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What if a global health organization looked at the world in a new way? What if it took
ideas that already work in the developed world and adapted them for the poorest of countries,
so that people could lead healthy lives no matter where they’re born? What if it invented
new solutions to age old-challenges, not on a small scale, but at a magnitude that could
overcome the most devastating health problems? Based in Seattle, Washington, since 1977,
PATH is a global health non-profit, working in more than 70 countries.
Every day we work on new health technologies that are affordable and effective. We improve
health systems around the world. We create strategies to inform people about the causes
of poor health and to encourage healthier choices. And to make these innovations available,
sustainable, and financially feasible, PATH partners with a wide range of governments,
businesses, community groups, and other non-profits; all of this to build greater health equity
in the world. Whether or not you’re healthy and survive
to be five years old shouldn’t be an accident of where you’re born. And so health equity
means that we should take the benefits of science and technological innovation and make
sure it’s readily available to all who could benefit from it.
PATH works on some of the world’s most complex challenges. And we’ve been at the center
of some important steps forward. We’ve helped introduce new vaccines in India against Japanese
encephalitis, a widespread cause of death and disability and in Nicaragua, against diarrhea,
the second-leading killer of children under five in the developing world.
We’ve worked to shorten the gap between the time vaccines are introduced in the US
and Europe and the time they reach poorer countries. And in Cambodia, PATH and partners
teamed with the government to nearly double immunization rates for children in just five
years. PATH has designed new ways to reach high-risk
groups with *** prevention information and to educate young people about reproductive
health and how to protect themselves. We developed a single-use syringe that even midwives with
limited training can use to give lifesaving medicines to women in child-birth.
These proven successes point to a brighter future.
While we’ve made substantial progress in the last 30 years, I don’t think that’s
anything like what we’re going to see in the next 30 years. We’re going to see much
more progress. There’s incredible reason to be hopeful.
We know that investments in health do work. When people are healthier, they can be more
productive. Children can go to school. Communities can thrive. At PATH we hope that by working
together, we can create a world where health truly is within reach for everyone.