Resources

The availability of an Ov16 serology-based rapid test has highlighted important issues around uptake and appropriate use. The commercial availability of a rapid test does not guarantee high-quality results will be obtained when used by a program. There are many steps involved in selecting a test, how and when testing will occur, performing the test, reporting results, and how the results are used to inform control and elimination programs. At each step of the process, there is the potential that something can go wrong. Confidence in the testing process, including test quality, performance and accurate results, is important to consider when national onchocerciasis control and elimination programs (NOCPs) use test results for action. A quality assurance (QA) program will help assure NOCPs that the tests are functioning as intended, results are of high quality, and additionally provide an opportunity for feedback to the test manufacturer.

Purpose: To educate caregivers and health care providers about the prevalence and ways to reduce the change of premature birth, and how to support a premature baby.Used by health care providers and caregivers.Approved by the Ministry of Health, Mozambique.

This report calls for the UN and its member states to acknowledge the importance of global health R&D in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and include robust indicators to measure progress toward it in the monitoring framework. The report recommends a short list of health R&D indicators for inclusion in the monitoring framework.

Very few women in low-resource settings are able to receive treatment for cervical precancer when they need it. Through the Cryotherapy Market Dynamics Project, PATH undertook an analysis of supply-and-demand factors to determine whether there are market interventions that could ameliorate the current low levels of treatment coverage.

This 80-page report highlights why governments and donors should invest now in research to help determine and implement the most effective and efficient ways to enable adolescents to access and use contraception. The long-term economic and health benefits of increasing access will far outweigh the costs.