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02/20/2026

This month in PATH Insights, we're highlighting our medical devices and health technologies program!

🧪💡 Explore a few of the PATH innovations making an impact worldwide: https://bit.ly/4kWKvFN

02/19/2026

"We’re in a unique moment where we need to find how to deliver interventions with greater efficiency," PATH Chief Global Health Programs Officer Kammerle Schneider tells Formidable.

"Let me give you an example of women’s health:

🤰 Women show up to a facility when they're pregnant, and we have very siloed programs.

📋 Could we, at that touchpoint, give them a bed net, check them for HIV, for tuberculosis, syphilis?

💉 Could we give them a maternal immunization vaccine?

🪣 Can we start bundling care in different ways at different touchpoints that already exist?"

Full interview: https://beformidable.com/p/why-women-s-health-is-the-next-global-frontier

A discussion with Kammerle Schneider, PATH's chief global health officer

02/17/2026

PATH is working with the South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (Sahpra) to develop a framework for evaluating AI tools.

The goal: to ensure emerging health technologies are safe, inclusive, and effective before they enter the market.

“You wouldn’t give your child or loved one a vaccine or drug that hadn’t been tested or evaluated for safety,” Chief AI Officer Bilal Mateen explains. “We’re working to bring that same standard of rigorous evaluation to AI tools in mental health, because trust must be earned, not assumed.”

Learn more about the project in Axios: https://www.axios.com/local/seattle/2026/02/11/seattle-path-ai-mental-health-safety-rules-regulation-south-africa

Companies would need to show evidence that their tools actually improve mental health outcomes.

02/12/2026

Join us on February 25 for a webinar examining how routine immunization platforms are being used to strengthen malaria vaccine uptake in Burkina Faso and Mozambique.

Moderated by Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance's Eleonora Genovese and PATH's Saira Nawaz, the session will offer practical takeaways for global immunization partners. Presenters will share best practices, lessons learned, and early implementation insights from both countries.

French and Portuguese interpretation will be available.

✍️ Register now: https://bit.ly/4riVInl

02/11/2026

In Kisangani, DRC, frontline health workers are using PATH’s Living Labs approach to co-create solutions that reach zero-dose children—those who have never received a routine vaccination—and strengthen community trust.

Through human-centered design, they’re transforming workflows, improving service delivery, and shaping health systems that reflect local needs.

Health workers Mwisa Kakule John and Beni Efanga Yalotaki explain how: https://bit.ly/4770QT5

02/10/2026

PATH led the consortium that developed nOPV2, a next-gen oral polio vaccine that’s safer and more stable than previous versions. Since 2020, over 1 billion doses of the new vaccine have been delivered, moving the world closer to ending polio for good.

02/06/2026

How does PATH improve health for women and children? Formidable speaks with Chief Global Health Programs Officer Kammerle Schneider: https://beformidable.com/p/how-path-advances-women-s-health-worldwide

Seattle global health organization has a keen focus on women and children

02/05/2026

We're proud to partner with the IOC, WHO, and national and local stakeholders—including the Nepal Olympic Committee—to implement the Community Sport & Health Cooperation Initiative in Nepal!

The program aims to improve youth well-being and help prevent noncommunicable diseases by embedding movement into everyday life. Together, we are expanding access to community sport activities in schools and strengthening links between education, health, sport & community systems.

02/05/2026

In many low-resource areas, children with serious illnesses go undiagnosed due to a lack of basic tools. PATH introduced pulse oximeters and decision-support tools in clinics across four countries. With 1,400 providers trained, over 200,000 children received better care—proving that small, affordable technologies can dramatically improve outcomes.

PATH: The way to better health.

02/03/2026

In , children receive the malaria vaccine in four doses. But ensuring that children complete the full schedule presents challenges for caregivers.

PATH and the Communication For Development Foundation Uganda - CDFU are piloting a toll-free call center program that helps parents and caregivers complete the malaria immunization schedule.

“Already, many mothers have expressed appreciation for the calls,” CDFU Executive Director Nankunda Babihuga said. “Knowing that someone is checking on their child’s health makes them feel valued, and the follow-up by health workers is motivating them to continue returning for subsequent doses.”

📸: Agents at CDFU’s call center respond to queries and conduct outbound calls. Photo: PATH/Waninda Joseph.

02/02/2026

Medical oxygen saves lives, but access to it remains deeply unequal, particularly in low- and middle-income countries where resources are limited and systems remain fragmented and unreliable.

Vietnam is no exception.

At the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, PATH supported Vietnam’s Bộ Y tế in assessing nationwide oxygen capacity gaps.

Our findings highlighted the urgent need for a long-term solution to strengthen Vietnam’s respiratory care ecosystem beyond short-term emergency measures.

To address these issues, PATH and the Ministry of Health codesigned and implemented a series of initiatives under the SOURCE project to provide all patients with access to the lifesaving medical oxygen they need.

📸: PATH tests respiratory care eLearning modules with health care workers to ensure usability and effectiveness. Photo: PATH/Ha Nguyen.

01/29/2026

Mental health care isn’t a luxury, it’s survival. And for Myanmar’s mothers, the time is now.

In places where health care resources are stretched thin, perinatal mental health conditions don’t exist in isolation. They amplify maternal mortality, child malnutrition, and intergenerational poverty.

Issues like this require collective solutions and a sustained commitment to integrate mental health support into the fabric of maternal care.

In Myanmar, progress hinges on two foundations:
1️⃣ Strengthening health systems to reliably identify and address perinatal mental health needs.
2️⃣ Fostering environments in which women and families can seek support without stigma.

World Health Organization Myanmar, UNICEF Myanmar, and PATH worked together to produce a Myanmar-specific training package that equips frontline health care providers to identify, assess, and respond to perinatal mental health conditions. It promotes early detection and intervention through routine health services and emphasizes person-centered, culturally sensitive, trauma-informed care.

📸: Information, education, and communication materials for perinatal mental health. Photo: PATH/Phyo Wai Lynn.