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PATH, in collaboration with the Directorate General Health Services (DGHS), Directorate General Drug Administration (DGDA), Government of Bangladesh (GoB) and International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b), is implementing a focused pharmacovigilance program for kala-azar, or visceral leishmaniasis (VL), in Bangladesh. The program aims to strengthen patient safety and care associated with the use of VL drugs. The results of the pharmacovigilance activities are summarized in this newsletter.

Investments in the health and well-being of girls and women yield exponential gains, improving their lives as well as the productivity and prosperity of families, communities, and future generations. PATH works to place girls’ and women’s health and rights at the top of global and national development agendas—including how we achieve the Sustainable Development Goals.

This infographic illustrates the key achievements of the project to establish and validate a manufacturing process to produce semisynthetic artemisinin (ssART) at industrial scale and commercialize ssART. Production of ssART aims to supplement a historically volatile botanical supply chain, strengthening the artemisinin market and ensuring that the global need for artemisinin-based combination therapies can be met, thus supporting current worldwide malaria control measures and strategies for malaria elimination.

Vaccines are one of the most powerful, lifesaving, and cost-eff­ective health tools. Yet today one in five children around the world are not fully immunized with even the most basic vaccines. By 2020, we can bring the full power of immunization to all people. This infographic outlines the vital role the US government plays in making this vision a reality.

Even the most effective health products can’t improve health or save lives if they don’t reach the people who need them. That’s why markets matter. This infographic outlines all the players involved in creating a healthy market to make products available to individuals who can use them to live healthy, productive lives.