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PATH, with support from UNICEF, is working to design, implement, monitor, and evaluate health care waste management models in two pilot townships in Myanmar. Improper health care waste management, including the unsafe disposal of used syringes and needles, can increase the likelihood of accidents among health workers. PATH trained health staff on good immunization waste management practices, introduced needle and hub cutters for health staff—devices used to separate the potentially infectious needle from the syringe body, and assigned and constructed safe disposal sites for sharps and infectious waste.These validated health care waste management models will help the Myanmar Ministry of Health Sports and Occupational and Environmental Health Division to minimize the environmental, occupational, and community health risks from health care waste generated at health facilities and by community-based midwives.

This webinar, hosted by the PATH Center for Malaria Control and Elimination and facilitated by PATH data visualization specialist Jonathan Drummey, explores:What is Visualize No Malaria?How does each tool in the tech stack work?What is the value of each tool?How are national programs and NGOs using VNM for decision-making?How can interested parties get involved?About Visualize No MalariaVisualize No Malaria (VNM) is a partnership between PATH, several Ministries of Health, and eight tech companies that has introduced new data visualization tools to support malaria elimination efforts in several countries.In Zambia's Southern Province, the tools have contributed to stronger malaria case management and have improved data quality, and have helped drive a 92 percent reduction in malaria-related deaths over 3 years. The Visualize No Malaria initiative has also been replicated in Senegal, which has seen a similar 60 percent drop in reported malaria cases across a population of 1.8 million in northern Senegal in just two years, and is set to expand under this commitment.This success of the partnership owes in part to its unique mix of commercial and open-source software, including DHIS2, Tableau, Alteryx, Mapbox, Twilio, Exasol, DataBlick, Slalom, and Digital Globe.

PHC Insights Series:Strengthening people-centered primary health care (PHC) is likely the most cost-effective approach to achieving sustainable health and social impact. It is the foundation of health systems that put people first, address diverse health needs, and leave no one behind. These case studies highlight PATH’s work in designing, implementing and scaling people-centered initiatives. We focus on actions that have worked to help communities, countries, and regions move towards people-centered PHC, while also suggesting future directions to be leveraged. The case studies utilize suggested levers from the WHO Operational Framework for PHC to frame current and future actions.

The G6PD Operations Research Community of Practice (GORCoP) is a collaboration of researchers, organizations, and clinicians committed to advancing the introduction and scale-up of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) diagnostics in support of safe access to radical cure treatment for Plasmodium vivax malaria through operations research. There are several G6PD diagnostics available now and in the pipeline that have the potential to expand access to safe radical cure. The GORCoP seeks to understand the transitions that health systems will need to undergo and to inform best practices for undergoing these transitions.

PATH's statement on the floor of the 72nd World Health Assembly in Geneva, Switzerland, calling on WHO to work with member states to ensure that they meet their budget targets on funding for health, because without sustainable domestic financing on health the world will never achieve UHC. To truly achieve UHC—and realize its health, economic, and social benefits—we must advance a UHC agenda that recognizes and prioritizes SRHR and delivers lifesaving and critical services to all people require them.