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  1. People backlit by headlights stroll down a city street at night.
    November 27, 2013

    Innovation on the street in DR Congo

    Our president and CEO Steve Davis recently returned from the Democratic Republic of Congo, where he traveled with PATH staff working to improve health services among some of the country’s most vulnerable people. Here are some of his observations.

  2. Corrugated steel outhouse with the initials "V.I.P." painted in yellow on the side.
    November 19, 2013

    For World Toilet Day, a tour de toilettes

    Our colleagues at PATH’s DefeatDD know how to have a good time in support of an important cause: clean water and sanitation. To mark World Toilet Day, they invited photographers to submit their favorite images of this humble yet essential tool for a 2014 calendar they’re calling, “Oh, the Places We Go.” You can download your own version on the DefeatDD website. But before you do, learn the thinking behind the whimsy from PATH’s Hope Randall, and check out more photos on Facebook.

  3. Banner with a red cartoon depiction of HIV.
    November 8, 2013

    HIV spreading among some groups

    Since the early years of the 21st century, much of the news about HIV/AIDS has been encouraging. In many places, funding for diagnosis and treatment has increased, as has the number of people getting treatment. Transmission of HIV from mothers to infants has fallen while lifespans have soared. But a couple of stories this week remind us that the good news doesn’t extend to everyone.
  4. Four giggling young girls in school uniforms pose for the camera.
    October 29, 2013

    A new Thai NGO, born of PATH’s success

    When PATH began working in Thailand in the early 1980s, the HIV/AIDS crisis was just emerging. It was a time of confusion and fear, when the availability of accurate information crucial to the lives of both health care providers and the people they served was scarce. Some of our first projects in Thailand targeted both: We provided HIV-prevention training to factory workers, and we disseminated essential information on the virus and its prevention to health care providers.