PATH (Seattle)
PATH is an international nonprofit organization that creates sustainable, culturally relevant solutions enabling communities worldwide to break longstanding cycles of poor health.
Website: http://www.path.org/
November 12
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Africa: It's Best to Use Bednets [guest blog]
Bednets, like seatbelts, are a proven lifesaver, a simple tool that has been shown to sharply reduce deaths from malaria. Yet like seatbelts, bednets can sometimes be a bit of a... Read more »
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Africa: PATH Director Comments On Malaria Vaccine Results [guest blog]
Dr. David Kaslow is director of the PATH Malaria Vaccine Initiative (MVI). Read more »
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Africa: PATH's Kent Campbell Honored for Lifetime Achievement in the Fight Against Malaria [press release]
Kent Campbell, PATH's Malaria Control Program director, today received the distinguished Joseph Augustin LePrince Medal in recognition of outstanding work in the field of... Read more »
November 9
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Africa: RTS,S Malaria Candidate Vaccine Reduces Malaria By Approximately One-Third in African Infants [press release]
Results from a pivotal, large-scale Phase III trial, published online today in the New England Journal of Medicine, show that the RTS,S malaria vaccine candidate can help protect... Read more »
December 6, 2011
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Africa: Advancing the Development of a Malaria Transmission-Blocking Vaccine [press release]
Three leaders in malaria vaccine development announced today a collaboration to evaluate a potential vaccine candidate designed to prevent transmission of malaria from mosquitoes... Read more »
October 18, 2011
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Africa: Vaccine Cuts Malaria Risk by Half for 5-17-month-old Children [press release]
First results from a large-scale Phase III trial of RTS,S, published online today in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM), show the malaria vaccine candidate to provide young... Read more »
June 7, 2011
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Africa: PATH To Collaborate With GlaxoSmithKline and Crucell in Developing Second-Generation Malaria Vaccine [press release]
The PATH Malaria Vaccine Initiative (MVI) announced today that it has entered into a collaboration with Dutch biopharmaceutical company Crucell N.V. and GlaxoSmithKline (GSK). This... Read more »
April 25, 2011
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Africa: Researchers on the Move Against Malaria [column]
Malaria is not something we usually celebrate. It is something we overcome. Day in and day out, too many of us struggle against its insidious threat to our children. As scientists... Read more »
December 7, 2010
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Africa: Questions and Answers About Meningitis and New Vaccine [document]
The disease Read more »
December 6, 2010
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Africa: Revolutionary New Meningitis Vaccine Set to Wipe Out Deadly Epidemics
The West African nation of Burkina Faso today became the first country to begin a nationwide campaign to introduce a new meningitis vaccine that promises to rid the entire... Read more »
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