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Creating a safety net for children
Municipal councillor Florence Wek-sa is helping families in her community prevent death from diarrhea.

Diagnosis: cervical cancer
In a Nicaraguan hospital far away from her home and her children, Aydalina Aviles endures a battle against a deadly disease.

Feeding children’s potential
Ultra Rice for a new generation of Indian children.

Fighting an illness that shouldn’t exist
In rural Nicaragua, Vilma Salazar Mairena battles cervical cancer while PATH supports a new test that can protect other women from the disease.

From a world most children never see
Raised in a brothel, Sangeeta Paul now helps sex workers protect themselves from HIV.

Hope in a sealed foil pouch
Helping mothers protect their children against HIV.

How can I have this disease?
A cervical cancer survivor, Jenny Flores hopes women throughout Nicaragua can get early screening to avoid the illness she faced.

Good medicine
A vaccine against severe diarrhea is keeping children like Wilson Garcia Obando out of Nicaragua’s hospital wards.

Lasting change from a simple sticker
For Nurse Gladys Wambu the days of guesswork are over.

Long days on the way to ending epidemics
It takes dedicated health workers to get the MenAfriVac™ vaccine to a village.

A long journey, a new life
After a rough boat ride from a remote coastal community in Nicaragua, Carla Gart reaches medical care to deliver her baby.

Making choices, staying safe
Interactive theater helps sex workers in India find ways to protect themselves from HIV and violence.

A new vaccine’s powerful potential
MenAfriVac™ may one day mean the end of epidemic meningitis in Africa.

The picture of progress in Cambodia
Better access to vaccination helps mothers like Issa Ramass keep their babies safe.

The power of community
In rural Cambodia, Chhean Toeu's family is united after years divided by migrant work.

A powerful defense
Geeta Ravi Makula is empowering fellow sex workers in India to protect themselves from HIV.

She found a way forward
Lakshmi Devi Dudekula became a peer counselor and now helps other sex workers protect themselves from HIV.

Stories of hope from South Africa
HIV prevention and safer childbirths mean healthier families and a brighter future.

A stronger future for India
Pranita Ingole gets prepared for motherhood.

Theater for social change
PATH consultant Margaret Larson reports on “magnet theater” in Kenya—and its power to stop HIV.

To the smallest village
Comprehensive health system improvements mean new mother Laxmi can give her baby the care and protection he needs.

Transforming lives
A project in Nicaragua turns rebellious preteen Jonathan Osejo Morraz into a model son.

Walking in her shoes
In Honduras, a training is helping health workers like Cristina Flores understand gender-based violence and provide support for women.