting cooperation with the Education Bureau and institutionalization of life-planning skills (LPS) training in schools, (2) documenting the process of facilitator training, the effect of the training, and the role of trained facilitators in the project, and (3) assessing the impact of LPS education on school students. A full report is provided in English, with summaries in both English and Chinese.
Publication date: March 2005
Region: Asia
- Evaluation of the Impact of Parents' Reproductive Health Training in Tianjin City
These documents report on a study to evaluate the impact of simultaneous training of parents and students in Tianjin middle schools in sexual and reproductive health and life-planning skills. A full report is provided in English, with summaries in both English and Chinese.
Publication date: August 2005
Region: Asia
- Evaluation of Youth-Friendly Services in Shanghai
These documents describe a study to evaluate youth-friendly service centers at different levels under the China Youth Reproductive Health Project. The study evaluated the centers' service provision and service utilization, analyzed the needs of adolescents, and identified improvements needed in Shanghai's youth services. A full report is provided in English, with summaries in both English and Chinese.
Publication date: May 2005
Region: Asia
- Examination of Venous and Capillary Blood Specimens for Assessment of Vitamin A Deficiency (Thailand Study)
This study provided the first evidence of the biological comparability between serum retinol levels estimated from venous blood and capillary blood. This critical observation provides empirical evidence that this important indicator of vitamin A status may be measured from capillary blood, which has important implications for nonclinical population-based research.
Author: Gorstein J; Dary O; Pongtorn; Shell-Duncan B; Quick T; Hix J; Kandavasee; Wasanwisut E
Publication date: 2005
Region: Asia
- Examining the Costs of Providing Medical Abortion in Vietnam
Abortion is a widely available and extensively utilized legal medical procedure in Vietnam. However, there are still a number of serious concerns related to the quality of care associated with available abortion services, such as clinical practices, a woman
- Exploring Enterprise-Based Life-Planning Skills Training
This case study documents the implementation from November 2001 to September 2005 of the China Youth Reproductive Health project by the Guangdong Provincial Highway Company, a division of the Guangdong Transportation Group. Project processes, outcomes, and challenges related to implementation of life-planning skills training and other project activities are shared.
Publication date: June 2005
Region: Asia
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- Final Report: Cold Chain Workshop
This document provides a final report, including summary and recommendations, on a regional workshop to discuss cold chain management issues, particularly regarding their impact on vaccine availability and effectiveness. The workshop was organized by PATH and UNICEF's Regional Office for Latin America & the Caribbean; it was held May 31 through June 2, 2006, in Panama City.
Publication date: 2006
Region: Asia
- Formative Household Research in Andhra Pradesh
This document is part of a series of project briefs discussing the activities, research findings, and field experiences of PATH’s Safe Water Project. The project briefs are available in two formats: one for onscreen viewing and one for booklet-style printing.
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- A Healthy Start for a Healthy Life - Overview
Overview of the ASUH (Healthy Start for a Healthy Life) program in Indonesia.
Publication date: 2003
Region: Asia
- HIV-SRH Convergence: Policy and Practice Update 2
This document is the second in a series of periodic policy and practice updates about work undertaken by PATH on the convergence of HIV services and sexual and reproductive health services in India.
Part of series: HIV-SRH Convergence newsletters
Author: Sellers T; Saha A; Panda M; Bidla RK; Virk AK
Publication date: March 2007
Region: Asia
- HIV-SRH Convergence: Policy and Practice Update 3
This newsletter provides an overview of programs within and outside of India that are converging or integrating sexual and reproductive health (SRH) and HIV/AIDS services. It also shares some of the successes, challenges, and best practices emerging from these programs. It is available in two formats: one for onscreen viewing and one for booklet-style printing.
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- Impact of a Comprehensive Youth Reproductive Health Intervention Among Vocational Students in Shanghai
These documents report on a study to evaluate the impact of life-planning skills training, peer education, and youth-friendly services on the sexual and reproductive health knowledge and attitudes of vocational school students in China. A full report is provided in English, with summaries in both English and Chinese.
