Early Childhood Development

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Articles from our global team
15 Article s
  1. Antenatal care in Nigeria. Photo: PATH/Evelyn Hockstein
    October 12, 2021

    Why moms should have access to vaccines

    Why is vaccination in pregnancy—or maternal immunization— important for public health? Here are 10 reasons.
  2. Aida (left) and Mame Fama Male (right in blue) are community health educators in Pikine, Senegal, who educate women about their family planning options. PATH/Gabe Bienczycki
    February 11, 2021

    People at the center: PHC at PATH

    PATH’s new Primary Health Care (PHC) program links expertise across essential health areas.
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    November 12, 2019

    Ushering in a new era of pneumonia control

    Pneumonia remains the deadliest infectious disease worldwide, claiming the lives of more than 800,000 children under age five every year.
  4. Cryptosporidium
    December 31, 2018

    Combining forces to alleviate the burden of Cryptosporidium

    Diarrhea is more than just unpleasant. It’s deadly.
  5. Good gut health is key to optimal growth and development. Without it, children can develop environmental enteric dysfunction, which can result in chronic malnutrition and stunting. Image: PATH.
    December 11, 2018

    Addressing the hidden burden of gut dysfunction

    It doesn’t have any overt symptoms, but around the world, environmental enteric dysfunction (EED) causes lifelong harm to the most vulnerable children.
  6. Diarrheal disease, Cryptosporidium - cBangladesh cholera clinic - photo Jonathan Torgovnik©, Drug Dev program, use with permission only
    December 1, 2018

    Cryptosporidium: time to “decrypt” a wily parasite

    A lot of ugly things in nature are relatively harmless (Exhibit A: the star-nosed mole)—but Cryptosporidium isn’t one of them.
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