Proud to deliver, with the support of the
@GatesFoundation
, this new rapid diagnostic test with radically increased sensitivity. It will help to identify infections in people without symptoms, and in turn, aid in the fight to end
#malaria
.
#CHOGM2018
#ReadyToBeatMalaria
Transferring production of the malaria vaccine's RTS,S antigen from
@GSK
to
@BharatBiotech
will ensure the availability of the vaccine in Africa, alongside other malaria interventions, in the years to come. via
@devex
We know donors around the world are looking for ways they can help the
#COVID19
crisis in
#India
. Thank you to
@nytimes
for listing us among the best places to donate, highlighting our work to secure oxygen supplies.
#Covid19IndiaHelp
"A global pandemic requires no less than a world effort to end it. None of us will be safe until everyone is safe. Global access to
#COVID19
vaccines, tests and treatments for everyone who needs them, anywhere, is the only way out."
@DrTedros
#ACTogether
We're excited to announce the regulatory approval of a G6PD deficiency test! This is an important milestone in P. vivax malaria treatment and elimination initiatives.
#EndMalaria
A new pneumonia vaccine produced in India, recently prequalified by the
@WHO
, will be made available to low- and -middle-income countries for a target of US$2 per dose.
#StopPneumonia
#FightingForBreath
Racism is a public health crisis.
As a public health organization working to achieve health equity, we have an obligation to choose and to work every day to be anti-racist.
#GeorgeFloyd
Excited to again be collaborating with
@WHO
and
@DrTedros
to shape the future of global public health. Announcing the WHO-PATH partnership to digitize global health.
#DigitalHealth
In our new
#digitalhealth
partnership,
@PATHtweets
will work with
@WHO
to inform its global health strategy, identify ways to support countries to build digital infrastructure, and leverage expertise from multiple sectors.
@catherinecheney
@devex
We are pleased to announce that
@Kammerle_S
will be PATH's new Chief of Programs & Innovation. With 10+ years of experience at PATH, Kamm will lead a nearly 600-person global team working to solve some of the most vexing global health challenges.
The
#COVID19
is not an equalizer. We are seeing it disproportionately impacting the most marginalized people and communities. As a public health community, we must ensure equity is at the center of everything we do.
As an institution, PATH acknowledges racism as an ongoing public health crisis that requires our action, humility, and solidarity. Read our statement at .
#BlackLivesMatter
PATH announced today that its Board of Directors has unanimously chosen
@nikolajgilbert
as the organization’s next CEO. Nikolaj will succeed
@SteveDavisPATH
as of January 6, 2020.
🚨 Breaking news 🚨
@WHO
has approved type 2 novel oral polio vaccine
#nOPV2
for prequalification. This will ensure broad, long-term accessibility to help
#MakePolioHistory
. Find out more:
Studies continue to show that mask wearing, together with handwashing and social distancing, helps reduce the spread of
#COVID19
.
PATH staff wear masks to protect themselves and others. This
#WorldMaskWeek
, share your mask with the hashtag
#WearAMask
and tag others to join!
We know the impact of
#socialdistancing
is significant — but so are the potential life-saving benefits.
Spending less time together now can help
#FlattenTheCurve
of
#COVID19
so we don’t overwhelm health care systems.
Together in person at
#TropMed22
for the first time in three years!
@ASTMH
provides an opportunity for PATH and our global partners to come together to share our wide breadth of
#malaria
control and elimination efforts rooted in deep technical expertise.
Proud to deliver, with the support of the
@GatesFoundation
, this new rapid diagnostic test with radically increased sensitivity. It will help to identify infections in people without symptoms, and in turn, aid in the fight to end
#malaria
.
#ReadyToBeatMalaria
#WorldMalariaDay
The world has been waiting over 60 years for a new drug for relapsing
#malaria
—today we congratulate
@GSK
and
@MedsforMalaria
on
@US_FDA
submission of a new single dose treatment for P. vivax that may help eliminate the disease for good.
PATH calls on the US Administration to rejoin
@WHO
. As the world faces a devastating public health crisis, now is precisely the time we need solidarity among world leaders to guide the global response to
#COVID19
.