Publication date: June 2005
Region: Asia
- Impact of an Improved Policy Environment on Youth Reproductive Health Programming in Shanghai
This document summarizes the results of a study conducted to assess the impact of the China Youth Reproductive Health (YRH) Project on the adolescent sexual and reproductive health (ASRH) policy environment in Shanghai, China and examines how ASRH policies affect YRH. Of special interest were the processes governing policy-making and implementation, the challenges that arose during project implementation and the changes that were necessary to address these challenges in Shanghai
Publication date: 2006
Region: Asia
- Improving Abortion Care in Thanh Hoa Province, Vietnam
This report documents a review of the Abortion Care Project, administered by PATH under a grant from the Hewlett Foundation. The project goals were to reduce abortion related infection and complications by improving the quality of health care facilities and community-based postabortion services; sustain behavior change among community members in seeking treatment of postabortion complications and preventing sexually transmitted infections (STIs), including HIV; establish linkages and referrals on abortion-related complications, STIs, and HIV between district health services and provincial institutions and other community health facilities.
Publication date: 2004
Region: Asia
- Improving Immunization Through Supportive Supervision
This fact sheet describes PATH's training of 70 immunization program supervisors in Vietnam's Ha Tinh Province to use supportive supervision methods, leading to immediate and significant improvements in performance.
Publication date: 2007
Region: Asia
- Increasing Hepatitis B Vaccine Coverage Rates by Implementing an Out-of-the-Cold-Chain Strategy
In areas such as Southeast Asia with a high incidence of mother-to-child transmission of hepatitis B, WHO recommends a birth dose of the vaccine for all children. Hepatitis B vaccine is typically kept refrigerated, within the cold chain. This fact sheet reports on an effort by PATH and Vietnam's National Expanded Program on Immunization to increase coverage rates for the vaccine in Thanh Hoa Province through a new strategy?storing the vaccine outside of the cold chain and using vaccine vial monitors to confirm that the vaccine continued to confer effective protection.
Publication date: 2007
Region: Asia
- Indian Regulatory Systems for Product Approval
Available on CD-ROM, this interactive tool addresses the Indian regulatory systems for product approval in the areas of drugs, vaccines, biopharmaceuticals, medical devices and diagnostics, and biofortified foods. It compares the Indian and US Food and Drugs approval processes; lists key institutions and individuals in India involved in regulatory approvals; lists organizations, committees, and groups that are part of the regulatory system; and provides a database of referenced extracts of key legislations, forms, and templates. This interactive tool allows users to build and analyze various scenarios of product approval applications. Easy-to-navigate and hyperlinked flowcharts provide indicative timelines for approvals, so users can map the various stages in the approval process.
Publication date: November 2007
Region: Asia
- Indonesia's Healthy Start Program
Publication date: 2003
Region: Asia
- Information, Education, and Communication Materials and Caring for People Living with HIV/AIDS
This document reports on a qualitative assessment of the information, education, and communication (IEC) materials that are available on the subject of care and support of PLWHA in Vietnam. The assessment included a review of existing home-based care-giving activities and the roles that professional and nonprofessional caregivers (e.g., family members) play in addressing the day-to-day needs of PLWHA. This report provides detailed information about existing government and international responses to this problem, shares the responses of PLWHA to questions about a range of related issues, and comments in detail on the IEC resources that exist to support care for PLWHA.
Publication date: 2004
Region: Asia
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- Japanese Encephalitis Vaccines at a Glance
This fact sheet provides a side-by-side comparison of internationally available vaccines against Japanese encephalitis, including information on dosage, cost, and supply.
- JE Newsbriefs and JE Flash
JE Newsbriefs is a quarterly newsletter for global health experts. It provides updates on PATH’s work to increase the availability in the developing world of a vaccine against Japanese encephalitis—a mosquito-borne illness that can cause severe neurological disability or death. JE Flash serves as a supplement between editions of the JE Newsbriefs quarterly newsletter, providing breaking news on Japanese encephalitis disease and vaccines.When you subscribe to JE Newsbriefs, you will also receive occasional JE Flash emails to keep you up to date on the field's latest developments.
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- Kill or Cure? Japanese encephalitis
The film provides a glimpse of the serious Japanese encephalitis outbreak in India in 2005, along with innovative diagnostic work in Malaysia, and it explains why vaccination is the only effective way to control the disease.
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- Let's Get Ready for Departure: Life-Planning Skills Training Among Migrant Youth From Peixian Couny, Jiangsu Province
This case study briefly documents the process of conducting a vocational school–based training course in life-planning skills for rural, young migrants from Peixian County, Jiangsu Province, China, and shares the lessons learned from this intervention as well as the possibility and necessity of expanding the program.
Publication date: June 2005
Region: Asia
- Life-Planning Skills Training: Experiences from a School-Based Program
Beijing was one of 14 China Youth Reproductive Health project sites. This case study describes the collaborative efforts of the Beijing Family Planning Association and the department of education in various schools. It also summarizes the lessons learned from the school-based training course in life-planning skills.
