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The acquisition of high-value, complex medical equipment poses significant strategic and operational challenges. These stem not only from the upfront investment required but also from the infrastructure, human resources, and ongoing operational costs necessary to ensure sustained and effective use.Alternative ownership models, such as leasing, can help ensure essential medical equipment remains functional, maintained, and available over its lifecycle. By shifting some or all responsibilities of equipment ownership and management to the private sector, leasing can alleviate the burden on ministries of health, introduce predictable financing mechanisms, and potentially improve equipment uptime. This guide provides a structured framework to support decision-making on when and where leasing may offer advantages over direct purchase and ownership.

This report summarizes PATH’s supply chain analyses for critical respiratory care equipment and related products, highlighting key gaps, challenges, and opportunities for improvement. It provides background and recommendations for strengthening supply chain systems, and explores alternative models to improve reliability, affordability, and sustainability. Drawing on PATH’s work across consumables, accessories, spare parts, piping systems, oxygen cylinders, pressure swing adsorption plants, and liquid oxygen, the report synthesizes insights to inform strategies that ensure continuous access to life‑saving respiratory care in resource‑constrained settings.

Medical devices are a critical but often overlooked component of effective facility-based care, such as medical oxygen therapy. Medical devices have unique characteristics that make them difficult to manage, particularly in low-resource settings. For instance, devices can serve multiple clinical uses across different health areas, complicating ownership and funding responsibilities. They also often require extensive training, ongoing preventive maintenance, and a reliable supply of specialized parts and accessories.This fact sheet highlights PATH's continued focus on improving access to respiratory care and broader medical devices—building on previous research and initiatives under the Market Dynamics for Medical Devices (MD4MD), Scaling Access to Lifesaving Equipment (SCALE), and Strengthening Oxygen Utilization and Respiratory Care Ecosystems (SOURCE) projects. Building on this extensive foundation, PATH will explore and scale innovative business and operating models, while strengthening underlying data systems for managing medical devices and equipment.

Women’s health and well-being are the cornerstone of family health, yet women remain chronically underserved, driven by fragmented health systems, misaligned policies, underinvestment in women‑centered research, and limited access to lifesaving services and products. Investing in women's and family health and the systems that serve them leads to transformative gains, leading to healthier communities, and economies.As a pillar of our approach to enhancing primary health care, PATH has been partnering with countries to advance health equity for women and families--applying a life-course driven approach and integrated people-centered care to increase access to high-quality products and services for women and their families that prioritize dignity, informed choice, and autonomy.This brief summarizes core tenets of PATH's approach to advancing integrated life-course care for women and their families and spotlights examples of our expertise across our maternal, newborn, and child health and sexual and reproductive health portfolio.

Malaria progress off trackAccording to the 2025 World Malaria Report, global progress in reducing malaria deaths is falling far short. In 2024, there were 610,000 deaths—more than 3 times the global target—and an estimated 282 million cases. The report highlights intensifying risks to malaria control, including antimalarial drug resistance, parasite gene deletions that undermine diagnostic tests, insecticide resistance that reduces the effectiveness of bed nets, and the invasive mosquito Anopheles stephensi, which poses a serious challenge to urban malaria control. Extreme weather events, shifting temperatures and rainfall, and conflict and instability are also driving outbreaks and disruptions to health services. Meanwhile, global funding for malaria has plateaued at less than half the target set by the Global Technical Strategy, with recent reductions in development assistance severely impacting interventions.PATH’s commitmentPATH is dedicated to reversing stalled progress and addressing these growing threats. Our 2026-2030 strategy prioritizes strong alignment and coordination within the global malaria ecosystem. Central to this strategy are seven core pillars, recognized globally as essential to driving transmission down to zero. These pillars align with the RBM Partnership Big Push Framework, the WHO Global Technical Strategy, and the 2024 Yaoundé Declaration for a Big Push against malaria endorsed by African Ministers of Health.Through coordinated action and strategic alignment, PATH aims to maximize resources and achieve the greatest impact in the fight against malaria.