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| (i) Name of supported organization | (ii) EIN | (iii) Type of organization (described on lines 1- 10 above (see instructions)) | (iv) Is the organization listed in your governing document? | (v) Amount of monetary support (see instructions) | (vi) Amount of other support (see instructions) | |
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(a) 2018 | (b) 2019 | (c) 2020 | (d) 2021 | (e) 2022 | (f) Total | |
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| 1 | Gifts, grants, contributions, and membership fees received. (Do not include any "unusual grant.") .. | 305,316,107 | 286,808,545 | 287,454,383 | 333,068,959 | 347,720,581 | 1,560,368,575 |
| 2 | Tax revenues levied for the organization's benefit and either paid to or expended on its behalf.... | ||||||
| 3 | The value of services or facilities furnished by a governmental unit to the organization without charge.. | ||||||
| 4 | Total. Add lines 1 through 3 | 305,316,107 | 286,808,545 | 287,454,383 | 333,068,959 | 347,720,581 | 1,560,368,575 |
| 5 | The portion of total contributions by each person (other than a governmental unit or publicly supported organization) included on line 1 that exceeds 2% of the amount shown on line 11, column (f) .. | 702,888,681 | |||||
| 6 | Public support. Subtract line 5 from line 4. | 857,479,894 | |||||
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(a) 2018 | (b) 2019 | (c) 2020 | (d) 2021 | (e) 2022 | (f) Total | |
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| 7 | Amounts from line 4.. | 305,316,107 | 286,808,545 | 287,454,383 | 333,068,959 | 347,720,581 | 1,560,368,575 |
| 8 | Gross income from interest, dividends, payments received on securities loans, rents, royalties and income from similar sources... | 2,963,587 | 6,310,221 | 12,207,084 | 8,920,472 | 4,050,778 | 34,452,142 |
| 9 | Net income from unrelated business activities, whether or not the business is regularly carried on.. | ||||||
| 10 | Other income. Do not include gain or loss from the sale of capital assets (Explain in Part VI.).. | 980,560 | 836,870 | 1,030,112 | 843,270 | 869,980 | 4,560,792 |
| 11 | Total support. Add lines 7 through 10 | 1,599,381,509 | |||||
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(a) 2018 | (b) 2019 | (c) 2020 | (d) 2021 | (e) 2022 | (f) Total | |
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| 1 | Gifts, grants, contributions, and membership fees received. (Do not include any "unusual grants.") . | ||||||
| 2 | Gross receipts from admissions, merchandise sold or services performed, or facilities furnished in any activity that is related to the organization's tax-exempt purpose | ||||||
| 3 | Gross receipts from activities that are not an unrelated trade or business under section 513 ..... | ||||||
| 4 | Tax revenues levied for the organization's benefit and either paid to or expended on its behalf... | ||||||
| 5 | The value of services or facilities furnished by a governmental unit to the organization without charge | ||||||
| 6 | Total. Add lines 1 through 5 | ||||||
| 7a | Amounts included on lines 1, 2, and 3 received from disqualified persons | ||||||
| b | Amounts included on lines 2 and 3 received from other than disqualified persons that exceed the greater of $5,000 or 1% of the amount on line 13 for the year. | ||||||
| c | Add lines 7a and 7b.. | ||||||
| 8 | Public support. (Subtract line 7c from line 6.) | ||||||
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(a) 2018 | (b) 2019 | (c) 2020 | (d) 2021 | (e) 2022 | (f) Total | |
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| 9 | Amounts from line 6... | ||||||
| 10a | Gross income from interest, dividends, payments received on securities loans, rents, royalties and income from similar sources.. | ||||||
| b | Unrelated business taxable income (less section 511 taxes) from businesses acquired after June 30, 1975. | ||||||
| c | Add lines 10a and 10b. | ||||||
| 11 | Net income from unrelated business activities not included on line 10b, whether or not the business is regularly carried on. | ||||||
| 12 | Other income. Do not include gain or loss from the sale of capital assets (Explain in Part VI.) .. | ||||||
| 13 | Total support. (Add lines 9, 10c, 11, and 12.).. | ||||||
| Section A - Adjusted Net Income | (A) Prior Year |
(B) Current Year (optional) |
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| 1 | Net short-term capital gain | 1 | ||||
| 2 | Recoveries of prior-year distributions | 2 | ||||
| 3 | Other gross income (see instructions) | 3 | ||||
| 4 | Add lines 1 through 3 | 4 | ||||
| 5 | Depreciation and depletion | 5 | ||||
| 6 | Portion of operating expenses paid or incurred for production or collection of gross income or for management, conservation, or maintenance of property held for production of income (see instructions) | 6 | ||||
| 7 | Other expenses (see instructions) | 7 | ||||
| 8 | Adjusted Net Income (subtract lines 5, 6 and 7 from line 4) | 8 | ||||
| Section B - Minimum Asset Amount | (A) Prior Year |
(B) Current Year (optional) |
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| 1 | Aggregate fair market value of all non-exempt-use assets (see instructions for short tax year or assets held for part of year): | 1 | ||||
| a | Average monthly value of securities | 1a | ||||
| b | Average monthly cash balances | 1b | ||||
| c | Fair market value of other non-exempt-use assets | 1c | ||||
| d | Total (add lines 1a, 1b, and 1c) | 1d | ||||
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Discount claimed for blockage or other factors (explain in detail in Part VI): |
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| 2 | Acquisition indebtedness applicable to non-exempt use assets | 2 | ||||
| 3 | Subtract line 2 from line 1d | 3 | ||||
| 4 | Cash deemed held for exempt use. Enter 0.015 of line 3 (for greater amount, see instructions). | 4 | ||||
| 5 | Net value of non-exempt-use assets (subtract line 4 from line 3) | 5 | ||||
| 6 | Multiply line 5 by 0.035 | 6 | ||||
| 7 | Recoveries of prior-year distributions | 7 | ||||
| 8 | Minimum Asset Amount (add line 7 to line 6) | 8 | ||||
| Section C - Distributable Amount | Current Year | |||||
| 1 | Adjusted net income for prior year (from Section A, line 8, Column A) | 1 | ||||
| 2 | Enter 85% of line 1 | 2 | ||||
| 3 | Minimum asset amount for prior year (from Section B, line 8, Column A) | 3 | ||||
| 4 | Enter greater of line 2 or line 3 | 4 | ||||
| 5 | Income tax imposed in prior year | 5 | ||||
| 6 | Distributable Amount. Subtract line 5 from line 4, unless subject to emergency temporary reduction (see instructions) | 6 | ||||
| Section D - Distributions | Current Year | |
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| 1 Amounts paid to supported organizations to accomplish exempt purposes | 1 | |
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Amounts paid to perform activity that directly furthers exempt purposes of supported organizations, in excess of income from activity |
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| 3 Administrative expenses paid to accomplish exempt purposes of supported organizations | 3 | |
| 4 Amounts paid to acquire exempt-use assets | 4 | |
| 5 Qualified set-aside amounts (prior IRS approval required - provide details in Part VI) | 5 | |
| 6 Other distributions (describe in Part VI). See instructions | 6 | |
| 7Total annual distributions. Add lines 1 through 6. | 7 | |
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Distributions to attentive supported organizations to which the organization is responsive (provide details in Part VI). See instructions |
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| 9 Distributable amount for 2022 from Section C, line 6 | 9 | |
| 10 Line 8 amount divided by Line 9 amount | 10 | |
| Section E - Distribution Allocations (see instructions) |
(i) Excess Distributions |
(ii) Underdistributions Pre-2022 |
(iii) Distributable Amount for 2022 |
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| 1 Distributable amount for 2022 from Section C, line 6 | ||||
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Underdistributions, if any, for years prior to 2022 (reasonable cause required-- explain in Part VI).
See instructions. |
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| 3 Excess distributions carryover, if any, to 2022: | ||||
| a From 2017....... | ||||
| b From 2018....... | ||||
| c From 2019....... | ||||
