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While scientific research and innovation is essential to address global health challenges, their financing, distribution and management is crucial for scalability and impact. Most grateful to Magda Rosenm?ller, Director of Center for Research in Healthcare Innovation Management at IESE Business School and her team, for a warm welcome and very productive day of meetings discussing how we can help advance health equity with digital health tools, market dynamics capabilities, health system strengthening and financing for development. Shabs Rajasekharan Mara Ferrari Ermias Mebrate Mengistu #healthequity #healthinnovations #globalhealth #digitalhealth #Path #Iesebusinessschool PATH

Reflections from #COP29 from PATH President and CEO Nikolaj Gilbert ??

We're proud to see our own Cathy Ndiaye featured by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation in TIME for her work accelerating access to HPV vaccines! First developed nearly 20 years ago, the HPV vaccine is a highly safe and effective tool to prevent cervical cancer. But the vaccine remains out of reach for many girls in low- and middle-income countries, where over 90% of cervical cancer deaths occur. “Nothing shows inequity more than cervical cancer,” Cathy says. At PATH, she is working to close the gaps in vaccine access in Africa, Asia, and the Pacific Islands. Thank you, Mark Suzman, for amplifying this important message. Full article at https://bit.ly/3Zj0JRT #VaccinesWork #HealthForAll

PATH was delighted to join the Democratic Republic of the Congo's Ministry of Public Health, World Health Organization, and other partners last week for the National Forum for the Elimination of Cervical Cancer, which concluded with a march through Kinshasa for cervical cancer awareness. The events, held alongside the #CervicalCancerElimination Day of Action, demonstrated DRC's commitment to #WomensHealth and highlighted the country's plan to introduce the #HPV vaccine in 2026. Read more: https://bit.ly/3Op6nvf

In 2020, more than half of the world’s maternal deaths occurred in West and Central Africa, with an estimated 147,000 deaths. Every 4 minutes, a woman in this region dies from preventable maternal causes, and 9 million children die annually from preventable causes. Accelerating key interventions in the region could save up to 6.9 million children by 2030! This week, PATH joined global partners in Dakar at the 2024 Every Woman Every Newborn Everywhere (#EWENE)?Regional Consultation. The Regional Consultation sought to identify short-term and medium-term priority actions to accelerate progress towards achieving SDGs targets related to maternal, neonatal, and under-five mortality and to support the children and their caregivers to thrive. At the convention, PATH’s Global MNCH & Immunization lead, Esther Nasikye moderated a session on “Advocacy and accountability for action.” This year, global efforts call for results-oriented interventions for mothers, newborns, and children. Strengthening regional collaboration and aligning partnerships is required to accelerate these interventions.

As we reflect on #WorldChildrensDay, we applaud the dedication of the community health volunteers working to ensure all children have access to lifesaving vaccines. In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, volunteers Nathalie and Kathy go door-to-door to combat vaccine misinformation, raise awareness about vaccine-preventable diseases like polio, and help close the gaps in health care access. As a proud consortium partner of USAID's MOMENTUM Routine Immunization Transformation and Equity project, PATH is committed to advancing equitable health solutions and equipping local health workers with the tools they need to succeed. Discover how this collaborative effort is making an impact in the DRC: https://lnkd.in/ekgnuKgU #VaccinesWork #EndPolio #GlobalHealthHeroes

The World Health Organization is hosting a virtual workshop series for WHO Member States and partners aiming to develop or expand on costed national oxygen scale-up plans. ?? Register now for the first two sessions: https://bit.ly/4euCIeR ???? Participants will include MoH representatives, partner organizations, and other interested parties wishing to further their knowledge and gain practical insights on developing costed national medical oxygen scale-up plans. ?? The workshops will be conducted in English with simultaneous interpretation for Arabic, French, Russian and Spanish. #MedicalOxygen #InvestInOxygen #OpenWHO Janet Diaz Laura Alejandra Vélez Adriana Velazquez Berumen Jamie Rylance Marta Lado Castro-Rial Jacob Goldberg Mostafa Monier Othman Anne Moller Partners In Health Leith Greenslade Ayush Gupta

Many health systems are not set up to help individuals conveniently manage chronic diseases. Over the course of his two decades living with #diabetes, David Macuacua—a truck driver in Mozambique—has rationed medicine and test strips and reused syringes, exposing him to serious complications. This is an all-too-common tale for people living with diabetes in low- and middle-income countries. Despite the skyrocketing epidemiological burden of noncommunicable diseases (#NCDs), many health systems do not offer accessible diabetes care. To address these challenges, PATH, the Coalition for Access to NCD Medicines & Products, and partners developed the Diabetes CarePak: an affordable, monthly recurring kit of supplies for diabetes self-monitoring. Earlier this year, David took part in a usability assessment of the CarePak prototype in Mozambique. Participants showed improvements in clinical health, self-care behavior, and confidence levels, as regular access to CarePak kits eased the stress of self-management and the burden of having to trek to multiple health centers and pharmacies to gather supplies. The Diabetes CarePak project is making it simpler for users in Mali, Mozambique, and Tanzania to self-manage their diabetes. Read more: https://bit.ly/40Sy6vQ #DiabetesAwarenessMonth #HealthForAll

Combining #HIV services with stronger #PrimaryHealthCare is a key way to address equity gaps while permitting financial efficiencies, enabling countries to fund their HIV response domestically as part of an integrated health system. PATH's Davina Canagasabey and George Ogola will join a panel discussion on this topic at the Global Health Landscape Symposium tomorrow, November 20. Alongside panelists from USAID, Genesis Analytics, and Results for Development, we'll explore how to sustainably finance the HIV response and share practical insights from government representatives, implementers, and advocates on approaches that countries like Kenya are already taking to integrate HIV care into domestic health system financing. Learn more about #GHLS24: https://lnkd.in/eccaw7JM

Sunday was the Cervical Cancer Elimination Day of Action—a great time to raise awareness of this deadly but preventable disease. Bangladesh recently joined global efforts to eliminate cervical cancer, with a goal of achieving 90% HPV vaccination coverage among 15-year-old girls by 2030. With support from Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, PATH is proud to collaborate with the Expanded Programme on Immunization of the Directorate General of Health Services of Bangladesh on this second phase of the HPV vaccine rollout alongside Gavi, World Health Organization, and UNICEF. We congratulate the people of Bangladesh for their strong commitment to preventing cervical cancer for future generations of women. ? Our new article shares some bright moments from the HPV vaccination campaign in Jamalpur, Bangladesh: https://bit.ly/40W3DNI #CervicalCancerElimination #VaccinesWork