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In collaboration with the Uganda Ministry of Health, PATH is leading the Private Sector Family Planning project (2023–2026) to strengthen the private sector market for family planning, paving the way for introduction of more contraceptive methods in commercial outlets, providing clients more options for where and how to access methods of their choice.

The World Health Organization’s (WHO) Strategic Advisory Group of Experts (SAGE) on Immunization concluded that a single dose of human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine delivers solid protection against HPV. Based on the available evidence, SAGE advised that countries may now choose between a one- or two-dose schedule for 9–14-year-old girls and women aged 15 to 20. This is a major step toward reaching the WHO’s global strategy to accelerate the elimination of cervical cancer.This two-page brief a snapshot of the evidence supporting WHO’s endorsement of a single-dose HPV vaccination schedule.Visit the Single-Dose HPV Vaccine Evaluation Consortium page for additional resources.

Collaborating with Zambian women and health care workers to advance integrated, person-centered careThis brief describes PATH's collaboration with the Zambia Ministry of Health to develop person-centered service delivery models for integrating family planning services into childhood immunization programming. Through the project, PATH’s Living Labs team facilitated human-centered program design workshops with women, male partners, and leaders in primary health care, family planning, and immunization to develop innovative approaches to integrate family planning services during routine child immunization and reach postpartum women. During the five-month pilot phase across forty facilities in four districts, public sector health workers reached more than 2,400 women with the combined services of family planning and child immunization.

The need for sexual and reproductive health services have become all the more critical with the ongoing political crisis in Myanmar. COVID 19-related restrictions and the political situation in Myanmar have both impacted maternal health services, and family planning in the public sector. To reduce maternal mortality and morbidity amongst low-income and conflict-affected populations of Myanmar, PATH has been supporting the government in guideline developments, integration of family planning innovations, technical support for sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) policy, cervical cancer guidelines for service providers, and operational plans for cervical cancer prevention. PATH has contributed to Myanmar's first combined RMNCAH strategic plan, and during the COVID-19 pandemic, we adapted our program approach to Primary Health Care (PHC) as the express way to achieving Universal Health Coverage. In this brief, we talk about reduced health service gaps and the increase in the use of affordable, quality, reproductive health products by women and families, and how they reduce maternal mortality and morbidity.

Healthy Markets, an eight-year initiative funded by PEPFAR through USAID and implemented by PATH, aimed to grow a viable commercial market for HIV-related products and services in Vietnam. Through applying a total market approach and responding to key population health care needs through innovation, Healthy Markets contributed to improved sustainability and country ownership of the HIV response and supported the government of Vietnam in advancing toward HIV epidemic control by 2030. This report presents key results, impact, and learnings from the project.