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Region: Asia
- Ability and Willingness to Pay for Family Planning in Vietnam
This study offers policy analysis of data previously collected on the ability and willingness to pay for family planning in Vietnam. PATH is helping the government of Vietnam to design a total market approach to family planning, which calls for a coordinated response by the full range of family planning service providers to meet a population’s diverse needs.
Author: Winfrey W
Publication date: November 2010
Region: Asia
- 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
- Assessment of the Vaccine Supply Chain for Fee-Based Immunization in Hanoi Capital and Ho Chi Minh City
The objective of this project Optimize assessment was to understand the structure, scope, and quality of the vaccine supply chain for fee-based immunization services and to provide recommendations for strengthening management and monitoring the quality of the vaccine supply chain for fee-based immunization.
Publication date: April 2011
Region: Asia
- An Assessment of Vaccine Supply Chain and Logistics Systems in Thailand
Health Systems Research Institute, in partnership with project Optimize, a PATH and World Health Organization collaboration, commissioned a study led by the Faculty of Pharmacy, Mahidol University, to better understand the vaccine supply chain system in Thailand and the challenges of implementing a streamlined vendor-managed inventory system.
Publication date: September 2011
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.
Author: Fort A, Kothari M, Abderrahim N
Publication date: August 2008
Region: Asia
- 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.
Author: Muller N; Palmer A; Tsu V
Publication date: 2003
Region: Asia
- Attitudes Toward Immunization in Cambodia: A Qualitative Study of Health Worker and Community Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices in Kampong Chhnang
Childhood immunization is a major public health concern in Cambodia. A study of the knowledge, attitudes, and practices of communities and health workers was conducted to identify barriers to immunization and inform future information, education, and communication strategies.
Publication date: 2002
Region: Asia
- 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.
Author: Woodle D, Dickens T, Fox J
Publication date: June 2003
Region: Asia
- Barriers to Access and Use of Public TB Diagnostic Services in Vietnam
This report dissects research results assessing access to and use of public tuberculosis (TB) diagnostic services in nine districts of Vietnam. The report identifies barriers to accessing public-sector TB diagnostic services at the individual, provider, and health system levels.
Publication date: February 2013
Region: Asia
- 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
- Bicycle Model Yields Rich Learning Despite Limited Results: Microentrepreneurs Try to Sell New Water Treatment Product in Rural India
PATH’s Safe Water Project is implementing innovative methods to enable commercial enterprises to produce, distribute, sell, and maintain effective household water treatment and storage (HWTS) products for low-income populations in multiple developing countries around the world. This project brief and fact sheet summarize the findings of the bicycle entrepreneur distribution model—the first of a number of pilot projects that PATH and its partners undertook in India and other countries to overcome distribution and marketing barriers that make it difficult for HWTS manufacturers to reach lower-income households and rural markets.
Author: Lasher H
Publication date: July 2011
Region: Asia
Part of series: Safe water briefs
- Building Pharmacy Capacity in Vietnam: Improving Knowledge and Skills in Primary Health Care
This project brief describes PATH's work to strengthen the capacity of staff in almost 1,000 pharmacies across Vietnam to deliver primary health care services.
Publication date: August 2012
Region: Asia
- Cambodia Country Program Website
This website about PATH’s Cambodia country program provides an overview of the program and its featured projects. See other PATH program websites.
Publication date: 2014
Region: Asia
Part of series: Program websites
- 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.
Author: Bond K; Levack A; Pownall C; Gerber W; Savage W
Publication date: 2003
Region: Asia
- Case Study: Andhra Pradesh -- Introducing and Scaling Up a Sharps Waste Management Program
Publication date: 2006
Region: Asia
- Catalyzing Healthier Labor Migration: Working on Health and Development in Source Communities in Cambodia and Destinations in Thailand
Through PROMDAN, agencies in Thailand and Cambodia responded to the issue of uninformed labor migration. The project aimed to increase access to health services and make labor migration beneficial for migrants and their families. This report documents the development, implementation, and impact of the project.
Publication date: March 2010
Region: Asia