PATH explored how 11 emerging innovations for women, newborns, and children could help dramatically accelerate progress in maternal and child survival, specifically in the context of USAID’s 24 priority countries. The 11 innovations we modeled were identified through the Innovation Countdown 2030 initiative.

Publication date: September 2016

Region: North America and Europe, Global

During the past 25 years, Zambia has made tremendous progress in preventing deaths and improving health among women, newborns, and children. Despite this, many still do not receive basic health services and lack access to essential medicines, products, and technologies. This report demonstrates the potential impact of increased prioritization of reproductive, maternal, newborn, and child health commodities and interventions in order to support advocates as they interact with decision-makers to influence policy and budget changes.

Publication date: September 2016

Region: Africa

Soil-transmitted helminths (STHs) remain a massive global health problem. More robust, simple, and sensitive diagnostic tools will improve the ability of control programs to determine infection and response procedures. This document illustrates PATH’s contributions toward creating a business case for financing, developing, and deploying new diagnostics for detection of STH infection.

Publication date: September 2016

Region: Global

This report presents the results of a video application of The Narrative Project framework to build support for maternal and child health. The project was spearheaded by the Visual Epidemiology Project at Yale University and PATH, in partnership with the New Venture Fund, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, World Vision, and Save the Children Action Network. Key findings reveal the effectiveness of an emotional storytelling video approach.

Publication date: September 2016

Region: North America and Europe

PATH's 2015 annual report celebrates significant PATH milestones across four key areas: malaria, vaccines and immunization, women's and girls' health, and nutrition and child health. From important advances in malaria control and elimination to new contraceptive options reaching women who have never before used modern family planning methods, these achievements underscore PATH's leadership in global health innovation. Together with our more than 2,000 partner organizations, PATH has reached an average of 150 million people per year since 2011 with sustainable health solutions like these.

Publication date: August 2016

Region: Global

Part of series: Annual reports

This analysis provides policy recommendations for the US government to protect the public health gains made as a result of polio eradication through technical and financial resources.

Publication date: August 2016

Region: North America and Europe

The Healthy Household Initiative seeks to increase the accessibility, affordability, and use of health products by low-resource families through strengthened supply chains and innovative financing mechanisms. Results from this initiative implemented in India and Honduras are shared in this presentation.

Publication date: August 2016

Region: Global

The messages within this document can be used by advocates, program implementers, and others who seek to promote increased access to and availability of affordable, quality-assured medicines, technologies and other health supplies for reproductive, maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health.

Publication date: August 2016

Region: Global

This report documents the history of malaria control and elimination efforts in El Salvador, and provides a context for the country’s success in comparison to neighboring nations.

Publication date: August 2016

Region: Latin America

PATH’s advocacy work builds on and continues global efforts to expand access to simple, essential, and affordable medicines, medical devices, and other health supplies to prevent deaths of women and children worldwide.

Publication date: August 2016

Region: Africa, Asia, Latin America

Pregnant women in low- and middle-income countries have inadequate access to lifesaving maternal health products, resulting in preventable deaths when complications arise during pregnancy or childbirth. Healthy markets are essential to improving access to these products. This series of advocacy papers provides specific and actionable recommendations that advocates and decision-makers—globally and in three target countries:  Bangladesh, Ethiopia, and Nigeria—can use to raise awareness of the urgent actions needed and push for positive policy change to improve the quality and availability of essential maternal health products.

Publication date: August 2016

Region: Africa, Asia, Global

This fact sheet describes a project that PATH is implementing in Vietnam with support from the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority within the US Department of Health and Human Services. The project is supporting the enhancement of sustainable influenza vaccine production in Vietnam. PATH is providing technical assistance to various groups in Vietnam to facilitate the production and clinical evaluation of safe and effective influenza vaccines and synergizing activities with work already under way in Vietnam through the World Health Organization.

Publication date: August 2016

Region: Asia

This study provides an analysis of the public budget and expenditure for research and development (R&D) in South Africa, with a specific focus on health R&D. It outlines the government’s research agenda and R&D funding trends across all departments, as well as funding and trends for health-specific R&D in the Departments of Health, Science and Technology, and Trade and Industry.

Publication date: July 2016

Region: Africa

Hypoxemia has a high risk of mortality and requires treatment with lifesaving oxygen. However, oxygen is not always available or accessible, and many health facilities in low-resource settings are faced with insufficient supply. We seek to expand access to cost-effective, easy-to-use, and reliable oxygen technologies.

Publication date: July 2016

Region: Global

Part of series: Oxygen technologies

The East African Community (EAC) has demonstrated commitment to harmonize the regulation of health technologies and build regulatory capacity across partner states. This document provides an overview of current regulatory systems at the EAC level and within partner states. It also summarizes key challenges and identifies potential solutions that could be the focus of future policy advocacy efforts.

Publication date: July 2016

Region: Africa

PATH’s Reach Campaign is a $125 million fundraising initiative to accelerate progress toward a world where health is within reach for everyone. This report provides a snapshot update on the campaign as of summer 2016 and includes details about the extension of our campaign goal and timeline.

Publication date: July 2016

Region: Global

Part of series: Reports to contributors

The guidelines contain an overview of reprocessing materials and equipment, space planning and workflow, detailed step-by-step disinfection instructions, training and supervision considerations, and further considerations for health facility administrators and ministry of health officials. The general job aid should be posted in the reprocessing area along with the appropriate job aid for the selected method of disinfection. Training materials (including a quality improvement roadmap) can be tailored for training workshops or activities. French and Spanish translations of the guidelines and the general job aid are also available.

Publication date: July 2016

Region: Global

Part of series: Oxygen technologies

Advocacy is an effective method to achieve global health goals by ensuring that necessary resources, policies, and political will are available to support important programs. These resources help new and experienced advocates assess policy advocacy options, plan goals and activities, and develop a comprehensive strategy for advocacy impact. For more information, please visit: http://sites.path.org/advocacyandpolicy/how-we-do-it/strengthen-advocacy-capacity/.

Publication date: July 2016

Region: Africa, Asia, Global

PATH seeks to assess diagnostic needs, survey potential solutions, and determine an appropriate strategy to identify the point in the cycle of trachoma transmission, infection, and elimination that would best be targeted for a new diagnostic technology and to articulate the business case for its development.

Publication date: July 2016

Region: Global

This fact sheet outlines the importance of tackling respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), the top cause of newborn lower respiratory infections worldwide. It highlights the need to prepare for incoming RSV interventions (including vaccines for maternal immunization and antibodies given at birth) and to work across vaccine and prenatal care arenas.

Publication date: June 2016

Region: Global