Publication date: June 2005
Region: Asia
- Long-Term Immunogenicity of Measles Vaccine After Coadministration With Live Attenuated Japanese Encephalitis Vaccine
This document summarizes the results of a study among children in the Philippines who received both measles and Japanese encephalitis vaccines at nine months of age. Data for this follow-up study were collected one year post-vaccination.
Author: Gatchalian S, Jacobson J, Kelly K, Sutee Y, Yaïch M, Yao Y, Zhang L, Zhou B
Publication date: November 2007
Region: Asia
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- Management of Unintended Pregnancies [Vietnamese]
Developed as part of a project aimed at strengthening the provision of reproductive health services for young people at pharmacies, this leaflet emphasizes the importance of early pregnancy confirmation, provides three options for unintended pregnancies and a list of youth friendly services in Thanh Hoa.
Publication date: 2004
Region: Asia
- Managing Sharps Waste in Andhra Pradesh: Introduction and Scale-Up of a Sharps Waste Management Program.
This case study reports on the five-year collaboration between PATH and the Government of Andhra Pradesh, India, as we worked to find solutions for appropriate, legal, and effective solutions for disposing of immunization waste from Andhra Pradesh?s 1,400 primary health centers and 12,500 health subcenters.
Publication date: 2007
Region: Asia
- Marketed Vaginal Products as Microbicides: A Strategy in India
This poster was presented by PATH's India Microbicide Project at the Microbicides 2004 Conference in London. It describes PATH's innovative approach to microbicide development, including (1) starting with products already marketed in India to determine whether any could be used to prevent HIV and/or common microbial infections, and (2) introducing a microbicide using an "escalating claim" strategy. (This project was active from February 2002 to June 2006.)
- Measles Vaccine Immunogenicity After Coadministration With Live Attenuated Japanese Encephalitis Vaccine Shows Equivalence to That of Measles Vaccine Given Alone
This study by PATH's Japanese encephalitis (JE) project evaluated whether measles vaccine and the live, attenuated JE vaccine can be safely co-administered with no effect on the immunogenicity of either.
Author: Gatchalian S, Jacobson J, Kelly K, Sutee Y, Yaïch M, Yao Y, Zhang L, Zhou B
Publication date: December 2006
Region: Asia
- Medical abortion in Vietnam: a cost study
In Vietnam, abortion is widely available and used. This fact sheet describes a study conducted by PATH and the Vietnamese Ministry of Health to provide cost information to decision-makers looking to expand access to a choice of safe abortion methods, including medical abortion (using the drugs mifepristone and misoprostol).
Publication date: 2007
Region: Asia
- Messages From Key People in the Partnership Project Between the Government of Andhra Pradesh and PATH
Publication date: 2006
Region: Asia
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- Needs Assessment Report on Mobility and Cross-Border HIV/AIDS Transmission in Lang Son and Lao Cai, Vietnam
HIV/AIDS and its cross-border transmission in the Mekong region is a growing problem. In response to this problem, PATH, supported by the United States Department of State, implemented the project entitled "Catalyzing Cross-Border HIV/AIDS Prevention in the Southern China Border Region." The project aimed to attract the attention of different stakeholders on both sides of the border to develop The Action Plan to deal with this epidemic. There was a lack of clear understanding of local situations to develop a comprehensive action plan that was locally and culturally appropriate, feasible, and effective. Three cross-border sites, therefore, were selected to conduct the needs assessment: Vietnam, China, and Myanmar. This report presents the findings from Lao Cai and Lang Son provinces in Vietnam.
Publication date: 2005
Region: Asia
- Nepal Clean Home Delivery Kit: Evaluation of the Health Impact
- "New Generation" Models for Asia's Youth: Strengthening Networks and Building Capacity
Publication date: 2003
Region: Asia
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- Options and Challenges for Converging HIV and SRH Services in India: Findings from an Assessment in Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Maharashtra, and Uttar Pradesh
This report shares findings from an assessment of how access to critical services for populations at risk of HIV and unintended pregnancy can be strengthened by converging HIV and sexual and reproductive health (SRH) services under the National Rural Health Mission and the National AIDS Control Programme in India. The report provides information on the demand for, opportunities for, and challenges of implementing HIV and SRH convergence in four Indian states—Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Maharashtra, and Uttar Pradesh. The report is available as one large file or as two smaller sections for easier downloading.
