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PATH conducted a rapid landscape and qualitative analysis of menstrual cup products and cleaning instructions with a focus on determining their feasibility for women and adolescent girls in low-resource settings. The principal objective of the review was to identify existing evidence-based cleaning processes and products and key research gaps to inform evidence-based, practical menstrual cup cleaning recommendations and future research.We conducted a search of the literature related to menstrual cup products, cleaning products, and practices; organizations promoting or distributing menstrual cups; and the websites of manufacturers, consumer sales outlets, and menstrual health advocates.

This brief outlines key takeaways from the advocacy for health promotion meeting that took place 31 March-April 3, 2021 in Kwilu province, DRC, to explore strategies for improving local health financing. Participants from the provincial assembly, government, Provincial Health Division, and civil society came together to improve the health and wellbeing of Kwilu’s population through perpetuating the gains of health advocacy.The text is available in both English and French.Ce dossier concerne la réunion de plaidoyer pour la promotion de la santé a eu lieu du 31 mars au 3 Avril 2021 afin d’explorer les stratégies pour améliorer le financement dans le secteur de la santé dans la province Kwilu, République Démocratique du Congo. Les participants venus de l’assemblée provinciale, du gouvernement provincial, de la Division Provinciale de la Santé et de la société civile se sont réunis pour améliorer la santé et le bien-être de la population du Kwilu en perpétuant les acquis du plaidoyer pour la santé.Le texte est disponible en français et en anglais.

With the objective to provide quick, high-quality, and accessible COVID-19 testing, PATH implemented a decentralized rapid diagnostic system using Abbott ID NOW and Panbio RDT in Sangamner in Ahmednagar district, Maharashtra. This document outlines the course of the intervention from implementation to impact.

The USAID-funded Map & Match project helps countries, donors, implementing partners, and the global digital health community at large to leverage and adapt existing digital tools in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.As the world learned during the West Africa Ebola outbreak response, prioritizing the reuse and adaptation of existing digital tools is vital to quickly scale access to time-sensitive disease information and data.Through this project, Digital Square at PATH sought to understand the landscape of existing, adaptable software tools used at scale in countries, and subsequently matched those tools with potential use cases for COVID-19. After a broad landscaping in which data was collected from over 130 countries, the project narrowed the scope to validate and collect additional information for 23 countries.For this set of countries, all in sub-Saharan Africa and Asia, Digital Square launched a survey and conducted key informant interviews with ministries of health and local partners in the country. Digital Square also conducted in-depth data collection and interviews with partners in the project’s global good community.

For more than 15 years, the M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust has partnered with PATH to improve public health capacity. This brief highlights a few examples of how the Murdock Trust has supported PATH’s in-house product development shop, helped strengthen digital health capabilities and even furthered the Primary Health Care (PHC) agenda. PATH is grateful for this long-standing partnership and the important public health work that it enables.