| d From 2020....... | ||||
| e From 2021....... | ||||
| fTotal of lines 3a through e | ||||
| g Applied to underdistributions of prior years | ||||
| h Applied to 2022 distributable amount | ||||
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Carryover from 2017 not applied (see instructions) |
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| j Remainder. Subtract lines 3g, 3h, and 3i from line 3f. | ||||
| 4Distributions for 2022 from Section D, line 7: | ||||
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| a Applied to underdistributions of prior years | ||||
| b Applied to 2022 distributable amount | ||||
| c Remainder. Subtract lines 4a and 4b from line 4. | ||||
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Remaining underdistributions for years prior to 2022, if any. Subtract lines 3g and 4a from line 2. If the amount is greater than zero, explain in Part VI. See instructions. |
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Remaining underdistributions for 2022. Subtract lines 3h and 4b from line 1. If the amount is greater than zero, explain in Part VI. See instructions. |
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7 Excess distributions carryover to 2023. Add lines 3j and 4c. |
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| 8 Breakdown of line 7: | ||||
| a Excess from 2018..... | ||||
| b Excess from 2019..... | ||||
| c Excess from 2020..... | ||||
| d Excess from 2021..... | ||||
| e Excess from 2022..... | ||||
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| FORM 990, PART III, LINE 1, DESCRIPTION OF ORGANIZATION MISSION: | PATH IS A GLOBAL NONPROFIT DEDICATED TO ACHIEVING HEALTH EQUITY. WITH MORE THAN 40 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE FORGING MULTISECTOR PARTNERSHIPS, AND WITH EXPERTISE IN SCIENCE, ECONOMICS, TECHNOLOGY, ADVOCACY, AND DOZENS OF OTHER SPECIALTIES, PATH DEVELOPS AND SCALES UP INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS TO THE WORLD'S MOST PRESSING HEALTH CHALLENGES. THE LARGEST INVESTMENTS IN PATH'S PROGRAMMATIC WORK IN 2022 WERE ORGANIZED INTO THREE PRIMARY PORTFOLIOS: PROGRAMS & INNOVATION, ESSENTIAL MEDICINES, AND THE AFRICA REGION. |
| FORM 990, PART III, LINE 4A, DESCRIPTION OF PROGRAM SERVICE: | IN 2022, WE ALSO ACCOMPLISHED A DESIGN LOCK AND SUBSEQUENT EXECUTION OF A TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER, LICENSE, AND COMMERCIALIZATION AGREEMENT WITH LIFEASSAY DIAGNOSTICS LTD. FOR A POINT-OF-CARE RAPID DIAGNOSTIC TEST FOR PRIMARY IMMUNODEFICIENCY (PID). PID ARE A RARE CLASS OF HEREDITARY DISEASES THAT AFFECT THE IMMUNE SYSTEM, RESULTING IN INCOMPLETE IMMUNE RESPONSES THAT MAKE INDIVIDUALS MORE VULNERABLE TO DISEASES. PEOPLE WITH SOME FORMS OF PID ARE AT RISK OF PROLONGED INFECTION AND SHEDDING OF POLIOVIRUS INTO THEIR COMMUNITIES. IDENTIFYING THOSE WITH PID CAN HELP DISRUPT COMMUNITY OUTBREAKS AND DISEASE CYCLES. MEDICAL DEVICES AND HEALTH TECHNOLOGIES THE MEDICAL DEVICES AND HEALTH TECHNOLOGIES PROGRAM SUPPORTS PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT AT PATH. THE PROGRAM WORKS WITH PUBLIC- AND PRIVATE-SECTOR PARTNERS AROUND THE WORLD TO DEVELOP, TEST, INTRODUCE, AND SCALE UP AFFORDABLE INNOVATIONS TO IMPROVE THE HEALTH OF PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD. IN COLLABORATION WITH LOCAL STAKEHOLDERS AND RESEARCHERS, WE DEVELOP FIT-FOR-PURPOSE HEALTH TECHNOLOGIES SUCH AS THE ELLAVI UTERINE BALLOON TAMPONADE (UBT), A LIFESAVING INTERVENTION FOR POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE MANUFACTURED IN SOUTH AFRICA AVAILABLE IN 16 COUNTRIES. THE CAYA DIAPHRAGM, ANOTHER PATH-DEVELOPED MEDICAL DEVICE, ACHIEVED REGULATORY APPROVAL IN BRAZIL IN 2022, BRINGING THE GLOBAL TOTAL TO 40 COUNTRIES WHERE THE DEVICE IS NOW AVAILABLE AND MARKETED. IN THE AREAS OF VACCINE AND PHARMACEUTICAL TECHNOLOGIES, WE CONVENED A THIRD GLOBAL SYRINGE MANUFACTURER WORKSHOP AND PRODUCED AN AUTODISABLE SYRINGE GAP ANALYSIS MODEL TO INFORM GLOBAL STAKEHOLDERS AND US DECISION-MAKERS. THE PATH MICROARRAY PATCH CENTER OF EXCELLENCE CONTINUED OUR CROSS-SECTOR WORK TO ADVANCE THIS NEEDLE-FREE DELIVERY TECHNOLOGY PLATFORM INCLUDING EVALUATING THE USABILITY OF CANDIDATE PRODUCTS AND THE POTENTIAL TOTAL COST TO DELIVER MEASLES AND RUBELLA VACCINE WITH A PATCH. IN ADDITION, WE ADVISED UGANDA'S MINISTRY OF HEALTH (MOH) ON THE COUNTRY-WIDE ADOPTION OF A PATH-ADVANCED VACCINE COLD CHAIN INVENTORY AND PERFORMANCE TRACKING SYSTEM. FINALLY, SCIENTISTS IN THE FORMULATION TEAM SUBMITTED A PATENT APPLICATION FOR A NOVEL HEAT-STABLE INSULIN FORMULATION, SUITABLE FOR ORAL ADMINISTRATION. MARKET DYNAMICS PATH'S MARKET DYNAMICS PROGRAM WORKS TO INCREASE EQUITABLE ACCESS TO HEALTH PRODUCTS AND SERVICES BY DIAGNOSING THE ROOT CAUSES OF MARKET FAILURES, DESIGNING APPROPRIATE SOLUTIONS, AND DEVELOPING SUSTAINABLE AND INCLUSIVE HEALTH MARKETS. THIS WORK IS DONE IN CLOSE COLLABORATION WITH NATIONAL MINISTRIES OF HEALTH, GLOBAL AGENCIES, COMMERCIAL PARTNERS, CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS, AND PATH'S COUNTRY PROGRAMS. IN 2022, OUR LARGEST AREAS OF WORK WERE: (1) IMPROVING ACCESS TO MEDICAL OXYGEN, RESPIRATORY CARE SYSTEMS, AND CRITICAL MEDICAL DEVICES IN LMICS. AS PART OF THAT WORK, WE SUPPORTED GLOBAL AND COUNTRY EFFORTS IN RESPIRATORY CARE CAPACITY-BUILDING AND IMPLEMENTATION, STRENGTHENED ADVOCACY TO ELEVATE OXYGEN TO GLOBAL AND NATIONAL AGENDAS, AND ENHANCED RESEARCH AND MONITORING, EVALUATION, AND LEARNING ON OXYGEN WITH A GOAL TO EQUITABLY IMPROVE ACCESS TO HIGH-QUALITY OXYGEN SERVICES AT ALL LEVELS OF THE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM. IN INDIA, KENYA, SENEGAL, AND TANZANIA, WE ADVANCED ACCESS TO AFFORDABLE AND APPROPRIATE TOOLS SUCH AS PULSE OXIMETRY AND ELECTRONIC CLINICAL DECISION-SUPPORT ALGORITHMS TO HELP HEALTH CARE WORKERS IDENTIFY CRITICALLY ILL CHILDREN AND REFER THEM FOR TREATMENT WITHOUT DELAY. AS PART OF THIS WORK, WE IMPROVED ACCESS TO TOOLS AT FACILITIES, TRAINED HEALTH CARE WORKERS, AND INFORMED NATIONAL POLICY AND ADVOCACY EFFORTS TOWARD SCALING THESE CRITICAL DEVICES AT THE PRIMARY HEALTH CARE (PHC) LEVEL. (2) SUPPORTING THE INTRODUCTION AND SCALE-UP OF MALARIA HEALTH PRODUCTS WITH THE AIM OF ELIMINATING THE P. VIVAX STRAIN OF MALARIA. WITH PARTNERS, OUR WORK INCLUDED DEVELOPING APPROPRIATE STRATEGIES TO ADDRESS P. VIVAX, SHARING HIGH-QUALITY EVIDENCE TO INFORM POLICY AND DECISION-MAKING, AND SUPPORTING THE DEVELOPMENT AND AVAILABILITY OF MEDICINES AND DIAGNOSTICS TO ENSURE SAFE AND EFFECTIVE TREATMENT OF PATIENTS. EPIDEMIC PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE PATH'S EPIDEMIC PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE (EPR) GLOBAL PROGRAM EXHIBITED UNWAVERING DEDICATION TO SUPPORTING MINISTRIES OF HEALTH, AGRICULTURE, ENVIRONMENT, AND OTHER SECTORS TO PREPARE FOR THE LOOMING THREAT OF ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCE (AMR), CLIMATE CHANGE, AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES THROUGH A ONE HEALTH APPROACH. AMR AND CLIMATE CHANGE POSE A PRESSING CRISIS, DISRUPTING ECOSYSTEMS, INTENSIFYING NATURAL DISASTERS, AND JEOPARDIZING THE WELL-BEING OF COMMUNITIES WORLDWIDE. IN 2022, EPR STRENGTHENED ITS EFFORTS ON HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE BY PROVIDING TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO ENSURE THAT POPULATIONS MOST VULNERABLE TO EMERGING HEALTH THREATS RECEIVE VITAL AID AND SUPPORT. CONCURRENTLY, THE TEAM CONTINUED TO IMPLEMENT TWO USAID PROJECTS - INFECTIOUS DISEASE DETECTION AND SURVEILLANCE (IDDS) AND DISCOVERY & EXPLORATION OF EMERGING PATHOGENS, VIRAL ZOONOSES (DEEP VZN) - IN SEVERAL COUNTRIES IN AFRICA AND ASIA. WITH SUPPORT FROM THE US CDC, PATH COLLABORATED WITH THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENTS OF SENEGAL, TANZANIA, AND VIETNAM TO STRENGTHEN THEIR CAPACITY TO PREPARE FOR AND RESPOND TO EPIDEMICS. PATH'S MULTIDIMENSIONAL APPROACH TO EPIDEMIC PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE REMAINS AN EXEMPLAR OF PROACTIVE AND COLLABORATIVE ACTION, LEVERAGING PARTNERSHIPS AND INNOVATIONS TO SAFEGUARD GLOBAL HEALTH. THANKS TO COLLABORATION WITH USAID, CDC, AND OTHER PARTNERS, PATH WORKED WITH NATIONAL LEADERS IN 17 COUNTRIES TO ENHANCE CAPACITY FOR EPR BY STRENGTHENING DISEASE SURVEILLANCE LABORATORY SYSTEMS THROUGH A MULTISECTORAL ONE HEALTH APPROACH. MALARIA AND NEGLECTED TROPICAL DISEASES PATH PARTNERS WITH GOVERNMENTS, THE PRIVATE SECTOR, AND FUNDERS AROUND THE GLOBE TO BRING THE WORLD CLOSER TO