Language: French

Total publications in this language: 65.

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10 Key Findings and Recommendations for Effective Cervical Cancer Screening and Treatment Programs

In early 2007, partners of the Alliance for Cervical Cancer Prevention met to assess newly analyzed results of key studies in India, Peru, South Africa, and Thailand. These new data spurred the partners to outline ten key findings and recommendations for global policy and practice related to cervical cancer screening and treatment in low-resource settings.

Publication date: April 2007

Region: Global

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About Meningitis

Publication date: 2003

Region: Global

ACCP Strategies for Supporting Women With Cervical Cancer

This report provides an overview of current issues relating to cancer treatment in developing countries, followed by descriptions of existing support for cancer patients in countries where ACCP has worked and the support provided by ACCP projects. Finally, this report provides recommendations, based on ACCP experiences, for the provision of basic assistance at the national or local level to women with cervical cancer, within the context of a prevention-based intervention in low-resource settings.

Author: White SC; Winkler JL; ACCP Community Involvement Affinity Group

Publication date: 2004

Region: Global

Active Management of the Third Stage of Labor (AMTSL) Learning Materials

The USAID-funded Prevention of Postpartum Hemorrhage Initiative developed a learning package on the prevention of postpartum hemorrhage consisting of a reference manual, participant’s notebook, and facilitator’s guide. This learning package was developed for use by nurses, midwives, and doctors providing childbirth and immediate postpartum care. Information about implementing active management of the third stage of labor is featured in this reference manual as well as the corresponding participant’s notebook and facilitator’s guide. The reference manuals and facilitators' guides are available as one large file and also in smaller sections for easier downloading.

Author: Prevention of Postpartum Hemorrhage Initiative (POPPHI)

Publication date: 2007

Region: Global

Advanced Immunization Management (AIM) e-Learning Website: Hepatitis B

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 hepatitis B and how immunization programs can decrease hepatitis B virus infection. It also provides information on how to add hepatitis B vaccine to an immunization program and how to manage the addition of a new vaccine.

Part of series: AIM e-Learning modules

Publication date: 2009

Region: Global

Advanced Immunization Management (AIM) e-Learning Website: Meningitis

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 provides comprehensive information on meningococcal meningitis from basic disease characteristics through immunization session planning.

Part of series: AIM e-Learning modules

Author: Berlier M, LaForce FM, Mort M

Publication date: 2009

Region: Africa

Advancing New Technologies Against a Global Threat

This fact sheet highlights PATH's work to advance development of new vaccines against seasonal and pandemic influenza.

Publication date: March 2008

Region: Global

Autodisposable Syringes and Sharps Disposal Containers with DMPA

Publication date: 2001

Region: Global

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The Case for Childhood Immunization

Part of series: CVP Occasional Papers

Author: Kane M; Lasher H

Publication date: 2002

Region: Global

Childhood Immunization: What You Need to Know - A Handbook for Health Workers and Parents

Publication date: 2004

Region: Global

Choosing Male Sterilization (Outlook, vol. 21, no. 3)

This issue of Outlook looks primarily at vasectomy as a contraceptive option for men. A number of important topics related to this theme are addressed, including no-scalpel vasectomy, no-scalpel vs. conventional vasectomy, choosing vasectomy, cost, vasectomy in developing countries, possible side effects and complications, regret, reversibility, and other strategies for male contraception.

Part of series: Outlook

Author: Weil B

Publication date: December 2004

Region: Global

Conclusions From ACCP Clinical Research in Developing Countries

This ACCP Cervical Cancer Prevention Fact Sheet summarizes the major findings and conclusions from ACCP research on organized cervical cancer prevention programs, alternative screening methods, treatment methods for precancerous lesions, and cost-effectiveness of screen-and-treat programs.

Author: ACCP

Publication date: 2004

Region: Global

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Designing Safe Syringe Disposal Systems for Immunization Services: A Guide for Program Managers

Author: Lloyd J; Wittet S; Lasher H

Publication date: 2003

Region: Global

Developing Cervical Cancer Screening Programs that Meet Women's Needs

Publication date: 2003

Region: Global

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Emergency Contraception: It's Not Too Late To Prevent Pregnancy

This brochure, which is available in 14 languages, helps health care providers communicate with clients about emergency contraception. The brochure is formatted so that it can be downloaded, printed, photocopied (double-sided), and then folded. There are two versions for each language: one for letter-size paper, the other for A4-size paper.