Today, we are announcing the launch of a new five-year organizational strategy.
The strategy’s three priorities, four change strategies, and six enablers are designed to help PATH reimagine the role of the INGO and become a bridge to a better sector.
PATH welcomes
@gavi
and
@unicef
's announcement of a new supply agreement awarded to Serum Institute of India under the Advance Market Commitment (AMC) for its
@WHO
-prequalified pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV), PNEUMOSIL®.
#VaccinesWork
We lose on average 830 moms to pregnancy & childbirth complications every day. The world loses when we lose mothers. Let’s fight against maternal mortality to ensure we never have to imagine a world
#WithoutMom
@RockefellerFdn
@UNFPA
@UNICEFUSA
@WRAglobal
A wave of digital innovations and strong government leadership unleashed a digital health revolution in Tanzania. Here's how that’s strengthened its national health system and established Tanzania as a leader in the global digital health revolution.
In a historical movement in the fight against
#malaria
, today
@WHO
recommends widespread use of the RTS,S
#MalariaVaccine
among children at risk. The vaccine could soon be available – as an additional malaria control tool – to more children across Africa.
Welcome back to Uganda,
@GaviSeth
!
During the
@gavi
CEO's visit, PATH,
@MinofHealthUG
,
@UNICEFUganda
, and national immunization champions convened to discuss
#Uganda
's effort maintaining immunization rates during COVID-19 and amidst the current Ebola outbreak.
#Ghana
🇬🇭 becomes the first African country to receive
#COVID19
vaccines from the COVAX facility. 600,000 Oxford-AstraZeneca doses arrived in Accra this morning. The delivery is the first wave of arrivals to continue in coming days.
Countries do a better job of fighting
#malaria
and saving lives when they have the data and tools they need to support decisions and programming. Through
@PMIgov
, the PATH-led PMI INFORM project is partnering w/ countries to help fill that gap.
#EndMalaria
Well-functioning supply chains are critical to the provision of health services in all countries. Join us on Jan 28 for an insightful event on supply chain management.
Register here:
#PublicHealthSupplyChain
#StrengtheningSupplyChain
Now a campaigner and advocate to
#endTB
, TB survivor and medical student
@TamarynGreen
shares her personal story— the isolation, struggle and 7 months the disease took from her studies, life and future. Now she aims to
#BreakTheStigma
around TB.
#StopTB
#UNHLMTB
During
@SenateForeign
hearing today, positive news from
@ABlinken
that Biden admin. plans to join COVAX, so that we "ensure that every American gets the vaccine, but also help make sure" others in lower income countries do, too.
"This is momentous not only in the case of malaria, but also more broadly in the fight against parasitic diseases." -Dr. Ashley Birkett, director of PATH's
#Malaria
Vaccine Initiative.
@AgnesBridge
@VICE
@vicenews
By the end of 2021, disruptions to essential health services caused by
#COVID19
will threaten more than a decade of progress reducing child mortality rates and set us back in reaching our goal of
#HealthForAll
. The world can't afford to wait. We must act now to
#SaveMomsAndKids
.
Are you ready for
#AHAIC2023
in Kigali? We are. Join the PATH,
@SAHTACtweets
,
@CHReaDKenya
session on March 6 for an engaging discussion on "Sustainable Pharmaceutical Manufacturing in Africa for Global Health Security." Register now to attend virtually: .
Three billion people live in areas at risk for Japanese encephalitis. Learn how PATH and partners worked together to protect more than 300 million people from this dreaded disease.
Today, the international community, through
@gavi
, stepped forward to help finance the rollout of the world’s first malaria vaccine. In partnership with
@GSK
,
@WHO
, African ministries, and scientists, we are helping protect children at risk of
#malaria
. .
We're honored to receive Geospatial World Forum's 2019 Global Excellence Award, w/ our partners
@tableau
&
@mapbox
. Learn how our collaboration is bringing real-time data to the frontlines in the fight against
#malaria
:
#GWF2019
#GeospatialByDefault
In a recent report, the Lancet
@Commissioncovid
explicitly calls for a new Global Health Fund that brings together systems investments for pandemic preparedness and response and
#PHC
. We look forward to seeing these issues on the table during 2023 HLMs.