MALARIA ERADICATION. OUR STRATEGY INCLUDES OPTIMIZING THE DELIVERY OF CURRENT TOOLS AND APPROACHES TO ENSURE THEY REACH THE PEOPLE WHO NEED THEM, DESIGNING NEW STRATEGIES AND DEVELOPING NEXT-GENERATION TOOLS TO OVERCOME EMERGING CHALLENGES, AND CREATING INNOVATIVE PARTNERSHIPS AND FUNDING MODELS TO ENSURE OUR PROGRAMS ARE SUSTAINABLE AND EFFECTIVE. IN 2022, OUR MALARIA CONTROL AND ELIMINATION PARTNERSHIP IN AFRICA (MACEPA) PROGRAM CONTINUED TO SUPPORT THE GOVERNMENTS OF ETHIOPIA, SENEGAL, AND ZAMBIA AND INCREASED ENGAGEMENT WITH THE DRC GOVERNMENT TOWARD THEIR MALARIA ELIMINATION GOALS. MACEPA PROVIDED TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND EXPERTISE TO SUPPORT SUBNATIONAL TAILORING BASED ON RISK STRATIFICATION MAPS AND MODELING OF OPTIMAL INTERVENTION MIXES ACROSS ALL GEOGRAPHIES AND SUPPORTED PRIORITIZATION OF AND FUNDING FOR EVALUATION OF TARGETED CONTROL STRATEGIES ADDRESSING HIGH-RISK POPULATIONS IN SENEGAL AND ETHIOPIA. MACEPA ALSO CONDUCTED EXPLORATORY ACTIVITIES IN MALAWI AND NIGERIA (E.G., QUANTIFYING COMMUNITY CASE MANAGEMENT NEEDS AND GAPS THROUGH LANDSCAPING AND BENCHMARKING ANALYSES IN MALAWI AND FINALIZING AND DISSEMINATING RESULTS FROM SURVEILLANCE ASSESSMENTS IN NIGERIA) TO INFORM TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE NEEDS AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THOSE GEOGRAPHIES. THE PROGRAM FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF MALARIA OUTCOMES (PAMO) PLUS PROJECT, FUNDED BY THE US PRESIDENT'S MALARIA INITIATIVE (PMI), PROVIDED TECHNICAL AND MATERIAL ASSISTANCE TO THE ZAMBIA MOH IN MALARIA CASE MANAGEMENT, MALARIA IN PREGNANCY, SOCIAL BEHAVIOR CHANGE, DISEASE SURVEILLANCE, AND DATA MANAGEMENT AND USE. WORK IN 2022 INVOLVED MENTORING HEALTH WORKERS IN THE PROJECT'S FOUR FOCUS PROVINCES ON ADHERENCE TO MALARIA CASE MANAGEMENT STANDARDS AS WELL AS TRAINING, DEPLOYING, AND SUPPORTING COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS WHO TEST AND TREAT MALARIA AT THE COMMUNITY LEVEL. ADDITIONALLY, PAMO PLUS WORKED WITH THE ZAMBIA NURSING AND MIDWIFERY COUNCIL TO INTEGRATE MALARIA IN PREGNANCY TRAINING INTO THE NURSING COLLEGE CURRICULUM AND TRAINED ANTENATAL CARE PROVIDERS AND SAFE MOTHERHOOD ACTION GROUP MEMBERS ON THE MALARIA IN PREGNANCY GUIDELINES. PAMO PLUS SUPPORTED THE DEVELOPMENT OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PLANS, ORIENTED COMMUNITY CHANGE AGENTS, CONDUCTED DATA QUALITY AUDITS, AND TRAINED MOH STAFF IN DATA MANAGEMENT AND MENTORSHIP. PAMO PLUS CONTINUED IMPLEMENTING A MALARIA PRE-ELIMINATION PROGRAM, CONDUCTING RESEARCH IN LOW-BURDEN DISTRICTS OF EASTERN PROVINCE, ZAMBIA. IN 2022, PATH CONTINUED TO EVALUATE NEW VECTOR CONTROL TOOLS WITH OUR PARTNERS UNDER PMI VECTORLINK, USAID'S FLAGSHIP MALARIA VECTOR CONTROL PROJECT. SIMILARLY, UNDER THE NEW NETS PROJECT - FUNDED BY UNITAID AND THE GLOBAL FUND TO FIGHT AIDS, TUBERCULOSIS AND MALARIA (THE GLOBAL FUND) - WE HELPED GENERATE EVIDENCE FOR THE ADOPTION OF BEDNETS EFFECTIVE AGAINST PYRETHROID-RESISTANT MOSQUITOES. IN ZAMBIA, PATH LED THE DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF LABORATORY AND FIELD ACTIVITIES TO TEST ANOTHER NEW TOOL FOR MALARIA VECTOR CONTROL, THE ATTRACTIVE TARGETED SUGAR BAIT (ATSB). |
| FORM 990, PART III, LINE 4A, DESCRIPTION OF PROGRAM SERVICE: | WE COORDINATED PARTNERS WORKING ON ATSB RESEARCH IN KENYA, MALI, AND ZAMBIA, TOGETHER WITH ISRAEL-BASED MANUFACTURER WESTHAM LTD. AND UK-BASED FUNDER INNOVATIVE VECTOR CONTROL CONSORTIUM. UNDER THE RAPID MALARIA ASSESSMENTS TO SUPPORT APPROPRIATELY TAILORED SUBNATIONAL INTERVENTION PACKAGES IN BURKINA FASO PROJECT, FUNDED BY THE GATES FOUNDATION, PATH ALSO PROVIDED TECHNICAL SUPPORT TO THE CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHE ET DE FORMATION SUR LE PALUDISME TO EXPLORE NEW DATA SOURCES, COLLECTION METHODS, AND INDICATORS TO PROVIDE GRANULAR AND TIMELY DATA FOR DECISION-MAKING INCLUDING TO SUPPORT SUBNATIONAL PLANNING AND GLOBAL FUND GRANT ASSESSMENTS. PATH ALSO LED A USAID INITIATIVE TO SUPPORT MALARIA OPERATIONAL RESEARCH AND PROGRAM EVALUATION. UNDER THE PMI INSIGHTS PROJECT, PATH COORDINATED THE WORK OF SEVERAL PARTNERS TO STRENGTHEN NATIONAL POLICIES, STRATEGIES, AND GUIDELINES FOR MALARIA CONTROL AND ELIMINATION. IN SENEGAL AND THE GAMBIA, PATH CONTINUED TO INTEGRATE MALARIA INTO THE SCOPE OF NATIONAL EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTERS (EOCS). IN SENEGAL, WE SUPPORTED THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH TO CREATE AND RESOURCE REGIONAL EOC-MALARIA UNITS. WITH A REGIONAL PRESENCE, THE EOC CAN MORE RAPIDLY RESPOND TO POTENTIAL PUBLIC HEALTH THREATS. IN DRC, PATH BEGAN TO SUPPORT THE RECENTLY CREATED NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE'S EFFORTS TO SET UP A SINGLE, CENTRAL EOC TO MANAGE THE MULTIPLE HEALTH EMERGENCIES DRC HAS TO MANAGE, INCLUDING DEVELOPING AN INTEGRATED DATA PLATFORM TO SUPPORT DECISION-MAKING. PATH'S LABORATORY TEAM AT THE NATIONAL MALARIA ELIMINATION CENTER IN LUSAKA, ZAMBIA, HAS DEVELOPED A COST-EFFECTIVE AND SCALABLE ANTIMALARIAL DRUG RESISTANCE ASSAY FOR P. FALCIPARUM MALARIA UTILIZING NANOPORE SEQUENCING. IN 2022, PATH RECEIVED FUNDING FROM THE GATES FOUNDATION TO INTEGRATE NANOPORE SEQUENCING INTO ROUTINE MALARIA SURVEILLANCE IN ZAMBIA, EXPAND NANOPORE SEQUENCING TO NEW GEOGRAPHIES THROUGH COLLABORATION AND CAPACITY BUILDING, AND OPTIMIZE EXISTING AND DEVELOP NOVEL NANOPORE SEQUENCING ASSAYS FOR MALARIA MOLECULAR SURVEILLANCE. THE VIVACTION PROJECT WORKS TO CATALYZE ADOPTION AND EVENTUAL SCALE-UP OF P. VIVAX TOOLS. IN ETHIOPIA, PATH CONTINUED STUDYING WHETHER IT IS OPERATIONALLY FEASIBLE TO PROVIDE OPTIMIZED RADICAL CURE TREATMENT TO P. VIVAX PATIENTS WHO ARE ELIGIBLE BASED ON TREATMENT GUIDELINES. IN 2022, PATH FOCUSED ON DEVELOPMENT OF THE COUNTRY PROTOCOL, INCLUDING MULTIPLE SERIES OF WORKING SESSIONS WITH THE ARMAUER HANSEN RESEARCH INSTITUTE, WHICH WERE ESSENTIAL FOR ALIGNMENT ACROSS THE DIFFERENT WORKSTREAMS. IN INDIA, PATH CONTINUED TO PROVIDE STRATEGIC TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE IN THE STATE OF UTTAR PRADESH, SUPPORTING THE NATIONAL VECTOR BORNE DISEASE CONTROL PROGRAM IN DENGUE-CHIKUNGUNYA CONTROL AND MALARIA ELIMINATION THROUGH CAPACITY BUILDING, OUTBREAK INVESTIGATION, AND DATA MANAGEMENT. PATH HAS SUPPORTED THE STATE IN SUSTAINING ELIMINATION LEVEL OF VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS (VL) TRANSMISSION IN THE VL-ENDEMIC DISTRICTS, THROUGH EFFECTIVE DISEASE SURVEILLANCE AND VECTOR CONTROL MEASURES BY THE STATE HEALTH SYSTEM. PATH PROVIDED TECHNICAL SUPPORT FOR SUCCESSFUL IMPLEMENTATION OF A PHASED MASS DRUG ADMINISTRATION CAMPAIGN, AS WELL AS MORBIDITY MANAGEMENT AND DISABILITY PREVENTION SERVICES ACROSS ALL LYMPHATIC FILARIASIS-ENDEMIC DISTRICTS IN THE STATE. PATH HAS ALSO SUPPORTED THE STATE HEALTH SYSTEM IN MAINTAINING A CASE FATALITY RATIO OF <10 PERCENT FROM ACUTE ENCEPHALITIS SYNDROME IN UTTAR PRADESH. IN THE STATE OF BIHAR, PATH SUPPORTED SUCCESSFUL IMPLEMENTATION OF THE JAPANESE ENCEPHALITIS VACCINATION CAMPAIGN IN 14 NEW ENDEMIC DISTRICTS, FOLLOWED BY INTRODUCTION IN THEIR ROUTINE IMMUNIZATION PROGRAM. THE GOAL OF THE ZAMBIA DIGITAL COMMUNITY HEALTH PROJECT IS TO DEVELOP A UNIFIED PLATFORM TO COORDINATE HEALTH SERVICE DELIVERY BY COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS. IN 2022, THE TEAM CONTINUED TO DEVELOP A DIGITAL COMMUNITY HEALTH WORK PLATFORM THAT ADDRESSES SERVICE DELIVERY AND DECISION SUPPORT, DATA QUALITY AND MANAGEMENT, AND A DATA CULTURE THAT CONTRIBUTES TO ADDRESSING CHALLENGES IN DATA USE. IN 2022, THE USAID SURVEILLANCE FOR MALARIA ELIMINATION (S4ME) ACTIVITY SUPPORTED MALARIA ELIMINATION EFFORTS IN ETHIOPIA BY DESIGNING AND TESTING EFFECTIVE SURVEILLANCE ACTIVITIES FOR ELIMINATION AT THE WOREDA LEVEL, INCLUDING HEALTH FACILITIES AND COMMUNITY PLATFORMS; SUPPORTING THE IDENTIFICATION AND TIMELY REPORTING OF MALARIA CASES BY UTILIZING REAL-TIME DATA FROM DIGITAL SYSTEMS TO INVESTIGATE AND CLASSIFY MALARIA CASES; AND SUPPORTING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TARGETED MALARIA ELIMINATION INTERVENTIONS. IN NOVEMBER 2022, THROUGH FUNDING FROM GIVEWELL, PATH LAUNCHED A PILOT PROJECT IN THE DRC TO DELIVER PERENNIAL MALARIA CHEMOPREVENTION (PMC) TO CHILDREN UNDER TWO YEARS OF AGE AT ROUTINE VACCINATION VISITS. PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION IS ANTICIPATED TO BEGIN IN SUMMER 2023. UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF WHO AND WITH FUNDING FROM THE