- Options for Unintended Pregnancies (job aid) [Vietnamese]
Developed as part of a project aimed at strengthening the provision of reproductive health services for young people at pharmacies, this job aid aims to strengthen the knowledge of pharmacy staff of the options to offer clients for managing unintended pregnancies, and provides a list of youth friendly services in Thanh Hoa.
Publication date: 2004
Region: Asia
- Out-of-cold-chain Delivery of the Hepatitis B Birth Dose in Four Districts of Vietnam
This document summarizes the results of a study of out-of-the-cold-chain approaches for improving on-time delivery of birth doses of the hepatitis B vaccine in four districts of Vietnam.
Publication date: 2006
Region: Asia
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- PATH in India
Publication date: 2005
Region: Asia
- PATH in India
This brochure describes PATH's country program in India.
Publication date: April 2009
Region: Asia
- Path to Growth: A Life-Planning Skills Training Manual
This handbook is an English translation of the Chinese manual created for the China Youth Reproductive Health Project. It includes modules for facilitators to conduct life-planning skills training for young people.
Publication date: February 2004
Region: Asia
- PATH's Safe Water Project in Cambodia: Household Water Treatment and Storage: Findings From a Distribution Channel Analysis
Commercial markets are a viable model for selling some products to the very poor in Cambodia. But can household water treatment and storage products be provided in the same way? This fact sheet discusses the results of an analysis of distribution and marketing channels in Cambodia, conducted by PATH, to help answer that question.
Publication date: September 2009
Region: Asia
- PATH's Safe Water Project in Cambodia: Household Water Treatment and Storage: Findings From a Qualitative Consumer Research Study
PATH conducted a qualitative study of consumers in four regions of Cambodia to inform potential interventions to increase access to household water treatment and storage products through the country's commercial sector. This fact sheet summarizes the findings from this consumer research study.
Publication date: September 2009
Region: Asia
- PATH's Safe Water Project in Vietnam and Cambodia
Safe drinking water is essential to good health and quality of life. However, in resource-poor settings like Vietnam and Cambodia, water often comes from unsafe sources and carries dangerous pathogens. This factsheet outlines the work that PATH is implementing in Vietnam and Cambodia to enable commercial enterprises to produce, distribute, sell, and maintain good-quality household water treatment and storage products for low-income populations.
Publication date: July 2008
Region: Asia
- PATH's Safe Water Project in Vietnam: Household Water Treatment and Storage: Findings From a Distribution Channel Analysis
Commercial markets are a viable model for selling some products to the very poor in Vietnam. But can household water treatment and storage products be provided in the same way? This fact sheet discusses the results of an analysis of distribution and marketing channels in Vietnam that PATH conducted to help answer that question.
Publication date: September 2009
Region: Asia
- PATH's Safe Water Project in Vietnam: Household Water Treatment and Storage: Findings From a Qualitative Consumer Research Study
PATH conducted a qualitative study of consumers in four regions of the country to inform potential interventions to increase access to household water treatment and storage products through the commercial sector in Vietnam. This fact sheet summarizes the findings from this consumer research study.
Publication date: September 2009
Region: Asia
- PATH's Safe Water Project: Partnerships for Commercialization of Household Water Treatment
This document outlines PATH's work with private-sector partners to make appropriate household water treatment and storage products accessible and affordable for low-income families.
Publication date: September 2009
Region: Asia
- PATH's Work in Vietnam
PATH’s work in Vietnam began in 1980 with a focus on contraceptive technologies. In 1997, we opened a permanent office in Hanoi. Today, our work addresses a range of health issues, including vaccines and immunization, reproductive health, maternal and child health, health technologies, and emerging and epidemic diseases.
Publication date: July 2008
Region: Asia
- Pharmacy Provision of Youth-Friendly Services: A Toolbox with Resources for On-the-Job Training of Pharmacy Staff in Cambodia
A resource for on-the-job training of pharmacy staff that reinforces knowledge about STIs, EC, and regular contraceptive methods as well as provision of youth-friendly services.
- Procurement Primer for Health and Family Planning Programs in Bangladesh
This highly illustrated manual provides a complete orientation to procuring goods and services for health and family planning programs in Bangladesh. It describes the key steps of procurement and includes an overview of the World Bank's role in financing programs, a list of resources, a list of acronyms, a glossary, and summaries of the HPSP Development Credit Agreement and World Bank procurement guidelines.