The future of health is
#digital
. It’s a must that we embrace it.
@WHO
should be ahead of the curve to harness the power of digital technologies for global health.
#EB144
.
@BillGates
just mentioned a transmission-blocking vaccine at
#CHOGM2018
. A human vaccine to protect malaria-transmitting mosquitoes could break the never-ending cycle of
#malaria
. Here's how it works:
#ReadytoBeatMalaria
Africa only produces 1% of the vaccines it administers; the remaining 99% are imported.
@ChelseaClinton
sets the scene by explaining the need to boost Africa's capacity to manufacture health products, including vaccines.
#CGI2022
#PATHatUNGA
#UNGA77
Wealthy nations need to ensure equitable vaccine distribution to pull us back from "the brink of a catastrophic moral failure," said
@DrTedros
at
#EB148
.
Today we are thrilled to announce with our partners
@GSK
and
@BharatBiotech
the product transfer agreement to help ensure the long term supply of the RTS,S/AS01 malaria vaccine to help
#EndMalaria
.
Final "remarkable" results from a landmark study by
@LSHTM
and partners show that combining the RTS,S
#malariavaccine
with antimalarial drugs – in areas of Africa with seasonal malaria – continued to dramatically reduce malaria cases and deaths in young children over 5 years
Today, PATH signed a memorandum of understanding with
@AfricaCDC
to reaffirm our shared commitment to strengthening health systems and improving health equity and security on the African continent.
In the words of Acting Director
@laktarr001
, “now it’s time to get to work.”
We’re excited for tomorrow’s launch of the world’s first
#MalariaVaccine
in
#Kenya
! 🦟 Kenya is the third country to begin vaccination, alongside Malawi and Ghana.
On Friday Sept. 13, 2019 Kenya will become the 3rd country in Africa to launch the phased introduction of the RTS,S malaria vaccine, the world’s first vaccine to protect young children against the most deadly form of malaria
#malariavaccinekenya
@NvipKenya
@PATHtweets
@WHO
Low- and middle-income countries are facing a massive syringe shortage—jeopardizing COVID-19
#vaccine
rollout and routine immunizations. PATH experts explain the causes and implications.
By the end of 2021, disruptions to essential health services caused by
#COVID19
will threaten more than a decade of progress reducing child mortality rates and set us back in reaching our goal of
#HealthForAll
. The world can't afford to wait. We must act now to
#SaveMomsAndKids
.
While “not every hospital should have a milk bank, Pumwani was selected because of so many things they do right," said Kiersten Israel-Ballard, our associate director for for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health and Nutrition.
@qz
#breastfeeding
Proud to see the rollout of the world's first
#MalariaVaccine
among the
@nytimes
' 22 firsts of 2019! We've worked with partners since 2001 on the dev't and introduction of this new malaria control tool, now being given to children in areas of 3 African countries.
#EndMalaria
An albino panda was captured on camera, as was a black hole. A kidney was delivered via drone. America sold rice to China. Here are 22 things that happened for the first time this year, by Tricia Tisak.
Our condolences to the family, friends and
@who
colleagues of Dr Richard Valery Mouzoko Kiboung. We stand committed to working with our partners to finish the job of ending
#ebola
in
@drc
.
@drtedros
@olyilunga
Please join us in congratulating PATH Country Director Nanthalile Mugala, recipient of the 2018 Zambia Pediatric Association Award for Championing Environmental Influence in Children’s Welfare. Thank you for your incredible work, Dr. Mugala!
A good day for global health indeed! We are happy to see the US restore ties with
@WHO
and announce support for
@ACTAccelerator
and
#COVAX
. Global cooperation is key to ending this pandemic.
#EB148
We are deeply saddened to learn of the tragic loss of life in the crash of Ethiopian Airlines flight 302. Our thoughts are with those who lost loved ones today, including those from PATH's peer organizations.