GATES FOUNDATION, PATH CONTINUED WORKING WITH NEGLECTED TROPICAL DISEASE (NTD) PROGRAMS AND OTHER STAKEHOLDERS TO DESIGN AN INTEGRATED SURVEILLANCE PLANNING TOOLKIT FOR NTDS WITH A SPECIFIC FOCUS ON ONCHOCERCIASIS AND LYMPHATIC FILARIASIS. PATH ALSO SUPPORTED IMPLEMENTATION OF PMI'S ELIMINATE MALARIA PROJECT, WHICH AIMS TO CONTRIBUTE TO ELIMINATION OF INDIGENOUS TRANSMISSION OF P. FALCIPARUM MALARIA BY 2023 AND PUT MYANMAR ON THE PATH TO ELIMINATE ALL HUMAN MALARIA BY 2030. IN 2022, THE TEAM CONTINUED TO DEVELOP AN UPDATED MALARIA INFORMATION SYSTEM AND MALARIA CASE-BASED REPORTING AND SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM TO INFORM ELIMINATION EFFORTS. EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT ACTION NETWORK IN 2022, THE EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT ACTION NETWORK (ECDAN), HOSTED BY PATH, CONTINUED TO ADVOCATE FOR YOUNG CHILDREN AND THEIR CAREGIVERS. THROUGH THE GLOBAL CHILDCARE CAMPAIGN ECDAN CONTINUED TO ADVANCE ITS ENGAGEMENT BY DEVELOPING TACTICAL STRATEGIES TO CONNECT MORE CLOSELY WITH COUNTRY-LEVEL ACTIVITIES. JOINT ADVOCACY EFFORTS BY ECDAN AND PARTNERS CONTRIBUTED TO THE INCLUSION OF CHILDCARE IN THE WORLD BANK INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION'S (IDA) 20TH REPLENISHMENT AND THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A WORLD BANK'S INVEST IN CHILDCARE INITIATIVE BY BILATERAL GOVERNMENTS AND FOUNDATIONS THAT LEVERAGES IDA FUNDING AT THE COUNTRY LEVEL. THE GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO SUPPORT PARENTS WAS FORMALIZED AND QUICKLY MOBILIZED, TRANSLATED, AND MADE KEY RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO HUNDREDS OF LOCAL IMPLEMENTING PARTNERS RESPONDING TO BOTH THE WAR IN UKRAINE AND THE FLOODS IN PAKISTAN. REGIONAL CONVENINGS WERE ALSO HELD FOCUSED ON PARENTING IN AFRICA, ASIA, AND LATIN AMERICA. ECDAN ALSO LAUNCHED AND HOSTED A NEW FUNDERS COLLABORATIVE INITIATIVE TO DEVELOP AND SCALE UP SUCCESSFUL MODELS OF HOME-BASED CHILDCARE IN KENYA, RWANDA, AND INDIA. THE FIVE INITIAL KNOWLEDGE FELLOWS COMPLETED AND DISSEMINATED THEIR KNOWLEDGE PRODUCTS. SIX OTHER KNOWLEDGE FELLOWS (2022 COHORT) WERE SELECTED, PAIRED WITH MENTORS, AND SUPPORTED TO DESIGN KNOWLEDGE PROJECTS. ECDAN CONTINUED TO PRODUCE GLOBAL PUBLIC GOODS IN COLLABORATION WITH THE HARVARD UNIVERSITY T.H. CHAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE MURDOCH CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INCLUDING A SYSTEMATIC EVIDENCE REVIEW OF THE POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS OF SYSTEMS THINKING IN SCALING EFFORTS TO ENABLE EVERY CHILD TO THRIVE. PRIMARY HEALTH CARE PATH'S PRIMARY HEALTH CARE (PHC) PROGRAM EMPLOYS A COMPREHENSIVE, ONE HEALTH, PEOPLE- AND COMMUNITY-CENTERED PHC MODEL THAT ADDRESSES BROADER DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH (E.G., SOCIAL, ECONOMIC, ENVIRONMENTAL). WE FOCUS ON INNOVATIVE, EVIDENCE-BASED TOOLS AND APPROACHES TO MEET PEOPLE'S NEEDS AND PREFERENCES ACROSS THEIR LIFETIME. PHC AT PATH IS COMPOSED OF SIX TEAMS, DESCRIBED BELOW. MATERNAL, NEWBORN, AND CHILD HEALTH AND NUTRITION TOGETHER WITH PARTNERS AROUND THE WORLD, PATH'S MATERNAL, NEWBORN, AND CHILD HEALTH AND NUTRITION (MNCHN) TEAM DEVELOPS, ADAPTS, AND SCALES UP TECHNOLOGIES AND SYSTEMS TO REDUCE ILLNESS AND DEATH AMONG MOTHERS AND CHILDREN AND GIVE CHILDREN THE BEST POSSIBLE START IN LIFE. TO ENSURE OPTIMAL NEWBORN NUTRITION, PATH FOCUSES ON BREASTFEEDING PROMOTION, PROVISION OF SPECIALIZED LACTATION SUPPORT FOR MOTHERS OF SMALL AND SICK NEWBORNS, AVAILABILITY OF SAFE DONOR MILK THROUGH LOCAL HUMAN MILK BANKS, AND UPTAKE AND USE OF GLOBAL STANDARDS FOR HUMAN MILK BANKING. IN 2022, USING HUMAN-CENTERED DESIGN, WE FINALIZED A PROTOTYPE FOR A DIGITAL ADAPTATION KIT FOR DIGITIZING NEWBORN FEEDING AND LACTATION SUPPORT DATA. THIS TOOL WAS DEVELOPED IN KENYA AND IS NOW PUBLICLY AVAILABLE AS A GLOBAL GOOD FOR ALL SETTINGS. PATH CONTINUED SUPPORTING ARIADNE LABS AS A SUBJECT MATTER EXPERT AND SUPPORTED THE GLOBAL DISSEMINATION OF RESEARCH FINDINGS THROUGH MULTIPLE PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS AND AN INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE. PATH ALSO WAS SELECTED AS THE COORDINATION BODY FOR THE WHO HUMAN MILK BANKING AND DONOR HUMAN MILK GUIDELINES. THIS INVOLVED SUPPORTING THE WHO STEERING COMMITTEE AND CREATING A GUIDELINE DEVELOPMENT GROUP. |
| FORM 990, PART III, LINE 4A, DESCRIPTION OF PROGRAM SERVICE: | PATH ALSO COORDINATED THE SAMPLE COLLECTION FOR A GLOBAL DONOR MILK COMPOSITION STUDY FROM FOUR COUNTRIES' HUMAN MILK BANKS. IN GHANA, PATH IS LEADING A FOUR-YEAR EFFORT, ADVANCED NEWBORN CARE IN GHANA: BEYOND MAKING EVERY BABY COUNT INITIATIVE (MEBCI 2.0), TO REDUCE PERINATAL MORTALITY IN FOUR HIGH-VOLUME REFERRAL HOSPITALS SPECIFICALLY THE RIDGE HOSPITAL (ALSO KNOWN AS THE GREATER ACCRA REGIONAL HOSPITAL), TEMA GENERAL HOSPITAL, EASTERN REGIONAL HOSPITAL (KOFORIDUA), AND BONO REGIONAL HOSPITAL (SUNYANI). AS PART OF THIS INITIATIVE, THE GHANA HEALTH SERVICE (GHS) AND PATH ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR ADVOCACY, POLICY, AND PROCUREMENT OF LIFESAVING NEONATAL EQUIPMENT TO IMPROVE ADVANCED NEONATAL CARE IN ALL FOUR HOSPITALS. PATH PROCURED AND INSTALLED EQUIPMENT WITHIN THE FOUR FACILITIES AND SUPPORTED TRAININGS OF HOSPITAL STAFF ON THE PROPER USE OF THE NEONATAL EQUIPMENT. ADDITIONALLY, PATH AND GHS SUCCESSFULLY DEVELOPED A COMPREHENSIVE TRAINING MANUAL (WITH INPUT FROM KYBELE, OUR IMPLEMENTING PARTNER) TO ORIENT NURSES AT ANTENATAL AND POSTNATAL CARE DELIVERY POINTS WITHIN THE MEBCI 2.0 FACILITY CATCHMENTS. THE MANUAL WAS ALSO USED TO ORIENT FACILITY AND DISTRICT HEALTH PROMOTION OFFICERS, AS WELL AS REGIONAL NEWBORN CHAMPIONS, ON THE IMPORTANCE OF RAISING AWARENESS AND PROVIDING EDUCATION ON THE CONTINUUM OF CARE FOR SMALL AND SICK NEWBORNS, CREATING DEMAND FOR HIGH-QUALITY NEWBORN CARE. IN COLLABORATION WITH THE GHS AND WITH FUNDING FROM THE PFIZER FOUNDATION, PATH CONTINUED IMPLEMENTING THE INTEGRATED ANTENATAL CARE PROJECT IN THE BONO EAST REGION OF GHANA. THE PROJECT AIMS TO AVERT INFECTIOUS DISEASE MORTALITY AND MORBIDITY IN NEONATES AND MOTHERS BY IMPLEMENTING AN IMPROVED, COMPREHENSIVE INFECTIOUS DISEASE SCREENING PROGRAM DURING PREGNANCY. AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2022, MORE THAN 3,000 WOMEN HAVE BEEN SCREENED FOR INFECTIONS INCLUDING SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS AND URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS, MORE THAN 450 HEALTH WORKERS HAVE BEEN TRAINED IN SCREENING AND MANAGEMENT OF MATERNAL INFECTIONS, AND MORE THAN 59,000 COMMUNITY MEMBERS WERE REACHED THROUGH COMMUNITY MOBILIZATION, OUTREACH, AND SENSITIZATION ACTIVITIES OR MASS MEDIA CAMPAIGNS FOR DEMAND CREATION. IN LAOS, PATH CONTINUED SERVING AS A SHORT-TERM TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PARTNER TO JOHN SNOW INC. (JSI) ON A USAID MATERNAL, NEWBORN, AND CHILD HEALTH PROJECT OPERATING FROM SEPTEMBER 2021 TO AUGUST 2026 ACROSS FIVE PROVINCES IN THE NORTH, CENTRAL, AND SOUTH REGIONS OF THE COUNTRY. PATH'S CORE TECHNICAL RESPONSIBILITIES FOCUS ON NEWBORN AND CHILD HEALTH, NUTRITION, AND EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT. THE PATH SOUTHEAST ASIA REGIONAL HUB PROVIDES ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT, WHILE THE MNCHN TEAM PROVIDES TECHNICAL LEADERSHIP, INCLUDING TRAVEL TO LAOS TO WORK WITH THE LOCAL JSI TEAM. RECOGNIZING THAT NUTRITION IS AFFECTED BY A VARIETY OF ECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS, PATH'S NUTRITION TEAM DRIVES NOVEL APPROACHES TO ADDRESS THE MASSIVE BURDEN OF MALNUTRITION IN COMMUNITIES AROUND THE WORLD. TOGETHER WITH PATH'S CLIMATE CHANGE COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE, PATH'S NUTRITION TEAM CONTINUED TO ADVOCATE FOR SUSTAINABLE CLIMATE-FRIENDLY ALTERNATIVES, SUCH AS CULTURED PROTEINS AND EDIBLE INSECTS. WHERE POLICY OR GUIDELINES SUPPORTING FORTIFIED RICE ALREADY EXISTED, PATH CONTINUED ITS WORK WITH GOVERNMENTS, PRIVATE SECTOR, WORLD FOOD PROGRAM, AND NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS (NGOS) ON ROLLOUT. AS A PARTNER IN THE DEMOGRAPHIC AND HEALTH SURVEYS PROGRAM, PATH SUPPORTED BIOMARKER DATA COLLECTION INCLUDING BOTH STANDARDIZED, ROUTINE MONITORING OF KEY NUTRITION INDICATORS LIKE STUNTING AND ANEMIA AND INNOVATIONS TO EXPAND BIOMARKER MEASUREMENT IN HOUSEHOLD-BASED SURVEYS CONDUCTED AROUND THE WORLD. WE ALSO CONCLUDED WORK ON A DATA REPOSITORY TRACKING THE