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Early one recent Saturday morning, a group of volunteers gathered near the busy 56 Wards Market in Yangon, Myanmar, to conduct a study. With the help of staff from PATH and the Burnet Institute, the volunteers readied their equipment to test 30 participants carefully chosen to represent a cross-section of the community.

Providing a girl with underwear and sanitary pads may increase her chances of staying in school more than 30%.

The first 1,000 days of life determine a child’s health and development, says Gugu Xaba. She leads our Window of Opportunity project to make sure kids get the best start.

There is school learning, and then there is learning from life. For PATH’s Sophy Mabasa, her degree in clinical nutrition came alive when she had her son, Rifumo.