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Resource type: Fact sheet
Total results with these characteristics: 137
- The PATH Malaria Vaccine Initiative
This fact sheet gives an overview of the PATH Malaria Vaccine Initiative (MVI), a vaccine development program of PATH. Established in 1999, MVI works to accelerate the development of malaria vaccines and to ensure their availability and …
Author: PATH Malaria Vaccine Initiative
Published: 2012
- PATH's Japanese Encephalitis Project
This fact sheet provides an overview of PATH's work on Japanese encephalitis, including information on the project team and its partners.
Author: PATH
Published: 2007
- Paving the Way for Respiratory Syncytial Virus Prevention: Vaccine Development Against a Widespread Cause of Respiratory Illness in Infants and Young Children
This fact sheet highlights PATH's work to develop a vaccine against respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) with the potential to help control RSV in the developing world through prevention.
Author: PATH
Published: 2012
- Pneumococcal Polysaccharide Vaccine (PPSV): CDC Answers Your Questions
This fact sheet provides information for healthcare professionals on the pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine, including vaccination recommendations from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Author: Immunization Action Coaltion
Published: 2011
- Pneumonia
This fact sheet provides an overview of the causes, means of transmission, symptoms, risk factors, treatment, prevention, and economic costs of pneumonia. Also outlined is the World Health Organization's action plan to prevent and treat pneumonia, …
Author: World Health Organization
Published: 2012
- Point of Service Data to Drive Vaccine Supply Chains
This fact sheet outlines the different approaches that Project Optimize is testing to demonstrate that a consumption‐based system that uses service-delivery-level data can have a beneficial impact on inventory management, stock levels, and …
Author: PATH, World Health Organization
Published: 2011
- Poliomyelitis
This fact sheet about poliomyelitis provides information about the disease and an overview of the work of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative to eradicate it.
Author: World Health Organization
- Protecting Aluminum-Adjuvanted Vaccines From Freeze Damage
This fact sheet describes how PATH developed a low-cost and straightforward technology for protecting aluminum-adjuvanted liquid vaccines from the irreversible damage that results from freezing. Many current vaccines of importance to global …
Author: PATH
Published: 2012
- Protecting Child Health for a Promising Future
This fact sheet provides a snapshot of PATH's programs that tackle the leading causes of childhood illness and death: pneumonia, diarrheal disease, and malaria. It profiles PATH's work on new and innovative vaccines, medicines, diagnostics, and …
Author: PATH
Published: 2012
- Protecting Children From Diarrheal Disease: PATH Takes a Comprehensive Approach to Combating This Leading Cause of Child Deaths
This fact sheet provides an overview of PATH's work, including vaccine development and introduction, in protecting children from diarrheal disease.
Author: PATH
Published: 2011
- Protecting India's Children from Japanese Encephalitis
This fact sheet provides information about the partnerships and commitments that helped the Government of India introduce a landmark strategy to vaccinate children at highest risk. Campaigns in 2006 reached more than 9 million, and the target …
Author: PATH
Published: 2007
- Protecting Newborns From Hepatitis B in Vietnam: Expanding Coverage of the Hepatitis B Vaccine Birth Dose
This fact sheet describes PATH's project to increase the coverage and timeliness of hepatitis B birth dose vaccination in Vietnam.
Author: PATH
Published: 2012
- Questions and Answers on New Facts and Figures on Vaccines and the Global Mercury Treaty
This fact sheet provides frequently asked questions and answers regarding the use of thiomersal in vaccines and related issues surrounding vaccine safety. It includes information about the latest data available, the World Health Organization's …
Author: World Health Organization
Published: 2012
- Questions Frequently Asked About Hepatitis B
Helpful information about hepatitis B risks, transmission, symptoms, and prevention through immunization.
Author: Immunization Action Coalition
Published: 2007
- Recent Evidence on Cervical Cancer Screening in Low-Resource Settings
This fact sheet summarizes evidence published since 2009 on cervical cancer screening and treatment approaches for both low- and high-resource settings. The information provided supports the use of human papillomavirus DNA technologies …
Author: Alliance for Cervical Cancer Prevention
Published: 2011
- Reconstitution Technologies
This fact sheet provides an overview of single-dose, prefilled reconstitution devices (SPRDs), which can make reconstitution of critical vaccines safer and more economical. SPRDs can help eliminate adverse events or wastage that can occur with …
Author: PATH
Published: 2012
- Reducing the Need for Parallel Supply Chains
Project Optimize aims to provide national immunization programs with recommendations to build integrated health supply systems, including strategic linkages with the parastatal and private sector. This fact sheet describes the benefits of and …
Author: PATH, World Health Organization
Published: 2012
- The Road to Safe and Effective Vaccines
This fact sheet highlights the development of new vaccines through clinical trials and their role in providing safe and effective vaccines.
Author: PATH
Published: 2013
- Rotarix®
This fact sheet provides information on Rotarix®, GlaxoSmithKline's live, oral rotavirus vaccine. The document includes information on clinical studies, safety data, and intended use of the vaccine.
Author: GlaxoSmithKline
Published: 2008
- RotaShield® Vaccine and Intussusception Q&A
This fact sheet was developed to answer common questions about RotaShield® and the decision of the US Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices to suspend its recommendation for use.
Author: US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Published: 2004
- RotaTeq®
This fact sheet provides information on Merck's live, oral, pentavalent rotavirus vaccine, Rotateq®, including information on clinical studies and safety data, as well as directions for administration.
Author: Merck & Co., Inc.
Published: 2007
- Rotavirus - Fact Sheet for Parents
This fact sheet provides information about rotavirus symptoms and vaccine safety as well as childhood rotavirus vaccination.
Author: US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Published: 2011
- Rotavirus Disease
This fact sheet provides an overview of rotavirus disease and prevention strategies, with a focus on vaccines. It includes information about the countries that have already introduced rotavirus vaccines and their impact on child health, as well as …
Author: GAVI Alliance
Published: 2012
- Rotavirus Disease and Vaccines in Africa
This fact sheet provides an overview of rotavirus disease and vaccines in Africa. It includes information about the tremendous burden of rotavirus diarrhea in African children, rotavirus diarrhea treatment and prevention strategies, and the …
Author: PATH
Published: 2012
- Rotavirus Disease and Vaccines in Asia
This fact sheet provides an overview of rotavirus disease and vaccines in Asia. It includes information about the tremendous burden of rotavirus diarrhea in Asian children, rotavirus diarrhea treatment and prevention strategies, and the …
Author: PATH
Published: 2012