STATUS TO SCALE UP OF KEY MNCHN INTERVENTIONS, INCLUDING SEVERAL THAT WOULD IMPROVE NUTRITION. FINALLY, PATH CONCLUDED THE BRIDGE COLLABORATIVE TO ADDRESS HUMAN AND PLANETARY HEALTH. EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT IN 2022, PATH CONTINUED TO EXPAND OUR GLOBAL AND NATIONAL LEADERSHIP IN EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT (ECD). WITH PATH SUPPORT, THE GOVERNMENTS OF ETHIOPIA, KENYA, AND MOZAMBIQUE CONTINUED TO SCALE UP ECD SERVICE PROVISION AS AN ESSENTIAL COMPONENT OF PRIMARY HEALTH CARE, REACHING UNPRECEDENTED BLANKET COVERAGE IN TWO LARGE SUBNATIONAL GEOGRAPHIES IN KENYA AND MOZAMBIQUE AND EXPANSION INTO ADDITIONAL SUBNATIONAL GEOGRAPHIES. THIS PIONEERING WORK CENTERS AROUND BUILDING AN ENABLING LEADERSHIP AND POLICY ENVIRONMENT WHILE STRENGTHENING THE CAPACITY OF HEALTH SYSTEMS AND HEALTH SERVICE PROVIDERS. WITH A CONSTELLATION OF PARTNERS, PATH CONTINUED TO FACILITATE COLLECTIVE ACTION AT NATIONAL AND SUBNATIONAL LEVELS TO PROMOTE ECD THROUGH ENHANCED PLANNING, COORDINATION, AND RESOURCING, WHILE ALSO TRANSITIONING KEY IMPLEMENTATION WORKSTREAMS TO GOVERNMENT OWNERSHIP. PATH ALSO COMMENCED EFFORTS TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF ECD SERVICE DELIVERY BY ENGAGING COMMUNITIES, SERVICE PROVIDERS, AND KEY STAKEHOLDERS TO DETERMINE SPECIFIC TOUCHPOINTS AND SOLUTIONS THAT MAXIMIZE EXPOSURE TO ECD MESSAGES AND IMPROVE ADOPTION OF KEY BEHAVIORS. HEALTH SYSTEMS THE HEALTH SYSTEMS TEAM SERVES AS AN ORGANIZING MECHANISM FOR PATH PROJECTS AND INITIATIVES THAT STRENGTHEN HEALTH SYSTEMS AND CONTRIBUTE TO STRONGER PRIMARY HEALTH CARE. BOTH WITHIN PATH AND IN COLLABORATION WITH EXTERNAL PARTNERS, THE TEAM LEADS COMPLEX EVALUATIONS OF HEALTH PROGRAMS, ENGAGES IN IMPLEMENTATION SCIENCE RESEARCH, FACILITATES INTERVENTION SCALE-UP, AND IMPROVES DATA QUALITY AND USE FOR DECISION-MAKING. IN 2022, MAJOR ACTIVITIES INCLUDED (1) CONTINUED LEADERSHIP OF MONITORING, EVALUATION, AND LEARNING WITHIN USAID'S MOMENTUM ROUTINE IMMUNIZATION TRANSFORMATION AND EQUITY (M-RITE) PORTFOLIO ACROSS SEVERAL COUNTRIES IN AFRICA AND SOUTHEAST ASIA; (2) LAUNCHED A NEW PHASE OF THE GATES FOUNDATION-SUPPORTED MATERNAL, NEWBORN, AND CHILD HEALTH AND NUTRITION ASSET TRACKER; (3) SUPPORTED PATH'S SENEGAL COUNTRY PROGRAM IN STARTING UP THE USAID URBAN HEALTH SYSTEM STRENGTHENING PROJECT IN DAKAR; AND (4) CONDUCTED SEVERAL LANDSCAPING ASSESSMENTS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH OTHER PATH TEAMS, INCLUDING THE PHC POLICY TRACKER (WITH THE ADVOCACY AND PUBLIC POLICY PROGRAM), BARRIERS AND OPPORTUNITIES IN THE NCD RESPONSE AT THE PHC LEVEL IN LMICS (WITH THE NCD TEAM), AND INTEGRATED COMMUNITY CASE MANAGEMENT ASSESSMENT IN SEVERAL COUNTRIES IN AFRICA (WITH THE MACEPA TEAM). HIV, TUBERCULOSIS, AND VIRAL HEPATITIS AS COVID-19 CONTINUED TO DISRUPT ACCESS TO ESSENTIAL HEALTH SERVICES, PATH'S HIV, TB, AND VIRAL HEPATITIS TEAM FOCUSED ON ADVANCING PERSON-CENTERED HEALTH CARE ACROSS AFRICA, CENTRAL ASIA, AND SOUTHEAST ASIA FOR GENERAL, KEY, AND PRIORITY POPULATIONS. METHODS INCLUDED PROMOTING INTEGRATED SERVICE DELIVERY MODELS PARTICULARLY WITHIN PRIMARY HEALTH CARE, ACCELERATING SELF-CARE INITIATIVES, AND LEVERAGING DIGITAL HEALTH TOOLS TO ENSURE EQUITABLE AND HIGH-QUALITY ACCESS TO HEALTH SERVICES. PATH IS A PARTNER UNDER THE USAID-FUNDED MICROBICIDE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT TO ADVANCE HIV PREVENTION TECHNOLOGIES THROUGH RESPONSIVE INNOVATION AND EXCELLENCE (MATRIX) CONSORTIUM, AN INVESTMENT FOCUSED ON ADVANCING THE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT OF A RANGE OF ACCEPTABLE, AFFORDABLE, SCALABLE, AND DELIVERABLE HIV PREVENTION PRODUCTS TO MEET THE UNMET NEEDS OF WOMEN AT RISK OF HIV. PATH SERVES AS THE CO-LEAD FOR THE BUSINESS MARKET DYNAMICS AND COMMERCIALIZATION ACTIVITY HUB, WHICH HELPS PRODUCT DEVELOPERS UNDERSTAND MARKET DYNAMICS AND HOW TO STRUCTURE PARTNERSHIPS TO ACCELERATE EVENTUAL ACCESS TO ESSENTIAL HIV PREVENTION AND DUAL PREVENTION PRODUCTS. PATH ALSO LEADS THE TECHNOLOGY ACCELERATOR ACTIVITY HUB, WHICH PROVIDES SEED GRANTS TO FUND PROOF-OF-CONCEPT OR FEASIBILITY STUDIES FOR POTENTIAL GAME-CHANGING HIV PREVENTION OR DUAL PREVENTION PRODUCTS. IN 2022, PATH LAUNCHED SOLICITATION PROCESSES TO IDENTIFY CONCEPTS FOR SEED FUNDING, RESULTING IN AN AWARD TO THE UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND TO CONDUCT EARLY PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT WORK ON A DISSOLVING VAGINAL TABLET TO PROTECT AGAINST HIV AND SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS. PATH, WITH FUNDING FROM UNITAID THROUGH THE STAR-III PROJECT, CONTINUED TO SCALE UP ACCESS TO HIV SELF-TESTING (HIVST) IN INDIA, INDONESIA, AND UGANDA. IN 2022, THE PROJECT CONTINUED PROVIDING DIRECT TECHNICAL SUPPORT TO IN-COUNTRY PARTNERS TO DISTRIBUTE HIVST THROUGH DIVERSIFIED DISTRIBUTION MODELS, INFORMED BY A PROJECT-LED ASSESSMENT AND CO-DESIGN PROCESS. THE PROJECT TEAM ALSO SUPPORTED WILLINGNESS-TO-PAY ASSESSMENTS TO GENERATE MARKET-SHAPING DATA TO INFORM NATIONAL GUIDELINES AND PLANS FOR SUSTAINING HIVST. IN 2022 ALONE, THE PROJECT ASSISTED WITH THE DISTRIBUTION OF MORE THAN 170,000 HIVST KITS ACROSS INDIA, UGANDA, AND INDONESIA. |
| FORM 990, PART III, LINE 4A, DESCRIPTION OF PROGRAM SERVICE: | PATH ALSO WORKED TO ADVANCE SELF-TESTING FOR HEPATITIS C (HCVST)IN INDIA AND VIETNAM WITH FUNDING FROM UNITAID. 2022 ACTIVITIES INCLUDED: KICKING OFF PROCUREMENTS OF HCVST KITS AND WORKING WITH LOCAL RESEARCH PARTNERS TO SUBMIT AND ADVANCE STUDY PROTOCOLS THROUGH RESEARCH APPROVAL PROCESSES IN INDIA, COORDINATING WITH LOCAL DISTRIBUTORS AND MANUFACTURERS TO IMPORT TWO HCVST PRODUCTS (ONE BLOOD-BASED AND ONE ORAL FLUID) INTO VIETNAM, AND ENGAGING WITH STAKEHOLDERS AND COMMUNITY ENTITIES TO CREATE DEMAND-GENERATION MATERIALS FOR HCVST IN VIETNAM. AS A PARTNER ON THE UNITAID-FUNDED ADHERENCE SUPPORT COALITION TO END TB PROJECT, PATH WORKED TO ESTABLISH A GLOBAL MARKET FOR DIGITAL ADHERENCE TECHNOLOGIES (DATS) AND COMPLETED A MARKET ACCESS COUNTRY STAKEHOLDER SURVEY AND AN ANALYSIS OF DAT PLATFORMS. WE COMPLETED ENROLLMENT FOR DAT RESEARCH IN FOUR REGIONS OF UKRAINE, SCALED UP THE USE OF DATS IN SIX ADDITIONAL REGIONS THROUGH SUCCESSFUL ADVOCACY WITH THE UKRAINIAN GOVERNMENT, AND INITIATED A QUALITATIVE STUDY OF HEALTH WORKER EXPERIENCE WITH DATS. IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE TB ALLIANCE, PATH WORKED TO ADVANCE A SHORTER TREATMENT (BEDAQUILINE, PRETOMANID, AND LINEZOLID, KNOWN AS BPAL) FOR MULTIDRUG-RESISTANT TB, COMPLETING ROADMAPS TO INTRODUCE BPAL IN PERU AND UKRAINE. IN DRC, PATH CONTINUED TO ADVANCE PERSON-CENTERED APPROACHES FOR HIV AND TB PREVENTION, TESTING, TREATMENT, AND MONITORING SERVICES THROUGH THE USAID-FUNDED INTEGRATED HIV/AIDS PROJECT IN HAUT-KATANGA. IN 2022, PATH FACILITATED THE INTRODUCTION OF A SHORTER REGIMEN FOR TB PREVENTIVE THERAPY, ENABLING MORE PEOPLE TO SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETE THEIR REGIMEN. PATH ALSO INTRODUCED A HUB-AND-SPOKE NETWORKING MODEL TO EXTEND THE REACH OF VERTICAL MOTHER-TO-CHILD TRANSMISSION OF HIV PREVENTION BY TRAINING PROVIDERS AT NON-PROJECT SUPPORTED MATERNITY HOSPITALS TO OFFER HIV TESTING SERVICES AND REFERRING THOSE TESTING POSITIVE FOR TREATMENT INITIATION. THE PROJECT ALSO CONTINUED TO OPTIMIZE THE PROVISION OF VIRAL LOAD MONITORING SERVICES, INTRODUCING A MONTHLY TRACKER TO CLOSELY MONITOR VIRAL LOAD SAMPLES ACROSS VARIOUS STAGES OF THE ANALYSIS AND RESULTS RETURN PROCESS AND MORE QUICKLY DEPLOY TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO ADDRESS BACKLOGS DELAYING RESULTS RETURN. USE OF THIS TOOL DECREASED THE OVERALL TURNAROUND TIME FOR VIRAL LOAD RESULTS BY SEVEN DAYS WITHIN SEVEN MONTHS. IN INDIA, PATH EXPANDED OUR FOOTPRINT IN SUPPORTING THE NATIONAL AIDS CONTROL PROGRAM WITH THEIR HIV RESPONSE, BUILDING ON OUR WORK TO STRENGTHEN NATIONAL- AND STATE-LEVEL (MUMBAI AND ANDRA PRADESH) STRATEGIC INFORMATION MANAGEMENT AND DATA USE SYSTEMS TO INTEGRATE HIV PREVENTION AND TESTING PROGRAMMING FOR KEY POPULATIONS AND MIGRANTS IN THREE NORTHEAST STATES OF INDIA. THIS WORK INCLUDED INTRODUCING INNOVATIVE MODELS FOR DECENTRALIZED PREVENTION AND TESTING SERVICES, SUCH AS DEPLOYING MOBILE UNITS ON MOTORBIKES TO OFFER HIV TESTING, LINKING TO PREVENTION AND TREATMENT SERVICES IN RURAL AREAS, AND ESTABLISHING STANDALONE CENTERS THAT PROVIDE A TAILORED PACKAGE OF HIV AND PHC SERVICES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE, PEOPLE WHO INJECT DRUGS, AND