Publication date: 1998

Region: North America and Europe

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Giving Safe Injections: Using Auto-Disable Syringes for Immunization

Publication date: 2001

Region: Global

The Growing Chronic Disease Burden: Implications for Reproductive Health (Outlook, vol. 26, no. 1)

This issue of Outlook discusses the emerging chronic disease burden in developing countries with a focus on cardiovascular conditions, diabetes, and the risk factor of obesity. The newsletter addresses relationships between chronic diseases and reproductive health, such as hypertension and diabetes in pregnancy, and contraceptive choice for women with cardiovascular conditions and risk factors.

Part of series: Outlook

Author: Drake JK

Publication date: July 2009

Region: Global

Guidelines for Implementing Supportive Supervision: A Step-by-Step Guide with Tools to Support Immunization

Publication date: 2003

Region: Global

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Has Your Vaccine Been Damaged by Freezing? Shake Test Instructions

Poster describing how to conduct the shake test to determine whether a vaccine has been frozen. This document is part of a series that describes the serious risk of freezing vaccines and provides tools to reduce freezing in the cold chain. The materials contain current WHO-recommended freeze-prevention strategies targeted toward all levels of storage and transport of vaccines.

Publication date: 2003

Region: Global

Helping Young People Become Youth Advocates for Immunization

Part of series: CVP Occasional Papers

Author: Smith T; Wittet S

Publication date: 2000

Region: Global

HPV Testing: Promise and Challenges

Publication date: 2003

Region: Global

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Immunization and Child Health Materials Development Guide

Author: Younger E; Wittet S; Hooks C; Lasher H

Publication date: 2001

Region: Global

Immunizing Children Against Hepatitis B: A Training Module for Doctors, Nurses, and Other Immunization Providers

Author: Wood S; Lasher H; Wittet S

Publication date: 2002

Region: Global

Improving Nutrition for Mothers and Children

This fact sheet provides a brief overview of the Infant & Young Child Nutrition (IYCN) Project.

Publication date: July 2009

Region: Global

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Key Steps for Meeting Women's Needs

This fact sheet describes issues relating to women's cultural, emotional, and practical needs pertaining to cervical cancer prevention.

Publication date: 2002

Region: Global

Kill or Cure? Meningitis

Filmed during the 2007 epidemic in Burkina Faso, the documentary offers a poignant and revealing account of the devastating impact meningitis epidemics have on individuals and communities. The film also takes viewers to Mali, where the Meningitis Vaccine Project (a collaboration between PATH and the World Health Organization) and the Serum Institute of India Limited are testing a new vaccine that offers hope for eliminating epidemics as a public health problem in sub-Saharan Africa.

Part of series: Kill or Cure? videos

Publication date: 2007

Region: Global

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Learning Together: A Collaborative Approach to Rapid Scale-Up

This document provides an overview of the approach the Malaria Control and Evaluation Partnership in Africa (MACEPA) takes to partnership.

Publication date: November 2008

Region: Africa

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MACEPA Learning Community Website

Launched in 2007, this website is produced by the Malaria Control and Evaluation Partnership in Africa (MACEPA). It provides information on the "scale-up for impact" approach to malaria control and on the experiences of Learning Community countries applying the approach in their national malaria control programs.

Part of series: Websites

Publication date: 2009

Region: Africa

Maintaining a Needle Remover

In this document you will find a set of guidelines on how to correctly maintain a needle remover for extended use.

Author: Berman A

Publication date: 2006

Region: Global

Managing Health Care Waste Disposal: Operator's Manual

In this document you will find an operator's manual on how to use the waste disposal unit.

Publication date: 2005

Region: Global

Meeting the Need: Strengthening Family Planning Programs

This report is designed as a general resource to help family planning program managers strengthen their programs and meet growing family planning needs. It offers a broad overview of key programmatic considerations, lists of practical specialized resources, and hands-on tools that are available online.

Author: Kols A

Publication date: 2006

Region: Global

Meningitis Vaccine Project Website

Launched in 2004, this website provides information on meningitis and the work of PATH and WHO's Meningitis Vaccine Project to eliminate epidemic meningitis as a public health problem in sub-Saharan Africa.

Part of series: Websites

Publication date: 2009

Region: Global

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Natural History of Cervical Cancer: Even Infrequent Screening of Older Women Saves Lives

Publication date: 2003

Region: Global

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Optimal Settings for Needle Removers

This document reviews the site characteristics of both health facilities and injection settings in order to determine the optimal use of a needle-remover device.

