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Better vaccines, better access

Kathleen Donnelly — Fri, 25 May 2012 16:51:13 +0000

Earlier this month, we told you about plans to consider a roadmap to provide universal access to vaccines that have the potential to save more than 20 million lives by 2020. Today, the World Health Organization’s decision-making body, the World … Continue reading »

Raising hope and support at breakfast

Michele Burns — Tue, 22 May 2012 12:00:44 +0000

Early morning is my favorite time of day. A quiet hour spent sipping coffee and reading the paper—it’s hard to beat. But today, I had a very different and very inspiring morning—and not just because I was treated to mango … Continue reading »

A father’s story of safe childbirth

Lesley Reed — Fri, 18 May 2012 07:01:05 +0000

Every year in India, about 78,000 women don’t survive giving birth, and a million babies die in their first month. But in the village of Devpuri—and in thousands of other rural villages and urban slums touched by PATH’s Sure Start … Continue reading »

More reasons to smile

Kathleen Donnelly — Thu, 17 May 2012 21:45:02 +0000

In thousands of rural villages and urban slums touched by PATH’s Sure Start project, ordinary people are using simple yet ingenious tools to make mothers and babies safer. Watch our video to see why they’re smiling today, and see our … Continue reading »

One decade, millions of lives

Kathleen Donnelly — Tue, 15 May 2012 07:01:02 +0000

An action plan for the Decade of Vaccines Next week, an international group with members involved in just about every aspect of developing and delivering vaccines will present a plan to the decision-making body of the World Health Organization and … Continue reading »

Oh, baby! Stories from moms the world over

Emeline Cokelet Meneken — Fri, 11 May 2012 07:01:16 +0000

In the early-morning hours after my daughter Naya’s birth, I was jolted awake by crying. As I rubbed sleep from my eyes, a nurse plucked the baby from her hospital crib, handed her to me, and encouraged me to feed … Continue reading »

Read our birth stories, then tell yours

Teresa Guillien — Thu, 10 May 2012 07:01:16 +0000

When it comes to pregnancy and childbirth, good information and support make all the difference. So what happens when the support’s not there and the information is more dangerous than helpful? In India, it means an astounding number of babies … Continue reading »

Sure Start for moms and babies in India

Lesley Reed — Fri, 04 May 2012 07:01:18 +0000

We’re celebrating results from PATH’s Sure Start project, which reached 24.5 million people in India with information and support to make childbirth safer. To learn more, see our special feature on the project. W. Sita Shankar, our director of Maternal … Continue reading »

Today, go global and GiveBIG

Sandy Marvinney — Wed, 02 May 2012 07:01:40 +0000

PATH has offices all over the world, but today, we’re especially happy to call Seattle our headquarters city. That’s because we’re part of The Seattle Foundation’s community-wide day of giving, called GiveBIG. Until midnight, you can join thousands of others … Continue reading »

Ghana introduces two new vaccines today

Doune Porter — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 07:01:17 +0000

I came to Ghana to support global communications around today’s unprecedented simultaneous launch of two new vaccines with my head full of ideas about the efficiency and cost-effectiveness of introducing two vaccines at once. You can see a short video … Continue reading »