TRANS PEOPLE. IN SUPPORT OF TB PROGRAMMING IN INDIA, PATH INTRODUCED ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TO STREAMLINE CHEST X-RAY READINGS, ENABLING QUICKER DIAGNOSIS AND INITIATION OF TREATMENT. WITH SUPPORT FROM USAID, PATH FACILITATED A NEEDS ASSESSMENT FOR TECHNICAL SUPPORT UNITS TO FOSTER LOCAL PRIVATE-SECTOR ENGAGEMENT ACROSS FIVE INDIAN STATES. PATH ALSO SUPPORTED REVISIONS AND UPDATES TO TB CONTROL STANDARDS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH WHO AND THE NATIONAL TB PROGRAM. IN 2022 IN KENYA, PATH CONTINUED TO PROVIDE A COMPREHENSIVE PACKAGE OF HEALTH, SOCIAL, AND ECONOMIC STRENGTHENING SERVICES FOR CHILDREN, ADOLESCENTS, AND YOUNG PEOPLE THROUGH THE PEPFAR-FUNDED NURU YA MTOTO PROJECT SUPPORTING 327 HEALTH FACILITIES TO DELIVER: CLINICAL SERVICES TO PREVENT VERTICAL TRANSMISSION OF HIV, TB/HIV COINFECTION SERVICES, CERVICAL CANCER SCREENING AND TREATMENT, AND VIRAL LOAD MONITORING. PATH ALSO IMPLEMENTED THE CHAK A CHAKA PROJECT, WHICH STRENGTHENS ECONOMIC SKILLS AMONG YOUNG WOMEN IN KISUMU, HOMA BAY, AND MIGORI COUNTIES TO REDUCE HIV RISK AND VULNERABILITY. IN 2022, PATH HELPED 1,225 YOUNG WOMEN BUILD SAVINGS AND ENTREPRENEURIAL SKILLS THROUGH ACCESS TO BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT AND VOCATIONAL TRAININGS, BUSINESS COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS, AND INSURANCE FUNDS. PATH PROVIDED CLINICAL EXPERTISE TO CREATE AND REVISE NATIONAL GUIDELINES AND PROTOCOLS FOR DRUG-SENSITIVE AND DRUG-RESISTANT TB IN TAJIKISTAN, KAZAKHSTAN, AND UZBEKISTAN; DEVELOPED A TEXTBOOK FOR TB HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS IN TAJIKISTAN; AND REVISED INFECTION PREVENTION AND CONTROL GUIDELINES IN UZBEKISTAN. IN TANZANIA, THE USAID-FUNDED IDDS PROJECT SUPPORTED QUALITY MANAGEMENT AT ZONAL LABORATORIES, EQUIPMENT UPGRADES, AND PREPARATION OF THE LABORATORY NETWORK FOR THE INTRODUCTION OF THE TRUENAT TB TEST. TWENTY-ONE ZONAL LABORATORY STAFF WERE TRAINED ON QUALITY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS, 50 ROUTERS WERE INSTALLED TO IMPROVE CONNECTIVITY FOR DATA REPORTING, AND 36 PEOPLE WERE TRAINED ON TRUENAT, ACHIEVING A PRE- TO POST-TEST KNOWLEDGE ASSESSMENT INCREASE FROM 51.9 PERCENT TO 80.4 PERCENT. THROUGH IDDS IN VIETNAM, PATH SUPPORTED THE NATIONAL TB PROGRAM BY ASSESSING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF DIAGNOSTIC INTERVENTIONS INCLUDING PEDIATRIC STOOL TESTING, HANDHELD PORTABLE X-RAY INTRODUCTION, AND THE APPLICATION OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE FOR READING CHEST X-RAYS. IN DECEMBER 2022, PATH, IN COLLABORATION WITH THE UGANDA MOH AND YOUTH LEADERS, KICKED OFF WORK TO DEVELOP DIFFERENTIATED AND INTEGRATED HIV AND FAMILY PLANNING SERVICE DELIVERY MODELS, WITH A FOCUS ON EXPANDING ACCESS TO A RANGE OF HIV PREVENTION INCLUDING PRE-EXPOSURE PROPHYLAXIS (PREP) AND CONTRACEPTIVE OPTIONS FOR ADOLESCENT GIRLS AND YOUNG WOMEN IN UGANDA. THIS PROJECT AIMS TO APPLY HUMAN-CENTERED DESIGN TO ENGAGE YOUNG WOMEN (18-24 YEARS OF AGE) AND HEALTH WORKERS TO DESIGN AND PROTOTYPE MODELS, WITH A GOAL OF DOCUMENTING AND SHARING MODELS AS WELL AS RECOMMENDATIONS FOR HOW TO OFFER THE EXPANDING RANGE OF PREP PRODUCTS THROUGH SERVICE DELIVERY POINTS WHERE ADOLESCENT GIRLS AND YOUNG WOMEN ACCESS CONTRACEPTION. IN UKRAINE, PATH COMPLETED THE USAID-FUNDED SERVING LIFE PROJECT, WHICH REDUCED TB, HIV, AND HEPATITIS C TRANSMISSION IN THE PENAL SYSTEM AND COMMUNITIES ACROSS 12 REGIONS. IN 2022, SEVERAL PROJECT INTERVENTIONS WERE SUCCESSFULLY TRANSITIONED TO GOVERNMENT LEADERSHIP, INCLUDING MEDICATION-ASSISTED THERAPY, PROVISION OF PSYCHOSOCIAL AND HIV SERVICES FOR PRE-TRIAL DETAINEES, AND INDEX CASE TESTING FOR CONTACTS OF DETAINEES NEWLY DIAGNOSED WITH HIV. PATH CONTINUED TO IMPLEMENT THE USAID-FUNDED SUPPORT TB CONTROL EFFORTS IN UKRAINE (STBCEU) PROJECT, WHICH FOCUSES ON PREVENTION, DETECTION, AND TREATMENT OF TB, DRUG-RESISTANT TB, AND TB/HIV. IN 2022, STBCEU IMPLEMENTED INDEX CASE TESTING FOR PATIENTS WITH TB IN PROJECT REGIONS: AMONG 8,276 INDEX PATIENTS, 19,521 CONTACTS WERE IDENTIFIED AND OF THESE 563 STARTED ON TB TREATMENT AND 7,589 ON TB PREVENTIVE TREATMENT (TPT). THE PROJECT ALSO: PROMOTED SHORTER TPT REGIMENS LEADING TO AN INCREASE IN USE OF THE REGIMENS FROM 60 PERCENT TO 78 PERCENT; SUPPORTED QUANTIFERON-GOLD TESTING TO DIAGNOSE LATENT TB INFECTION; INTRODUCED PORTABLE X-RAY MACHINES TO SUPPORT CASE FINDING IN REMOTE AREAS; AND, SUPPORTED CONFLICT-RELATED RESPONSE INCLUDING TRANSPORTATION, EMERGENCY SUPPLY PROCUREMENT, AND INTEGRATED HEALTH SCREENINGS FOR INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS. IN VIETNAM, PATH CONTINUED EFFORTS TO REDUCE NEW HIV INFECTIONS IN PURSUIT OF ENDING AIDS BY 2030 THROUGH THE USAID SUPPORT FOR TECHNICAL EXCELLENCE AND PRIVATE SECTOR SUSTAINABILITY IN VIETNAM (STEPS) PROJECT. 2022 EFFORTS WERE INTENSIVELY FOCUSED ON ENSURING ACCESS TO KEY HEALTH TOOLS FOR HIVST DURING THE COVID-19 OMICRON SURGE, SCALING UP PREP, AND DELIVERING AN INTEGRATED KEY POPULATION AND CLIENT-CENTERED PACKAGE OF SERVICES THROUGH ONE-STOP-SHOP CLINICS, BUILDING ON SYSTEMS AND APPROACHES ADVANCED BY THE USAID/PATH HEALTHY MARKETS PROJECT (20142021). IN ZAMBIA, PATH COMPLETED THE USAID-FUNDED ERADICATE TB PROJECT IN 2022. THE PROJECT SUCCESSFULLY INSTITUTIONALIZED SEVERAL TB INTERVENTIONS, INCLUDING TECHNICAL SUPPORTIVE SUPERVISION TOOLS AT HEALTH FACILITIES, AN INTEGRATED TB/HIV SPECIMEN COURIER SYSTEM IN 30 HIGH-VOLUME TB NOTIFICATION DISTRICTS, ENHANCED ACCESS TO LABORATORY TESTING FOR TB, DECENTRALIZED DRUG-RESISTANT TB SERVICES, ONE-STOP TB/HIV CLINICS, AND MOBILE CLINICS IN REGIONS WITH LIMITED ACCESS TO TB SERVICES. |
| FORM 990, PART III, LINE 4A, DESCRIPTION OF PROGRAM SERVICE: | NONCOMMUNICABLE DISEASES PATH IS AT THE FOREFRONT OF THE FIGHT AGAINST NONCOMMUNICABLE DISEASES (NCDS), INCLUDING DIABETES, CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE, AND MENTAL HEALTH IN LOW-RESOURCE SETTINGS WORLDWIDE, WHERE THE BURDEN OF THESE DISEASES IS RISING DISPROPORTIONATELY. IN 2022, PATH CONTINUED TO SERVE AS THE SECRETARIAT OF THE COALITION FOR ACCESS TO NCD MEDICINES AND PRODUCTS. THIS GLOBAL, MULTISECTORAL COLLABORATION WORKS TO INCREASE ACCESS TO NCD MEDICINES AND HEALTH PRODUCTS IN LMICS. IN ADDITION TO GLOBAL ADVOCACY, THE COALITION LED THE DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF A FORECASTING PROGRAM FOR NCD MEDICINES AND PRODUCTS IN KENYA AND UGANDA AND BEGAN EXPANSION INTO GHANA. PATH IMPLEMENTED NCD PROJECTS IN GHANA, KENYA, MALI, MOZAMBIQUE, RWANDA, SENEGAL, TANZANIA, UGANDA, AND VIETNAM THAT BUILD STRONGER PHC SYSTEMS, GREATER ACCESS TO ESSENTIAL NCD MEDICINES AND PRODUCTS, AND DATA-DRIVEN DECISION-MAKING ALL CRITICAL COMPONENTS OF HEALTH SYSTEM RESILIENCY. OUR EFFORTS IN GHANA INCLUDED SUPPLY CHAIN STRENGTHENING AND IMPLEMENTATION OF THE NCD NAVIGATOR, A FIRST-OF-ITS-KIND, LOCALLY MANAGED, NCD DIGITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM FOR RESOURCE PLANNING AND ALLOCATION IN ALL OF GHANA'S 16 REGIONS. IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE GHANA HEALTH SERVICE, PATH'S HEALTHY HEART AFRICA PROJECT CONDUCTED MORE THAN 700,000 BLOOD PRESSURE SCREENINGS AND LINKED THOSE DIAGNOSED TO TREATMENT. IN KENYA, PATH IMPLEMENTED A CUTTING-EDGE PROGRAM THAT ENABLES COMMUNITY AND HOUSEHOLD SCREENINGS FOR HYPERTENSION, REMOTE BLOOD PRESSURE AND BLOOD SUGAR MONITORING, TELEMEDICINE, COMMUNITY-BASED DRUG DELIVERY, AND ENHANCED DATA MANAGEMENT. WE TRANSITIONED OWNERSHIP OF THE NCD NAVIGATOR TO THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH BUT CONTINUED TO PROVIDE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE. WE ALSO BEGAN IMPLEMENTING SEVERAL INNOVATIONS TO STRENGTHEN SUPPLY CHAINS SUCH AS A STOCK TRACKER, AN ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORDS MODULE FOR NCD FACILITY DATA, AND LAST-MILE DISTRIBUTION. ADDITIONALLY, PATH IMPLEMENTED AN HIV-HYPERTENSION INTEGRATION PROJECT IN THREE FACILITIES IN WESTERN KENYA TO INCREASE ACCESS TO CARE. OUR PRIMARY HEALTH CARE MODEL IN VIETNAM USES PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS, DIGITAL TOOLS, AND COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS TO SUPPORT SCREENING AND LINKAGES TO CARE. IN 2022, WE DISSEMINATED RESULTS FROM A SUPPLY CHAIN ASSESSMENT TO DETERMINE THE AVAILABILITY AND AFFORDABILITY OF NCD MEDICINES AT THE PHC LEVEL AND TRAINED HEALTH CARE AND SUPPLY CHAIN PERSONNEL TO SUPPORT SUPPLY MANAGEMENT. IN SENEGAL, TANZANIA, AND