Author: Berman A

Publication date: 2006

Region: Global

Optimize Strategy: 2009-2012

This document provides a brief overview of the Optimize project’s strategy for developing delivery systems that are as advanced and innovative as the vaccines they support. Optimize, a collaboration between the World Health Organization and PATH, has been given a unique mandate to think far into the future: to put technological and scientific advances to work, helping define the ideal characteristics and specifications for health products; and to create a vaccine supply chain that is flexible and robust enough to handle an increasingly large and costly portfolio of vaccines.

Publication date: October 2009

Region: Global

Optimizing Vaccine Supply Chains

This document describes the urgent need for vaccine supply chain reform, new ideas, and innovative technologies. It also demonstrates the increasing consequences of supply-chain failure in today's environment, as more vaccines are becoming available, new vaccines are costing more than traditional vaccines, and new vaccines are requiring more space than traditional vaccines.

Publication date: February 2009

Region: Global

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Palliative Care: Supporting Women With Advanced Cancer

Publication date: 2003

Region: Global

Pap Smears: An Important But Imperfect Screening Method

Publication date: 2002

Region: Global

The Pap Test: Evidence to Date

The ACCP has developed a set of presentation materials to help cervical cancer prevention advocates make presentations to policymakers, donors, clinicians, program managers, community health workers and others who may be interested or actively involved in cervical cancer prevention. The presentations are available on the ACCP web site in both PowerPoint and as PDF files.

Publication date: 2003

Region: Global

Planning and Implementing Cervical Cancer Prevention and Control Programs: A Manual for Managers

This manual is designed to help health professionals develop a new cervical cancer prevention program or strengthen an existing program. The manual provides information on how to organize and implement a program, recognizing that various service delivery options are needed for different geographic and cultural settings and a range of resource levels. The manual offers practical information on how to develop a program; ensure availability and accessibility of services; build and maintain effective service delivery linkages; reach eligible women; train health professionals; monitor program performance; and improve linkages between prevetion, treatment, and palliative care services.

Publication date: 2004

Region: Global

Planning Appropriate Cervical Cancer Prevention Programs (2nd ed)

Author: Herdman C; Sherris J

Publication date: 2000

Region: Global

Practical, Local Solutions for Safely Managing Contaminated Syringes and Other Medical Waste

Part of series: CVP Occasional Papers

Author: Wittet S; Bhattari M; Chaudray A

Publication date: 2004

Region: Global

Preventing Cervical Cancer in Low-Resource Settings (Outlook, vol. 18, no. 1)

Part of series: Outlook

Author: Sherris JD; Herdman C

Publication date: September 2000

Region: Global

Preventing Cervical Cancer: Unprecedented Opportunities for Improving Women's Health (Outlook, vol. 23, no. 1)

This issue of Outlook provides the latest evidence-based information about cervical cancer prevention. It summarizes key issues related to transmission of human papillomavirus (HPV), new HPV vaccines, and strategies for introducing the vaccine in low-resource countries. This issue also identifies new methods for early detection and treatment of cervical cancer.

Part of series: Outlook

Author: Castilaw D, Wittet S

Publication date: June 2007

Region: Global

Preventing Postpartum Hemorrhage: Managing the Third Stage of Labor (Outlook, vol. 19, no. 3)

Part of series: Outlook

Author: Shane B

Publication date: September 2001

Region: Global

Proper Handling and Disposal of Auto-Disable Syringes and Safety Boxes: A Training Module for Clinic Managers and Immunization Providers

Author: Wittet S

Publication date: 2002

Region: Global

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Questions Frequently Asked by Women

Publication date: 2003

Region: Global

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Realizing the Full Potential of Childhood Immunization: How Health Professionals Can Make a Difference

This eight-page paper on local advocacy was written for doctors, nurses, and health educators. It provides practical suggestions for grassroots initiatives supporting immunization and incorporates the insights of co-author Dr. Robert Aston, an immunization advocate from the U.K.

Part of series: CVP Occasional Papers

Author: Wittet S; Aston R

Publication date: 2000

Region: Global

Reducing Unmet Need for Family Planning: Evidence-Based Strategies and Approaches (Outlook, vol. 25, no. 1)

The 25th anniversary issue of Outlook, made possible by support from UNFPA, presents innovative, evidence-based strategies and approaches for addressing unmet need for family planning in developing countries. The issue also reviews the link between family planning and achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), including improving maternal and child health, promoting gender equality, and combating HIV/AIDS. Addressing unmet need can help tackle some of the most intractable health and development challenges facing the world today.