- Project GLOW Health and Life Planning Skills Curriculum
This curriculum targets adolescent girls 14 to 18 years old in China's Yi community. It consists of 54 participatory sessions that aim to equip and empower Yi adolescent girls with the life skills and health knowledge needed to develop healthy behaviors and move beyond the challenges of urban migration and the growing HIV/AIDS epidemic. The document is available as one large file or as multiple smaller sections for easier downloading.
Publication date: 2008
Region: Asia
- Protecting Children for a Healthy Tomorrow: Lessons Learned from the Andhra Pradesh Partnership Project on Immunization
Publication date: 2006
Region: Asia
- Protecting India's Children From Japanese Encephalitis
This fact sheet provides information about the partnerships and commitments that helped the Government of India introduce a landmark strategy to vaccinate children at highest risk of Japanese encephalitis. Campaigns in 2006 reached more than 9 million children, and the target population in 2007 exceeds 23 million.
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- A Qualitative Assessment of the Ethno-Medical Perspectives on Intestinal Parasite Infections in Vietnam
Infection with intestinal parasites is very common in rural Vietnam, with rates of Ascariasis approaching 100 percent amongst children aged two years and older. Trichuris and hookworm infections also highly prevalent. This document reports on research that was conducted at four communes of Ba Thuoc and Hau Loc districts, Thanh Hoa Province, Vietnam. It provides a comprehensive overview of awareness as well as behaviors and practices of local people in health and intestinal parasite infection management and control.
Publication date: 2002
Region: Asia
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- Reducing Postpartum Hemorrhage in Thanh Hoa
The study was undertaken to evaluate the acceptability and ease of use of the Uniject prefilled, single-use injection device by midwives at primary and secondary level facilities, the effectiveness of active management of the third stage of labor (AMTSL) in reducing rates of post partum hemorrhage (PPH) and the need for hemorrhage treatments, the cost-effectiveness of routine delivery of AMTSL, and the relative costs of using oxytocin in ampoules or in Uniject. The study was conducted in six districts of Thanh Hoa province from June to December 2004.
Publication date: 2003
Region: Asia
- Reducing Postpartum Hemorrhage in Vietnam
This fact sheet describes a collaboration between PATH and the Vietnamese Ministry of Health to study in six districts of Thanh Hoa Province, Vietnam, the use of single-dose Uniject? devices prefilled with oxytocin in the active management of the third stage of labor in order to reduce the rates of postpartum hemorrhage.
Publication date: 2007
Region: Asia
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- SA 14-14-2 Japanese Encephalitis (JE) Vaccine
This fact sheet provides important information on the SA 14-14-2 JE vaccine manufactured by the Chengdu Institute of Biological Products. Topics include vaccine presentation, dosage, safety, and history of use.
- Sexually Transmitted Infection (leaflet) [Vietnamese]
Developed as part of a project aimed at strengthening the provision of reproductive health services for young people at pharmacies, this leaflet aims to provide information on definition, transmission, implications, common signs and prevention of sexually transmitted infections (STIs), help young people to assess their risks of STIs, and provide a list of youth friendly STI services in Thanh Hoa.
Publication date: 2004
Region: Asia
- Sexually Transmitted Infections (job aid) [Vietnamese]
Developed as part of a project aimed at strengthening the provision of reproductive health services for young people at pharmacies, this job aid aims to strengthen the knowledge of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) for pharmacy staff, remind them of key points when talking with young clients about STIs, and provide a list of facilities providing youth friendly STI services in Thanh Hoa.
Publication date: 2004
Region: Asia
- Shadow Lives
Publication date: 2005
Region: Asia
- Shaping a Strategy to Introduce HPV Vaccines in India
This document presents formative research results from PATH's HPV Vaccines: Evidence for Impact project in India. PATH is working with ministries of health and other country partners to develop strategies for introducing vaccines against human papillomavirus (HPV), the primary cause of cervical cancer.
Publication date: March 2009
Region: Asia
- Shaping a Strategy to Introduce HPV Vaccines in Vietnam
This document presents formative research results from PATH's HPV Vaccines: Evidence for Impact project in Vietnam. PATH is working with ministries of health and other country partners to develop strategies for introducing vaccines against human papillomavirus (HPV), the primary cause of cervical cancer.
Publication date: March 2009
Region: Asia
- SRH-HIV Convergence Newsletter (Volume 1, Issue 1)
This document is the first in a series of periodic policy and practice updates about work undertaken by PATH on the convergence of HIV services and sexual and reproductive health services (SRH) in India.