RWANDA, PATH IMPLEMENTED THE HEALTHY HEART AFRICA PROJECT FOCUSED ON HYPERTENSION MANAGEMENT AT THE COMMUNITY LEVEL. PATH ALSO CONTINUED TO IMPLEMENT AND EXPAND THE DIABETES CAREPAK IN KENYA, MALI, MOZAMBIQUE, TANZANIA, AND UGANDA AN INNOVATIVE BUNDLING SOLUTION OF THE COMMODITIES NEEDED FOR SAFE ADMINISTRATION OF INSULIN AND DIABETES SELF-CARE. PATH HAS ALSO CONDUCTED SEVERAL RESEARCH AND LANDSCAPING ASSESSMENT PROJECTS. WE COMPLETED AN NCD SITUATIONAL ANALYSIS AND LANDSCAPING ASSESSMENT OF CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES, SPECIFICALLY FOCUSED ON HYPERTENSION AND DIABETES. WE ALSO INITIATED A SECONDARY RESEARCH PROJECT ON THE MENTAL HEALTH LANDSCAPE OF 22 COUNTRIES TO OUTLINE THE RESEARCH, POLICIES, AND PRACTICES AROUND MENTAL HEALTH IN A VARIETY OF LOW, MIDDLE, AND HIGH-INCOME COUNTRIES. FINALLY, PATH LED AND CONTRIBUTED TO CONVENINGS TO RAISE AWARENESS OF NCDS AND ORCHESTRATE ACTION TO IMPROVE ACCESS TO NCD PREVENTION AND CARE. SEXUAL AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH PATH'S WORK IN SEXUAL AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH (SRH) IS GUIDED BY THE PRINCIPLES OF CHOICE, EQUITY, AND DIGNITY FOR ALL PEOPLE AND GROUNDED IN AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE COMPLEX SOCIAL, BEHAVIORAL, AND GENDER DIMENSIONS OF SRH THROUGHOUT THE LIFE CYCLE. WE BUILD EVIDENCE, CREATE TOOLS AND RESOURCES, AND PROVIDE SERVICES THAT ARE CO-DESIGNED WITH AND FOR WOMEN AND GIRLS TO ADDRESS THEIR DIVERSE NEEDS AND CIRCUMSTANCES, REDUCE BARRIERS, AND EXPAND OPTIONS. IN 2022, PATH RENEWED ITS COMMITMENT TO FAMILY PLANNING (FP) THROUGH THE FP2030 INITIATIVE AMPLIFYING A RIGHTS-BASED APPROACH TO ADVANCING HEALTH EQUITY. WE BELIEVE ALL PEOPLE HAVE THE RIGHT TO INFORMATION, PRODUCTS, AND QUALITY FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES REGARDLESS OF WHERE THEY LIVE, THEIR AGE, THEIR MARITAL STATUS, OR THEIR WEALTH. WITH ASSISTANCE FROM PATH AND PARTNERS, COUNTRIES HAVE CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE SCALE-UP OF THE CONTRACEPTIVE INNOVATION, SELF-INJECTION WITH SUBCUTANEOUS DMPA (DMPA-SC). LED BY PATH IN PARTNERSHIP WITH JSI, THE DMPA-SC ACCESS COLLABORATIVE IN 2022 PROVIDED TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO 18 COUNTRIES AND COLLECTED DATA FROM 13 COUNTRIES SHOWING MORE THAN 1 MILLION CLIENT SELF-INJECTION VISITS SINCE 2018. IN UGANDA, PATH AND THE MOH CONTINUE TO IMPLEMENT GROUNDBREAKING PERSON-CENTERED PROGRAMS TO DEMONSTRATE HOW SELF-INJECTION CAN BE OFFERED AT SCALE. IN ZAMBIA, PATH COLLABORATED WITH THE MOH TO DEVELOP PERSON-CENTERED SERVICE DELIVERY MODELS FOR INTEGRATING FP SERVICES INTO CHILDHOOD IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMMING. ACROSS 40 FACILITIES IN FOUR DISTRICTS, PUBLIC-SECTOR HEALTH WORKERS REACHED POSTPARTUM WOMEN WHO WISHED TO SPACE OR LIMIT BIRTHS AND RARELY INTERACTED WITH THE HEALTH SYSTEM. PATH'S LIVING LABS TEAM FACILITATED HUMAN-CENTERED PROGRAM DESIGN WORKSHOPS WITH WOMEN, THEIR MALE PARTNERS, AND LEADERS IN PHC, FP, AND IMMUNIZATION. TOGETHER, WE REIMAGINED THE INTEGRATION OF SERVICES THROUGH NINE APPROACHES TO MEET THE NEEDS OF MOTHERS AND INFANTS MORE HOLISTICALLY. PLANS ARE UNDERWAY WITH THE MOH TO MOBILIZE SCALE-UP OF THE APPROACHES DEVELOPED AND PILOTED THROUGH THE PROJECT. PATH CONTINUES TO BE A LEADER IN THE SELF-CARE MOVEMENT, SUPPORTING INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES WHO CHOOSE TO MANAGE THEIR OWN HEALTH. THROUGH THE SELF-CARE PIONEERS COALITION IN SENEGAL, THE MOH, PATH, AND PARTNERS DEVELOPED AND SECURED APPROVAL OF SENEGAL'S SELF-CARE GUIDELINES IN 2022. THESE ARE AMONG THE FIRST NATIONAL SELF-CARE GUIDELINES IN THE WORLD, AND THE FIRST IN FRANCOPHONE AFRICA. PATH'S TECHNICAL EXPERTISE WAS ALSO INSTRUMENTAL IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF AND ADVOCACY FOR RECENTLY APPROVED NATIONAL REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH SELF-CARE GUIDELINES IN KENYA, WHICH AUTHORIZE SELF-INJECTION OF DMPA-SC FOR THE FIRST TIME. WE ALSO PROVIDED TECHNICAL SUPPORT AND LEADERSHIP TO DEVELOP, SCALE UP, AND MAINSTREAM EVIDENCE-DRIVEN INNOVATIONS, INCLUDING THOSE RESPONSIVE TO DIVERSE ADOLESCENT AND YOUTH POPULATIONS. MEANINGFUL ADOLESCENT AND YOUTH ENGAGEMENT UNDERPINS OUR WORK. PATH CONTINUED SERVING AS A MEMBER OF WHO'S TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE COORDINATION MECHANISM ON ADOLESCENT AND YOUTH SEXUAL AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH AND RIGHTS (AYSRHR) HELPING TO ENSURE THAT YOUNG PEOPLE ARE ABLE TO ACCESS SRH INFORMATION AND SERVICES; THAT AYSRHR PROGRAMS ARE WELL-DESIGNED, IMPLEMENTED, MONITORED, AND DOCUMENTED; AND THAT POLITICAL PROCESSES AND STRUCTURES ARE BETTER PREPARED TO INCLUSIVELY ADDRESS THE UNIQUE SRH NEEDS OF YOUNG PEOPLE. IN 2022, PATH'S TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE INCLUDED SUPPORT TO MINISTRIES OF HEALTH TO MEANINGFULLY ENGAGE ADOLESCENTS AND YOUTH THROUGHOUT THE POLICY CYCLE. PATH ALSO CONTINUED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE GUIDELINE DEVELOPMENT GROUP TO SUPPORT UPDATED WHO GUIDELINES ON PREVENTING CHILD MARRIAGE, RESPONDING TO THE NEEDS OF MARRIED GIRLS, AND INCREASING ACCESS TO AND UPTAKE OF CONTRACEPTION AMONG ADOLESCENTS. PATH CONTINUED TO SERVE AS THE SECRETARIAT FOR THE REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH SUPPLIES COALITION, A GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP OF MORE THAN 540 PUBLIC AND PRIVATE ENTITIES AND NGOS WORKING TO EXPAND ACCESS TO CRITICAL SRH AND FP SUPPLIES AND SERVICES. |
| FORM 990, PART III, LINE 4B, DESCRIPTION OF PROGRAM SERVICE: | IN ADDITION, WE COMPLETED DATA COLLECTION FOR AN HPV COST-OF-DELIVERY STUDY IN SIX COUNTRIES WITH HPV VACCINATION PROGRAMS AND BEGAN DATA ANALYSIS. FINALLY, WE PARTNERED WITH LMICS ON THE PLANNING, IMPLEMENTATION, AND ONGOING MONITORING OF NATIONAL HPV VACCINATION PROGRAMS. PATH PUBLISHED SEVERAL ARTICLES ON THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS (RSV) AND OTHER ACUTE RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS AMONG INFANTS IN LMICS. ADDITIONALLY, PATH UPDATED OUR RSV VACCINE AND MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY SNAPSHOT, WHICH PROVIDES AN OVERVIEW OF THE INTERVENTION PRODUCT LANDSCAPE, AND OUR CLINICAL TRIAL TRACKER, WHICH PROVIDES INFORMATION ON RELATED CLINICAL TRIALS. DRUG DEVELOPMENT THROUGH OUR WORK ON DRUG DEVELOPMENT AND INTRODUCTION, PATH HELPS ENSURE THAT PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD, ESPECIALLY CHILDREN IN LOW-RESOURCE SETTINGS, HAVE RELIABLE ACCESS TO LIFESAVING MEDICINES. OVER THE YEARS, OUR WORK HAS ADVANCED SOLUTIONS FOR A RANGE OF URGENT GLOBAL HEALTH CHALLENGES, INCLUDING ENTERIC AND DIARRHEAL DISEASES, NEGLECTED TROPICAL DISEASES, HIV/AIDS, AND MALARIA. DRAWING ON AN ENDURING COMMITMENT TO HEALTH EQUITY AND A UNIQUE PARTNERSHIP APPROACH THAT SPANS THE ACADEMIC, PRIVATE, NONPROFIT, AND GOVERNMENT SECTORS, OUR WORK OVERTURNS BARRIERS TO HEALTH AT EVERY STAGE OF DRUG DEVELOPMENT AND USE FROM EARLY RESEARCH TO INTRODUCTION. IN 2022, WE CONTINUED DEVELOPING NEW THERAPEUTICS FOR CRYPTOSPORIDIUM, A DEADLY DIARRHEA-CAUSING PARASITE FOR WHICH NO HIGHLY EFFECTIVE TREATMENT IS AVAILABLE. WITH OUR COMMERCIAL MANUFACTURING PARTNER QUANSYS BIOSCIENCES, WE CONTINUED TO IMPLEMENT THE MICRONUTRIENT AND EED ASSESSMENT TOOL (MEEDAT), A NEW TOOL FOR ASSESSING ENVIRONMENTAL ENTERIC DYSFUNCTION (EED) AN INTESTINAL DISORDER RESPONSIBLE FOR A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF THE GROWTH STUNTING OF APPROXIMATELY 140 MILLION CHILDREN WORLDWIDE. MEEDAT WAS USED IN STUDIES OF CHILDREN IN ZAMBIA AND TANZANIA, WITH ADDITIONAL STUDIES PLANNED IN KENYA AND MALAWI. PATH ALSO EXPLORED NEW USES AND PARTNERSHIPS FOR IOWH032, A DRUG CANDIDATE WE PREVIOUSLY DEVELOPED FOR TREATMENT OF CHOLERA, WHICH ALSO HAS POTENTIAL FOR TREATING OTHER DISEASES. |
