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"Yet even though cheap tools could prevent and cure both diseases, they
kill an estimated 3.5 million kids under 5 each a year globally."
Be part of the solution. Donate today to the "Bring back rehydration corners for Kenyan kids" cause on the Causes tab of our Fan page and your donation will help fund a place for kids ...with diarrhea to get well in Kenya's clinics. Only one more week left to donate!
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HANOI, Vietnam — Diarrhea doesn't make headlines. Nor does pneumonia. AIDS and malaria tend to get most of the attention.
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“We are very honored and profoundly humbled by this special
recognition,” said Dipika Matthias, Ultra Rice project director at
PATH. “The prize money will go directly to program
activities—furthering the efforts of PATH and its partners to maximize
the potential of children by enabling them to learn and grow through
improved nutrition.”
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PATH has been awarded a five-year contract to improve HIV/AIDS services in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
"This new project is a comprehensive and integrated response to the devastation caused by HIV/AIDS in the Democratic Republic of Congo,” said Julie Pulerwitz, ScD, director of the HIV/AIDS and Tuberculosis Progr...am at PATH. “It will not only improve prevention, care, and treatment services in the short term but also strengthen the long-term capacity of local communities and health systems to meet the nation’s overwhelming needs.”
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Seattle, November 17, 2009—PATH and its project partners have been awarded a five-year contract to improve HIV/AIDS services in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The African nation is home to an estimated 1 million people living with HIV/AIDS.
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Thursday evening, on World Toilet Day, November 19, PATH will welcome experts
from WaterAid America, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and our
own Safe Water Project to discuss the inextricable links between
sanitation and a clean bill of health. Follow us at http://www.twitter.com/PATHtweets as we tweet live from this... event.
Thursday afternoon, follow us on Twitter as we listen to David Winder (Interim
CEO of WaterAid America) address approximately 200 high school
students. His program will focus on global health implications of the
global sanitation crisis as well as some interventions that have proven
effective in some of the poorest countries in the world.
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PATH's mission is to improve the health of people around the world by advancing technologies, strengthening systems, and encouraging healthy behaviors.
See MorePATH In Seattle? Watch KING 5's news tonight at 5 for a story on the impact of individual donors on nonprofits. PATH is highlighted. You'll see inside PATH's product development shop and hear Jan Jacobs, Director of Donor Relations, talk about the powerful impact individual donors make on funding innovation at PATH.
PATH Inspired by a childhood book, Dr. Katya Gamazina now opens new chapters in Ukrainians’ lives.
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In a house in the heart of a city in the Soviet Union, a little girl’s hands grip an open book. Her eyes gaze intently at the page, each word drawing her deeper into the narrative. Captivated, she plows ...
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Check out Chapter 12 of Wendy Smith's new book "Give a Little", featured yesterday in the New York Times. Individual donors, Ms. Smith contends, are crucial to fostering innovation and invention at nonprofit organizations like PATH. She highlights PATH’S Catalyst Fund, telling readers it “…allows PATH to pursue large g...rants, innovate flexibly without the restrictions of large funders, and expand technologies and models it creates after grants for innovation expire.”
More evidence that your donation, however small, can make a huge impact!
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PATH's unique approach to solving global health problems is featured in a chapter of journalist and nonprofit consultant Wendy Smith’s new book, Give a Little.The book, which highlights the ...
See MorePATH Dr. Katya Gamazina, PATH’s Ukraine country program leader, spoke to high-level delegates from 18 priority countries for tuberculosis control in the World Health Organization–European region, in addition to representatives from several multilateral and bilateral organizations, members of civil society, people affected b...y AID...S and tuberculosis, and major donors. She spoke about the growing rates of TB/HIV in Ukraine and the need for a joint effort to address the diseases.
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As part of the first World Health Summit, the leader of PATH’s work in Ukraine discussed the challenges of combining HIV and tuberculosis (TB) programs and diagnosing and treating these dual epidemics. ...
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Global Washington's campaign to get your ideas for global development
is rolling along. Don’t miss out on this unique opportunity for you and
your organization to be heard. Share your ideas, obstacles, and innovative solutions to help create a "Blueprint for Action" that will guide the future of the Global Development sector.
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Together, we're a Movement. We need your help in creating our Blueprint for Action that will guide the future of the Global Development sector. Learn more.
PATH The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation's Living Proof project is featured in this latest ONE blog post. Includes a snippet of Melinda Gates "Impatient Optimists" presentation on rotavirus.
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If you watched Bill and Melinda Gates’ “Impatient Optimists” presentation, you probably remember this discussion about rotavirus, and the deadly impact it can have on children:
PATH The new partnership between PATH and PharmaJet will evaluate a new generation of needle-free injection technologies. These vaccine delivery technologies could reduce health risks and costs associated with traditional needle injections. The collaboration is part of a PATH-led effort to advance needle-free injection tech...nologies for developing-country immunization programs.
PATH: New collaboration with PharmaJet will evaluate needle-free injections for developing-country i
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Seattle, November 3, 2009—PATH and a drug-delivery technology company are collaborating to bring developing countries safe, effective, and affordable injections without using needles. The new partnership ...
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Jonathan Odro Anyumba, chairman of the board of the Kombewa district (Kenya) hospital: "When you visit these areas you'll find that each and every child has malaria. Thirty to 50 percent of the deaths in this community are from malaria...I think this vaccine is going to be very, very useful."
You can follow news from PA...TH's Malaria Vaccine Initiative at twitter.com/MalariaVaccine.
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SIAYA, Kenya — A mother watched with dread as a nurse inserted a tube in her baby's head. Blood streamed into the anemic 4-month-old who already has malaria, the mosquito-borne disease that kills a million African children every year.
See MorePATH Today, PATH joins fellow Global Coalition for Childhood Pneumonia members and communities worldwide in commemorating the first-ever World Pneumonia Day. Two million children under the age of five die each year from pneumonia, mostly in the developing world. World Pneumonia Day is a reminder that children in low-income ...countries need our help everyday to access vaccines and treatment.
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Vaccines already exist for some types of pneumococcal disease, but they do not work for every type of the disease or for everyone who needs protection. PATH is looking for a pneumococcal vaccine that will protect children the world over against this deadly infection.
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The November print edition of Parents Magazine features PATH's Sure Start program. Check it out!
Here's an excerpt: "We take for granted – low infant mortality. One quarter of the world’s newborn deaths take place in India, a third of those in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, where only about 25 percent of women de...liver in health facilities. There’s widespread poverty, and many of the mothers are malnourished. Cultural forces also impede healthy births: it’s considered bad luck to acknowledge a pregnancy, so many women avoid seeking prenatal care. Others believe that fasting during pregnancy will guarantee that they’ll have a son."
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Relatively simple acts could save babies in the developing world—for example, cutting umbilical cords with sterile blades, using skin-to-skin contact to keep newborns warm, recognizing danger signs that warrant hospital care, and taking advantage of health services when they are available. ...
See MorePATH PATH has joined 50+ organizations as part of the Global Coalition for Childhood Pneumonia to support the kick-off of World Pneumonia Day on November 2. The goal is to bring global attention to a little known fact about pneumonia—it kills more children before their fifth birthdays than any other disease, and mostly in t...he developing world. Learn how you can participate in the fight against this preventable disease.
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