Resources

This seven-piece series of purchasing guides is intended to aid procurers in the selection of maternal and neonatal health technologies including birthing and cesarean section simulators, continuous positive airway pressure, fetal monitors, portable ultrasound, rechargeable lighting, thermoregulation devices, and weight scales. Each guide reviews the technology and considers qualities important for use in low-resource settings.

As with many other diseases, the burden of breast cancer falls most heavily on poor, marginalized, and rural women due to their unequal access to screening and treatment. This fact sheet describes PATH and our partners’ novel approach to improving early detection, diagnosis, and care in La Libertad, Peru, using a health care model that can be expanded and applied to other low-resource settings.

Zambia has recently made tremendous progress in preventing deaths and improving health among women, newborns, and children. Despite this, many still do not receive basic health services and lack access to essential medicines, products, and technologies. This brief gives an overview of the potential impact of increased prioritization of these health area commodities and interventions in Zambia.

Resuscitation can help avert newborn death by helping to establish adequate breathing and circulation when newborns struggle to achieve these on their own. This report identifies many of the gaps in accessing and implementing this essential lifesaving commodity in addition to providing key recommendations to address gaps, improve care, and save lives in the future.

As part of the Healthy Markets project, this technical update on HIV rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) includes findings on why RDTs are important; how to apply new technologies in novel ways to address local needs; and it outlines regulatory review and quality assurance findings.