This website about the Safe Water Project within the Technology Solutions program provides an overview of the group and its featured projects. See other PATH program websites.

Publication date: 2017

Region: Global

Part of series: Program websites

This report presents the methods and findings from laboratory testing of two energy harvesting control (EHC) prototypes with three different Performance, Quality and Safety prequalified solar direct–drive refrigerators from three different manufacturers. The primary goals of the testing were to inform potential specifications for EHCs, test the specific prototypes, and collect data to answer a number of questions raised by the possible introduction of EHCs to vaccine cold chain systems.

Publication date: December 2016

Region: Global

This brief, published by PATH in collaboration with the Solar Electric Light Fund (SELF), annotates a defensive publication that placed three prototype energy harvesting controls (EHCs) within the public domain. Lessons learned include confirmation that with the addition of an EHC solar-direct drive refrigerators can safely provide surplus electricity to power secondary electrical loads. For a more detailed analysis, please see our interrelated report titled Energy Harvesting Controls for Solar Direct-Drive Cooling Systems: Laboratory Testing Report.

Publication date: December 2016

Region: Global

At PATH, we “measure what matters” by emphasizing a practical, nimble, and actionable measurement-based approach to guide decision-making. We evaluate multiple factors at various levels of the organization and across the value chain, measuring what is useful and adapting our work based on those learnings.

Publication date: December 2016

Region: Global

Immunization Matters provides quarterly updates from PATH’s Center for Vaccine Innovation and Access (CVIA) on late-stage and licensed vaccines included in our portfolio as well as our work on health economics and optimization, operations research, and support to countries. It includes updates on our progress, partnerships, and specific activities.

This is one of two newsletters published by CVIA. Moving the Needle covers CVIA’s vaccine development work.

Publication date: December 2016

Region: Global

Part of series: E-newsletters

As part of PATH’s work in vaccine and pharmaceutical technologies, these reports highlight our research into phase-change materials (PCMs) applicable to vaccine and pharmaceutical cold chain equipment (CCE) including refrigerators and carriers. The reports explore the landscape of suitable PCMs, compatibility of PCMs with materials commonly used in CCE, the thermal characteristics of PCMs, and the implications of PCM characteristics for CCE.

Publication date: December 2016

Region: Global

PATH submitted an application to the World Health Organization (WHO) 21st Expert Committee on the Selection and Use of Essential Medicines to include oxygen on the WHO Model List of Essential Medicines (EML) and the List of Essential Medicines for Children (EMLc) as a medical gas to clarify its importance as a medicine for the management of hypoxemia. This summary document highlights the proposed additions to the EML/EMLc.

Publication date: December 2016

Region: Global

Part of series: Oxygen technologies

Soil-transmitted helminths (STH) are parasitic intestinal worms that are controlled with mass drug administration in at-risk populations. The work described in this poster aims to develop a rapid, field-deployable, non-instrumented, magnetic bead-based protocol to extract STH egg DNA in stool, using Ascaris suum as model species, for use as a companion tool to recombinase polymerase amplification (RPA)-based diagnostics for STH.

Publication date: November 2016

Region: Global

Part of series: ASTMH posters

This fact sheet describes the collaboration between PATH and local leaders in India to scale up integrated human milk banking systems—giving more babies access to lifesaving health and nutrition.

Publication date: November 2016

Region: Asia, Global

Host antisecretory targets are a promising treatment option for easing the symptoms of diarrheal disease and addressing shortcomings of existing therapies. This poster presentation from the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 2016 Annual Meeting summarizes the results of tests comparing several clinical-stage drug candidates that have the potential to treat acute secretory diarrhea.

Publication date: November 2016

Region: Global

Part of series: ASTMH posters

Oxygen and pulse oximetry can significantly reduce mortality from childhood pneumonia and hypoxemia. However, these essential medicines and devices remain scarce in many low-resource settings. This poster presentation from the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH) 2016 Annual Meeting summarizes efforts to identify barriers and implement scalable solutions to improve access to these lifesaving tools.

Publication date: November 2016

Region: Global

Part of series: Oxygen technologies

This fact sheet provides an overview of PATH's work, global presence, expertise, partners, and funding.

Publication date: November 2016

Region: Global

This fact sheet describes how PATH supports Kenyan partners to adapt our existing human milk banking model, called the Mother-Baby Friendly Initiative Plus (MBFI+), to meet the country’s needs for newborn care.

Publication date: November 2016

Region: Africa, Global

PATH’s Reach Campaign is a US$125 million fundraising initiative to accelerate progress toward a world where health is within reach for everyone. This report provides an update on the campaign as of fall 2016 and examples of how the campaign is advancing global health solutions along the journey of innovation.

Publication date: November 2016

Region: Global

This fact sheet provides an overview of human milk banking in a global context.

Publication date: November 2016

Region: Global

Advocacy has been part of PATH’s work since our founding nearly 40 years ago. Today, PATH’s team of advocacy professionals around the world works at all levels with governments, civil society, the private sector, and other partners to advance policy initiatives that result in better health for women, children, and families. This brochure explains how we do it and gives examples of our recent successes.

Publication date: October 2016

Region: Global

The goal of the Sanitation Service Delivery (SSD) project is to improve urban sanitation outcomes through developing scalable, market-based models that contribute to structural change within the region’s sanitation sector with an initial focus on cities in Benin, Côte d’Ivoire, and Ghana. The Global Sanitation Service Chain tools help users identify appropriate sanitation technologies for their specific use case; the tools can be found below.

Publication date: October 2016

Region: Global

PATH, in partnership with the Ghana Health Service (GHS) assessed 154 health facilities in four regions to evaluate newborn infrastructure and service delivery as part of the Making Every Baby Count Initiative (MEBCI). Project leaders disseminated their findings in each region and presented the information at the American Evaluation Association conference in October 2016.

Publication date: October 2016

Region: Africa, Global

Moving the Needle provides quarterly updates from PATH’s Center for Vaccine Innovation and Access (CVIA) on its vaccine development efforts, as well as related supporting work, such as developing human challenge models, building capacity of developing-country vaccine manufacturers, and evaluating new adjuvants and other novel vaccine technologies. It includes updates on our progress, partnerships, and specific activities. This is one of two newsletters published by CVIA. Immunization Matters covers CVIA’s vaccine uptake and access work.

Publication date: October 2016

Region: Global

PATH Journeys bring travelers to the heart of PATH's work, allowing them to experience firsthand the impact of our health innovations. Travelers are immersed in the culture of the countries we visit as they meet with the health ministers, clinicians, community health workers, and the women and children whose lives are touched by our work.

Publication date: October 2016

Region: Global