More than two billion people lack adequate access to essential medical products, often due to challenging terrain and gaps in infrastructure. Because of this, over 2.9 million children under age five die every year. And up to 150,000 pregnancy-related deaths could be avoided each year if mothers had reliable access to safe blood.

Through a partnership with the Government of Rwanda, Zipline will deliver all blood products for twenty hospitals and health centers starting this summer, improving access to healthcare for millions of Rwandans.

PATH's Meningitis Vaccine Project director Dr. Marc LaForce tells the story of Jean-François, a promising young student who survived meningitis, but with hearing loss. The story motivates LaForce to press on when times are difficult. Find out more about this important global health milestone on the PATH website: http://www.path.org/menafrivac/index.php.

For children in Burkina Faso, the first shots of a new meningitis vaccine on December 6, 2010, mark a day they no longer have to live in fear of meningitis epidemics.

This 4-minute animated video emphasizes the difficulty and importance of maintaining proper temperatures in the vaccine cold chain. The risk of exposing vaccines to freezing temperatures are now known to be significant. These risks can be reduced through health worker training, temperature monitoring, investing in new freeze-safe cold chain equipment, and in vaccine formulations that can withstand cooler temperatures.

Fifty years have passed since the United States government pledged its political, financial, and technical resources to end smallpox—catalyzing the international effort, sparking CDC’s work as a global leader, and accelerating decades of vaccine innovation.
Join PATH in celebrating the impact of US government efforts in immunization around the world.

As a district manager, you should make sure that you get reliable, timely and complete monthly reports from each of your health facilities. Learn what criteria to use to evaluate the reports and what to do if there are problems.

This EPI training video provides knowledge and skills based on WHO guidance (for example, Mid-Level Manager and Immunization in Practice modules) to support routine immunization in the field. Find more at www.immunizationacademy.com.

A chat about polio eradication in Pakistan with Chris Maher, Manager of WHO’s polio eradication efforts in the Eastern Mediterranean

The Controlled Temperature Chain, CTC, is an innovative approach to vaccine management allowing vaccines to be kept at temperatures outside of the traditional cold chain of +2°C to +8°C for a limited period of time under monitored and controlled conditions, as appropriate to the stability of the antigen. This episode gives an outlook on the options for countries and what manufacturers can do to support countries.

Overview of the recommended VCQI workflow and editing of Block B in the VCQI control program. Leave a comment or question on this video here: https://www.tec...

An introduction to the VCQI Control Program and brief overview of the user edited blocks. Leave a comment or question on this video here: If you are not alre...

Let’s look at a monthly immunization report and fill it out together. This data is essential for determining which health facilities, districts, or regions n...

Some level of vaccine wastage in inevitable. So how can you be sure you have the right amount of vaccines, to avoid stock-outs and overstocking? Learn how to...

This training addresses how to prepare vaccine from a multidose vial (MDV). A MDV contains more than one dose of vaccine. CDC recommends that providers draw ...

Zambia is committed to building a smarter country with innovative tools to help improve the health and well-being of its people. The BID Initiative is one ex...

Painting a picture of the benefits of polio vaccination. Adding creativity and colour to polio eradication efforts in Afghanistan.

Despite global healthcare innovation, some communities remain out of reach. Village Reach works toward a world where all communities, no matter where they ar...

Kevin O'Donnell reviews the role of VVM and how it can be the answer to increase access and ensure quality of vaccine was not compromised due to unacceptable...

PATH is proud to partner with The World Health Organization’s Regional Office for Africa to highlight the commitment of African leaders closing the immunizat...