Part of series: HIV-SRH Convergence newsletters
Author: Sellers T, Saha A, Panda M, Pauchauri A
Publication date: April 2006
Region: Asia
- Streamlining Immunization Logistics in the Provinces of Central Java and Yogyakarta, Indonesia
This document describes the Streamlining Immunization Logistics project, implemented between April 2005 and March 2006 in eight districts of Central Java and Yogyakarta, Indonesia. This project has demonstrated qualitative improvements in the efficiency of sub-national logistic systems supporting the delivery of immunization services.
- Strengthening Access to Sexual and Reproductive Health Services for People With HIV and for People at Risk of HIV
This policy brief describes the study objectives, methodology, and findings from the PATH Convergence Project in India. The brief includes recommendations for developing a national policy in India to converge HIV and reproductive health services for people with HIV and for those most at risk.
Publication date: January 2008
Region: Asia
- Strengthening Immunization Services Through Service Delivery Support: The Andhra Pradesh Experience
Publication date: 2006
Region: Asia
- Strengthening Private-Sector Involvement in TB and HIV in Vietnam
This factsheet introduces PATH’s work in Vietnam to design and implement approaches to working with private-sector providers as a way to increase access to existing TB and HIV case detection, treatment, and prevention services.
Publication date: July 2008
Region: Asia
- Strengthening Vietnam's immunization program
PATH, in close partnership with Vietnam's National Expanded Program on Immunization (NEPI), has worked to increase the quality, safety, and efficiency of immunization services through the Iris Project. This fact sheet describes the project's process of testing province-wide systems improvements, identifying best practices, and encouraging other provinces to adopt the improvements. Work included updating and improving policies, training staff, and increasing community knowledge and demand for vaccination, particularly through technical updates, training of trainers, an introduction to supportive supervision, an out-of-the-cold-chain study, and an injection safety project with needle removers.
Publication date: 2007
Region: Asia
- Supply and Demand for Household Water Treatment Products in Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, and Maharashtra, India
This document is part of a series of project briefs discussing the activities, research findings, and field experiences of PATH’s Safe Water Project. The briefs are available in two formats: one for onscreen viewing and one for booklet-style printing.
- Sure Start
Publication date: 2006
Region: Asia
- Sure Start: Helping Mothers and Newborns Thrive
Sure Start is an initiative intended to catalyze sustainable improvements in maternal and newborn health through effective community action in selected districts of Uttar Pradesh and urban sites of Maharashtra, India. The Sure Start project has been designed to complement and support the Government of India’s commitment to improving maternal and newborn health. This fact sheet gives an overall picture and progress of the project to date.
Publication date: July 2009
Region: Asia
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- Teenpath Website
Launched in 2004, this website provides adolescents in Thailand with information and skills through an innovative e-learning tool.
Publication date: 2009
Region: Asia
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- Use of the Clean Home Delivery Kit: A Qualitative Study
Qualitative research study to gather detailed information about how the clean home delivery kit helps various types of birth attendants and/or cord-cutters in Nepal to maintain the principles of clean delivery. The main objective of this study was to understand the context of kit use and non-use by women for their own deliveries and by women assisting them during delivery.
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- Vietnam: Progress Beyond High Coverage - Increasing Immunization Program Quality, Safety, and Efficiency
Publication date: January 2007
Region: Asia
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- Women's Right to Choose: Partnerships for Safe Abortion in Nepal
This booklet documents the early steps and achievements in the process of implementing the reformed abortion law in Nepal, highlighting the roles and activities of the many stakeholders involved. A range of issues and initiatives are covered, related to the establishment of services, training of staff, monitoring of services, legal points, advocacy and information dissemination, and behavior change communication.
Publication date: 2005
Region: Asia
- Working with District Health Offices in ASUH
Description of the work carried out with district health offices in Indonesia.
Publication date: 2003
Region: Asia
- A Workplace-Based Life-Planning Skills Training Program for Migrant Youth in Shenzhen, China
Out-of-school adolescent migrants in urban areas are a difficult group to reach. They are also more likely than students to need adolescent sexual and reproductive health information and services. These documents report on a study to evaluate the impact of a work-based training program in life-planning skills conducted with young, unmarried migrants in Shenzhen, China. A full report is provided in English, with summaries in both English and Chinese.
Publication date: August 2005
Region: Asia
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- Youth and Responsibility Go Hand-in-Hand: A Peer Education Program at Guangzhou University
Guangzhou University is a pilot site of the China Youth Reproductive Health project. This case study describes a peer education program in the university and documents the lessons learned, including the program’s impact, successes, challenges, and students’ reactions. It also provides suggestions for sustaining the program.
Publication date: June 2005
Region: Asia