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Resource type: PATH resource
Total results with these characteristics: 269
- 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 Rotavirus Advocacy and Communications Toolkit
This toolkit was developed to help increase awareness of the burden of rotavirus disease and the power of rotavirus vaccines to prevent childhood deaths and hospitalizations. It contains key messages, fact sheets, country introduction maps, and …
Author: PATH
- PATH's Children's Vaccine Program: Increasing Immunization Coverage, Improving Immunization Safety, and Expanding Protection
This short paper highlights some of the key achievements of PATH's Children's Vaccine Program on the occasion of its sixth anniversary, with a special focus on China, India, and Indonesia. The Program's mission is to promote equal access to new …
Author: PATH
Published: 2004
- 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
- PATH's Japanese Encephalitis Project: Collaboration and Commitment to Protect Asia's Children
A final report on the focused efforts of PATH and its partners to provide technical support to JE-endemic countries to improve data for decision-making, advance the availability of an improved vaccine, introduce vaccine to immunization systems, and …
Author: PATH
Published: 2009
- 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
- Perceptions About Injections and Private-Sector Injection Practices in Central Nepal
This eye-opening report documents provider injection practices and attitudes toward medical injections among providers and the general public. In spite of widespread use of disposible syringes and seemingly high awareness of the dangers of …
Author: PATH and the General Welfare Pratisthan
Published: 2000
- 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
- Practical, Local Solutions for Safely Managing Contaminated Syringes and Other Medical Waste
Until recently little guidance had been available on practical, affordable, and safe waste storage and collection systems or on construction of effective burners. PATH partnered with Nepali nongovernmental organization General Welfare Pratistan and …
Author: PATH
Published: 2004
- Preparing for Malaria Vaccines: African Scientists Speak Out
In this five-minute video, scientist-advocates describe their critical role in closing the gap between the availability of lifesaving interventions and developing countries' access to them. A malaria vaccine could be available in just a few short …
Author: PATH
Published: 2007
- Preventing Freezing in Vaccine Carriers
As part of the project Optimize traveling exhibit—an exhibit featuring supply chain innovations being developed and tested in different countries around the world—this banner emphasizes the importance of, and methods for, preventing …
Author: PATH, World Health Organization
Published: 2013
- Preventing Vaccine Freezing in the Cold Chain
Vaccine freezing in the cold chain is increasingly recognized as a serious threat to immunization programs. This zipped set of materials includes background information on the freezing problem (two literature reviews and a PowerPoint presentation); …
Author: PATH
Published: 2003
- Project Optimize's Flickr Photostream
Using new technologies and scientific advances, project Optimize intends to help transform the vaccine supply chain, enabling it to meet the demands of an increasingly large and costly portfolio of vaccines. This project Optimize flickr photostream …
Author: PATH, World Health Organization
- Proper Handling and Disposal of Auto-Disable Syringes and Safety Boxes
Part of the "Training Resource Series," this unique training module was specially designed to be easy to adapt for specific national programs. In addition to key technical content it includes quizzes, role plays, and creative ideas for trainers.
Author: PATH
Published: 2006
- 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 Asia's Children
This article featured in PATH’s programmatic newsletter, Directions in Global Health, discusses PATH's JE project and their work in Asia.
Author: PATH
Published: 2005
- 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 for a Healthy Tomorrow: Lessons From the Andhra Pradesh Partnership Project on Immunization
This publication outlines the activities undertaken in the five-year Partnership Project on Immunization by the Indian state government of Andhra Pradesh and PATH to strengthen routine immunization by introduction of the hepatitis B vaccine in …
Author: PATH; Government of Andhra Pradesh, India
Published: 2006
- 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
- Protocol for Evaluating Freezing in the Vaccine Cold Chain
This protocol is designed to document the level of freezing in the cold chain and identify specific problem areas where corrective actions are warranted. It can be tailored to an individual program’s resources: a simple, low-cost study can be …
Author: PATH
Published: 2003
- Public-Private Partnerships for Global Health: How PATH Advances Technologies Through Cross-Sector Collaboration
This policy report highlights the essential role that public-private partnerships play in driving global health product development, including vaccines and related technologies, and offers insights into the key components of successful …
Author: PATH
Published: 2013
- Pull Mechanisms for Value-Added Technologies for Vaccines
The Optimize project, a collaboration between PATH and the World Health Organization, commissioned this white paper to examine the issues influencing vaccine producer willingness to advance, adopt, and commercialize value-added technologies for …
Author: PATH, World Health Organization
Published: 2009
- Rapid Assessment of Perceptions, Knowledge, and Practices Related to Immunization Injection Safety in Nepal
This eye-opening report gives an in-depth look at immunization practices and concerns among immunization providers and managers in Nepal. The report shows that despite adequate training and supply of vaccines, availability of proper disposal …
Author: PATH and the General Welfare Pratisthan
Published: 2001

