The shortage of vaccines, oxygen, and other lifesaving medical supplies, and a steep rise in new variants of COVID-19—including the dangerous Delta variant— have resulted in an unprecedented death rate across multiple countries in Africa. We are responding urgently on the ground and we need your help. Please donate today.
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PATH teams are hard at work across Africa—from hard-hit Uganda to Kenya to DRC to Senegal and beyond—on key issues like access to oxygen, vaccination, and testing. With funding from donors like you, we can do even more to meet the urgent needs these communities are facing.
PATH's global COVID work
In Zambia, PATH scientists Mulenga Mwenda-Chimfwembe and Brenda Mambwe prepare to test samples for the presence of SARS-CoV-2 RNA.
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PATH India staff assess oxygen equipment in Karnataka as part of an upgrade to the hospital's oxygen generation capacity.
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COVID-19 samples awaiting analysis at the PATH Seattle laboratory. The PATH Covid-19 biorepository is a global resource for diagnostics developers.
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In the first weeks of the pandemic PATH's Seattle engineering shop used donations to accelerate design and production of personal protective equipment for healthcare workers and shared the open-source designs with the global maker community.
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The interactive Global Oxygen Needs Tracker, developed by PATH, has become a critical tool for planners, advocates, and journalists, and has been featured in BBC World and other media. (Screenshot, view the tracker at www.path.org/oxygen-needs-tracker)
5 of 5Donations to PATH are allocated to a variety of programs and projects, depending on current needs and emerging health issues.