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Subject: Maternal and child health
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- Integrating Diarrheal Disease and Pneumonia Control
This fact sheet describes PATH's integrated approach to tackling diarrheal disease and pneumonia, two of the leading killers of young children. This approach emphasizes overlapping protection, the scale-up of proven methods, and the development of innovative new tools including diagnostics, drugs, and vaccines.
Publication date: December 2013
Region: Global
Part of series: Areas of focus fact sheets
- PATH Today (Winter 2013)
This issue of PATH Today shares a breakthrough for a vaccine against Japanese encephalitis and the story of Dr. Nekoye Otsyula, a researcher on PATH's malaria vaccine trial. PATH donors Brian Arbogast and Valerie Tarico describe their approach to giving—supporting solutions that let people take care of themselves.
Publication date: December 2013
Region: Global
Part of series: PATH Today
- Rotavirus Disease and Vaccines in Burundi
This fact sheet provides an overview of rotavirus disease and vaccines in Burundi. It includes information about the tremendous burden of rotavirus diarrhea in Burundian children, rotavirus diarrhea treatment and prevention strategies, and the effectiveness of rotavirus vaccines. It also lists countries that have introduced rotavirus vaccines into their national immunization programs.
Publication date: December 2013
Region: Africa
Part of series: Rotavirus disease and vaccines fact sheets
- Strengthening Human Milk Banking: A Global Implementation Framework, Version 1.1
Drawing on the experiences of milk banks around the world, PATH developed this document as a high-level blueprint or toolkit that ministries of health, policymakers, and implementers can use to identify the critical components required for an effective human milk bank program. Our goal is that this framework serve as a powerful resource, facilitating communication with the global human milk banking community, empowering policymakers with the tools and information they need to develop and support locally appropriate human milk banks and, ultimately, ensuring that vulnerable infants around the world have access to this lifesaving intervention.
Publication date: December 2013
Region: Global
- Kenya's Munyang'anyi Primary: The WASH-Friendly School
A Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) Program introduced by APHIAplus Western Kenya has considerably reduced diarrheal cases among students at Munyang’anyi Primary School in Kenya’s Bungoma County.
Publication date: November 2013
Region: Africa
- Noninvasive Technology for Anemia Detection
Part of the Technology Updates series, this fact sheet describes PATH’s work to advance an accurate, noninvasive device that could be used to screen for anemia in low-resource settings at the point of care by minimally trained health workers.
Publication date: November 2013
Region: Global
Part of series: Technology Updates
- Rotavirus Disease and Vaccines in Zambia
This fact sheet provides an overview of rotavirus disease and vaccines in Zambia. It includes information about the tremendous burden of rotavirus diarrhea in Zambian children, rotavirus diarrhea treatment and prevention strategies, and the effectiveness of rotavirus vaccines. It also lists countries that have introduced rotavirus vaccines into their national immunization programs.
Publication date: November 2013
Region: Africa
Part of series: Rotavirus disease and vaccines fact sheets
- Rotavirus Disease and Vaccines in Burkina Faso
This fact sheet provides an overview of rotavirus disease and vaccines in Burkina Faso. It includes information about the tremendous burden of rotavirus diarrhea in Burkinabè children, rotavirus diarrhea treatment and prevention strategies, and the effectiveness of rotavirus vaccines. It also lists countries that have introduced rotavirus vaccines into their national immunization programs.
Publication date: October 2013
Region: Africa
Part of series: Rotavirus disease and vaccines fact sheets
- Rotavirus Disease and Vaccines in Ethiopia
This fact sheet provides an overview of rotavirus disease and vaccines in Ethiopia. It includes information about the tremendous burden of rotavirus diarrhea in Ethiopian children, rotavirus diarrhea treatment and prevention strategies, and the effectiveness of rotavirus vaccines. It also lists countries that have introduced rotavirus vaccines into their national immunization programs.
Publication date: October 2013
Region: Africa
Part of series: Rotavirus disease and vaccines fact sheets
- Ultra Rice Technology Research Summary Table
The Ultra Rice technology has been intensively studied to ensure it is efficacious, shelf stable, and acceptable to consumers. This table outlines the 30 studies conducted to date that form the growing evidence base for the Ultra Rice fortification technology.
Publication date: October 2013
Region: Global
- Breakthrough Innovations That Can Save Women and Children Now
This publication highlights ten breakthrough health innovations ready to be used in developing countries to reach the Millennium Development Goals. Paired with existing tools, these low-cost innovations have the potential to save millions of lives by addressing the greatest health threats to women, newborns, and children.
Publication date: September 2013
Region: Global
- Breastfeeding and Diarrhea
This fact sheet aims to raise awareness about breastfeeding to prevent and treat diarrhea. One in a set of introductory resources, it provides stakeholders and policymakers in the world’s poorest countries with crucial information on a proven intervention in the fight against diarrheal disease.
Publication date: September 2013
Region: Global
Part of series: Diarrheal disease fact sheets
- Maximizing the Impact of Our Work: PATH's Impact Initiatives Drive Innovation and Improve Health Outcomes Through Targeted Investments
This fact sheet highlights PATH's Impact Initiatives. Through these initiatives, cross-program teams identify high-priority health areas for improvement, set institutional goals, and then mobilize resources to achieve them. Each initiative focuses on carefully selected countries and innovations.
Publication date: September 2013
Region: Global
Part of series: Areas of focus fact sheets
- PATH Today (Fall 2013)
This issue of PATH Today shares PATH's integrated approach to tackling diarrheal disease and tells the story of Jane Wamalwa, who lost lost three children to diarrhea before becoming a community health worker. It also includes stories on PATH's work in safe water and women-initiated contraceptives, and a profile of donor Dr. Jon Younger.
Publication date: September 2013
Region: Global
Part of series: PATH Today
- Neonatal Resuscitator
Part of the Technology Updates series, this fact sheet descibes the neonatal resuscitator project funded by USAID under the HealthTech program at PATH.
Publication date: August 2013
Region: Global
Part of series: Technology Updates
- New Design of the Ceramic Water Pot
Part of the Technology Updates series, this fact sheet describes PATH's work on a new ceramic water pot designed to filter water for consumers in low-resource settings.
Publication date: August 2013
Region: Global
Part of series: Technology Updates
- PATH's Water Filter: A New Standard for Household Water Treatment
Part of the Technology Updates series, this fact sheet describes PATH's work, in collaboration with our partners, to design a household water treatment and storage device specifically for the developing-world consumer.
Publication date: August 2013
Region: Global
Part of series: Technology Updates
- Rotavirus Disease and Vaccines in The Gambia
This fact sheet provides an overview of rotavirus disease and vaccines in The Gambia. It includes information about the tremendous burden of rotavirus diarrhea in Gambian children, rotavirus diarrhea treatment and prevention strategies, and the effectiveness of rotavirus vaccines. It also lists countries that have introduced rotavirus vaccines into their national immunization programs.
Publication date: August 2013
Region: Africa
Part of series: Rotavirus disease and vaccines fact sheets
- Ultra Rice® Technology
Part of the Technology Updates series, this fact sheet describes the Ultra Rice project at PATH.
Publication date: August 2013
Region: Global
Part of series: Technology Updates
- Chlorhexidine for Umbilical Cord Care
Part of the Technology Updates series, this fact sheet describes PATH's work on the use of chlorhexidine for umbilical cord care.
Publication date: July 2013
Region: Global
Part of series: Technology Updates