Part of series: Outlook

Author: Kols A

Publication date: November 2008

Region: Global

Researching New Prevention Approaches for Cervical Cancer: Methodological Guidelines

The ACCP has developed a set of presentation materials to help cervical cancer prevention advocates make presentations to policymakers, donors, clinicians, program managers, community health workers and others who may be interested or actively involved in cervical cancer prevention. The presentations are available on the ACCP web site in both PowerPoint and as PDF files.

Publication date: 2004

Region: Global

Risk Factors for Cervical Cancer: Evidence to Date

Part of the ACCP's series of fact sheets, this document reviews available evidene on risk factors for cervical cancer.

Publication date: 2004

Region: Global

The Road to Safe and Effective Vaccines

This fact sheet highlights the development of new vaccines through clinical trials and their role in providing safe and effective vaccines.

Publication date: March 2008

Region: Global

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Scaling Up for Impact Through Comprehensive Program Improvement

This document provides an overview of the cycle adopted by the Malaria Control and Evaluation Partnership in Africa project (MACEPA) for optimizing program performance through planning, resourcing, implementing, and monitoring and evaluating programs.

Publication date: November 2008

Region: Africa

Scaling Up for Impact: MACEPA's Model for Malaria Control

This brochure provides a brief overview of the Malaria Control and Evaluation Partnership in Africa (MACEPA) project.

Author: Campbell K, Terry D, Wood S

Publication date: June 2007

Region: Africa

Stop Freezing Vaccine!

This series describes the serious risk of freezing vaccines and provides tools to reduce freezing in the cold chain. The materials contain current WHO-recommended freeze-prevention strategies targeted toward all levels of storage and transport of vaccines.

Publication date: 2003

Region: Global

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Treating Precancerous Cervical Lesions

Publication date: 2003

Region: Global

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Understanding Influenza Vaccine Effectiveness in Senegal

This fact sheet offers an overview of a large-scale, cluster-randomized trial that PATH, the Institut de Recherche pour le Developpement, and Institut Pasteur de Dakar are conducting. The trial is designed to evaluate the total effectiveness of inactivated influenza vaccine among children in Senegal. To date, the study is the largest influenza vaccine trial ever conducted in Africa, having vaccinated nearly 8,000 children in the Fatick District in May and June of 2009.

Publication date: May 2009

Region: Africa

Using a Needle Remover

This document provides the user with guidelines on how to use a Balcan type needle remover safely.

Author: Berman A

Publication date: 2006

Region: Global

Using Uniject to Increase the Safety and Effectiveness of Hepatitis B Immunization

Part of series: CVP Occasional Papers

Author: Nelson C; Widjaya A; Wittet S

Publication date: 2002

Region: Global

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Visual Inspection with Acetic Acid (VIA): Evidence to Date

The ACCP has developed a set of presentation materials to help cervical cancer prevention advocates make presentations to policymakers, donors, clinicians, program managers, community health workers and others who may be interested or actively involved in cervical cancer prevention. The presentations are available on the ACCP web site in both PowerPoint and as PDF files.

Publication date: 2003

Region: Global

Visual inspection with Lugol

The ACCP has developed a set of presentation materials to help cervical cancer prevention advocates make presentations to policymakers, donors, clinicians, program managers, community health workers and others who may be interested or actively involved in cervical cancer prevention. The presentations are available on the ACCP web site in both PowerPoint and as PDF files.

Publication date: 2003

Region: Global

Visual Screening Approaches: Promising Alternative Screening Strategies

Publication date: 2002

Region: Global

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Women's Frequently Asked Questions About Cervical Cancer Screening: Helping Health Care Providers Anticipate and Answer Common Questions

Publication date: 2003

Region: Global

Women's Stories, Women's Lives: Experiences with Cervical Cancer Screening and Treatment

Women's Stories, Women's Lives: Experiences with Cervical Cancer Screening and Treatment is a collection of stories based on interviews with women who participated in the Alliance for Cervical Cancer Prevention (ACCP) screening and (when applicable) treatment programs. These women's stories illustrate the unnecessary suffering cervical cancer can cause women and their families and how prevention programs can save women's lives.

Author: ACCP

Publication date: 2004

Region: Global

Workshop on Using the WHO Prequalification Programme in Procurement Practices

These workshop materials were developed to improve the knowledge and skills of procurement implementers to enable them to effectively use the WHO Prequalification Programme for Essential Reproductive Health Medicines. The materials include educational and skills-building components to convey the benefits of prequalification within the procurement context and to effectively incorporate prequalification into bidding documents and bidder assessments. If you intend to adapt these materials, it is recommended that experienced facilitators manage each session. For more information, contact info@path.org.

Publication date: April 2008

Region: Global