| FORM 990, PART III, LINE 4C, DESCRIPTION OF PROGRAM SERVICE: | ALSO, UNDER THE MEBCI 2.0 PROJECT, PATH WORKED WITH GHS TO DEVELOP A TRAINING MANUAL FOR PROVIDERS AT THE PHC LEVEL ON THE CARE, EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION WITH MOTHERS, AND REFERRAL PROTOCOLS FOR CRITICALLY ILL AND SMALL BABIES TO THE FOUR PROJECT HOSPITALS. AFTERWARD WE SUPPORTED THE TRAINING OF 126 HEALTH PROVIDERS FROM 24 PHC FACILITIES. WITH APPROVAL FROM GLOBAL HEALTH MEDIA, PATH ALSO TRANSLATED VIDEOS ON CARING FOR SMALL AND SICK NEWBORNS INTO TWO POPULAR LOCAL LANGUAGES FOR USE IN EDUCATION AND AWARENESS RAISING AT THE POINT OF CARE AND IN COMMUNITIES. PATH ALSO WORKED TO STRENGTHEN IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS IN GHANA IN 2022. WITH FUNDING SUPPORT FROM OPEN PHILANTHROPY RECOMMENDED TO PATH FROM GIVEWELL, WE SUPPORTED THE EXPANSION OF THE RTS,S MALARIA VACCINE TO 51 NEW DISTRICTS IN GHANA. PATH'S OTHER AREAS OF FOCUS TO SUPPORT IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMMING INCLUDED CONTINUING TO SUPPORT THE NATIONAL RESPONSE TO COVID-19, SUPPORTING THE INTRODUCTION OF HPV VACCINATION INTO ROUTINE IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS, EXPANDING THE USE OF GEO-ENABLED DIGITAL MICROPLANNING, AND SUPPORTING THE LAUNCH OF NATIONAL GUIDELINES FOR INTRODUCING IMMUNIZATION SERVICE DELIVERY THROUGH COMMUNITY PHARMACISTS. WITH FUNDING SUPPORT FROM ASTRAZENECA, PATH SUPPORTED NCD PROGRAMMING IN GHANA THROUGH THE HEALTHY HEART AFRICA PROGRAM. IN 2022, PATH HELPED IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF HYPERTENSION SERVICE DELIVERY IN ASHANTI AND BONO EAST REGIONS BY SUPPORTING 11 DISTRICTS AND 50 HEALTH FACILITIES WITH OVER 300 BLOOD PRESSURE DEVICES AND TRAINING OVER 200 HEALTH WORKERS ON HYPERTENSION PREVENTION AND MANAGEMENT. WE ALSO SUPPORTED THE INTEGRATION OF HYPERTENSION CARE ACROSS MULTIPLE POINTS OF CARE WITHIN FACILITIES INCLUDING CHILD WELFARE CLINICS, FAMILY PLANNING UNITS, WELLNESS CLINICS, AND NATIONAL IMMUNIZATION DAYS TO IMPROVE ACCESS TO HYPERTENSION CARE AND REDUCE MISSED OPPORTUNITIES FOR SCREENING. PATH ALSO CONDUCTED TARGETED COMMUNITY ADVOCACY CAMPAIGNS AND SCREENINGS FOR PRIORITY GROUPS. AS PART OF THESE EFFORTS, WE SUPPORTED THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE HYPERTENSION CHAMPIONS PROGRAM, WHICH LEVERAGED INFLUENTIAL COMMUNITY MEMBERS AS AGENTS FOR HYPERTENSION AWARENESS, PREVENTION, AND CONTROL. PATH WORKED WITH THE GHS NCD PROGRAM TO INTRODUCE AND SCALE THE USE OF THE NCD NAVIGATOR TOOL TO ALL 16 REGIONS OF THE COUNTRY. PATH ALSO SUPPORTED THE MULTISTAKEHOLDER HIGH-LEVEL NCD ROUNDTABLE FORUM HELD IN GHANA IN APRIL 2022 AND DELIVERED A PRESENTATION ON FINANCING NCDS ON BEHALF OF GHANA'S NCD STEERING COMMITTEE. PATH WORKED TO STRENGTHEN SUPPLY CHAIN LEADERSHIP AND GOVERNANCE WITH FUNDING FROM THE ACCESS ACCELERATED PARTNERSHIP. WE INTRODUCED A FORECASTING TOOL AND TRAINED KEY HEALTH PROVIDERS AROUND PROCUREMENT, MEDICINES AND SUPPLIES, HEALTH INFORMATION AND DATA MANAGEMENT, AND FORECASTING FOR CLINICIANS. PATH ALSO CONDUCTED A BASELINE STUDY ON INSULIN INTEGRATION INTO GHANA'S COLD CHAIN SYSTEM AND SUPPORTED AN ONGOING PILOT OF THIS INTERVENTION AT THE GA-WEST MUNICIPALITY IN THE GREATER ACCRA REGION. KENYA THE TOOLS FOR INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT OF CHILDHOOD ILLNESS (TIMCI) PROJECT IS A FOUR-YEAR PROJECT (JULY 2019-MARCH 2024) FUNDED BY UNITAID. THE PRIMARY GOALS ARE TO IMPROVE PHC WORKERS' ABILITY TO DIAGNOSE SEVERE DISEASE BY EQUIPPING THEM WITH PULSE OXIMETRY (POX) AND CLINICAL DECISION SUPPORT ALGORITHMS (CDSA) AND TO ACCELERATE THE DEVELOPMENT OF NONINVASIVE DEVICES THAT AUGMENT THE FEATURES OF STANDARD PULSE OXIMETERS WITH ONE OR MORE ADDITIONAL VITAL SIGN MEASUREMENTS. THE TIMCI PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION PHASE WAS ROLLED OUT IN 2022 IN THREE COUNTIES: KAKAMEGA, KITUI, AND UASIN GISHU. SIXTY HEALTH FACILITIES COLLECTED ROUTINE POX AND CDSA CASE DATA ON SICK CHILDREN, WHILE THE UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI CONDUCTED RESEARCH ON POX AND CDSA FEASIBILITY AND COST-EFFECTIVENESS IN 19 PHC FACILITIES. ONCE THE DATA ANALYSIS IS COMPLETED, PATH AIMS TO USE THE RESULTS TO INFORM COUNTY LEADERSHIP ENGAGEMENT FOR PRIORITIZATION AND BUDGETING FOR POX, HEALTH CARE PROVIDER TRAINING AND SCALE-UP OF PULSE OXIMETRY AND CDSA, AND ENGAGEMENT OF CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS FOR ADVOCACY AND AWARENESS CREATION ON USE OF POX AND CDSA. PATH'S NONCOMMUNICABLE DISEASES TEAM SUPPORTED SCALE-UP OF THE AFYA KIJIJINI PRIMARY HEALTH CARE PROJECT IN MAKUENI COUNTY WITH 26 SITES AND OVER 14,000 PATIENTS LINKED TO CARE THROUGH THE ACCESS ACCELERATED PROJECT, A MULTICOUNTRY INITIATIVE IN KENYA, GHANA, AND VIETNAM. PATH ALSO SUPPORTED STRENGTHENING OF MEDICINES DATA AVAILABILITY AND END-TO-END VISIBILITY DASHBOARDS WITH THE KENYA MEDICAL SUPPLIES AUTHORITY (KEMSA) WITH THE SAME FUND. WITH INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF PHARMACEUTICALS MANUFACTURERS & ASSOCIATIONS AND NOVO NORDISK FUNDING, PATH SUPPORTED THE CO-CREATION OF A DIABETES SELF-CARE BUNDLE TO BE USED BY PATIENTS LIVING WITH DIABETES IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE MOH'S DEPARTMENT ON NCDS, PATH'S LIVING LABS, AND PATIENT GROUPS. OUR WORK CONTRIBUTED TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF PROTOTYPE KITS, PATIENT MANUALS, AND TRAINING MATERIALS. ADDITIONALLY, PATH SUPPORTED A PILOT PROJECT ON HIV AND HYPERTENSION WITH RESOLVE TO SAVE LIVES (RTSL) FUNDING IN KISUMU AND NYAMIRA COUNTIES. THROUGH THE NCD PROGRAM, PATH PROVIDED TECHNICAL STAFF EMBEDDED WITHIN MOH TO SUPPORT NCD PROGRAMMING INCLUDING FOR CANCER. THE ECD PROJECT IN KENYA SUPPORTED THE DEVELOPMENT OF POLICY DOCUMENTS THAT ENTRENCH ECD AS A PRIORITY PROGRAM NATIONALLY AND SUBNATIONALLY. THE PROJECT ALSO SUCCESSFULLY ADVOCATED FOR GOVERNMENT LEADERSHIP AND INVESTMENT IN ECD THROUGH THE LAKE REGIONAL ECONOMIC BLOC, ENSURING THAT COUNTY GOVERNMENTS ALLOCATE RESOURCES IN SECTORAL BUDGETS TO PROMOTE CHILD DEVELOPMENT. UNDER THE PEPFAR-FUNDED USAID NURU YA MTOTO PROJECT, THE DETERMINED, RESILIENT, EMPOWERED, AIDS-FREE, MENTORED, AND SAFE (DREAMS) PROGRAM AIMS TO REDUCE NEW HIV INFECTIONS AMONG ADOLESCENT GIRLS AND YOUNG WOMEN (AGYW) BY DELIVERING HIGH-QUALITY, COMPREHENSIVE, AND YOUTH-FRIENDLY PREVENTION SERVICES TO AGYW ENROLLED IN THE PROGRAM. THE PROGRAM ALSO AIMS TO REDUCE GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE (GBV) AND IMPROVE THE HEALTH SYSTEM RESPONSE TO POST-GBV CARE FOR AGYW. THE PROJECT ENROLLED AND HAS AN ACTIVE AGYW BASE OF 37,575 AND AN 87 PERCENT ACHIEVEMENT AGAINST TARGETS. THE ORPHANS AND VULNERABLE CHILDREN (OVC) INTERVENTION AIMS TO SAFEGUARD THE HEALTH, RIGHTS, AND WELFARE OF CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS, WORKING WITH COUNTY GOVERNMENTS, STAKEHOLDERS, AND LOCAL IMPLEMENTING PARTNERS. WE DELIVER HIGH-QUALITY HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES TO OVC AND HOUSEHOLDS AFFECTED BY HIV AND HELP STRENGTHEN CHILD PROTECTION SYSTEMS AND SERVICE DELIVERY IN CLOSE COLLABORATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN SERVICES AND MOH. THE PROJECT ADMINISTERED CASE PLAN ACHIEVEMENT READINESS ASSESSMENTS (CPARAS) FOR 27,863 HOUSEHOLDS AND DEVELOPED CASE PLANS FOR 64,675 OVC, WHICH IS A 100 PERCENT ACHIEVEMENT FOR HHS WITH CASE PLANS. PATH'S MARKET DYNAMICS TEAM BEGAN IMPLEMENTING TWO PROJECTS IN KENYA DURING 2022 THAT WILL RUN THROUGH 2025: STRENGTHENING OXYGEN UTILIZATION AND RESPIRATORY CARE ECOSYSTEM (SOURCE) AND SCALING ACCESS TO LIFESAVING EQUIPMENT (SCALE). PATH HAS CONDUCTED COUNTIES' NEEDS ASSESSMENTS IN THE SEVEN IMPLEMENTATION COUNTIES IN KENYA. WE CONDUCTED WORKSHOPS ON FINANCIAL PLANNING, PROCUREMENT TRAINING, AND BUDGETING TO SUPPORT EQUIPMENT AND INFRASTRUCTURE RELATED TO MEDICAL OXYGEN PRODUCTION, STORAGE, AND DISTRIBUTION. PATH ALSO SUPPORTED CAPACITY-BUILDING EFFORTS FOR COUNTY BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERS AND CLINICIANS ON DETERMINATION OF OXYGEN NEEDS AND ON RATIONAL USE OF OXYGEN. PATH LED ADVOCACY TRAINING WITH THE GOAL OF INCREASING DOMESTIC FINANCING TO ENSURE A SUSTAINABLE AND RESILIENT SUPPLY CHAIN FOR EQUIPMENT, SPARE PARTS, AND EQUIPMENT CONSUMABLES. UNDER THE SOURCE PROJECT WE HAVE SUPPORTED THE MOH IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF GUIDELINES ON PRODUCTION, DELIVERY, AND MANAGEMENT OF MEDICAL OXYGEN AND DEVELOPMENT OF OXYGEN INDICATORS TO BE INCORPORATED INTO THE NATIONAL HEALTH INFORMATION SYSTEM. UNDER THE SCALE PROJECT, PATH FOCUSED ON INCREASING ACCESS TO MNCH/PHC DEVICES, VIRAL LOAD TESTING, AND COLD CHAIN EQUIPMENT. PATH CONTINUED SUPPORTING THE EXPANSION OF IMMUNIZATION SERVICES IN KENYA. DISTRIBUTION OF THE RTS,S MALARIA VACCINE EXPANDED TO AN ADDITIONAL 26 HIGH-RISK SUBCOUNTIES IN 2022, MAKING A TOTAL OF 52 SUBCOUNTIES PROVIDING THE RTS,S VACCINE AS PART OF THE COUNTRY'S ROUTINE IMMUNIZATION. THROUGH GAVI TCA AND COVID-19 DELIVERY SUPPORT FUND, PATH HAS BEEN ABLE TO PROVIDE TECHNICAL SUPPORT AT NATIONAL AND SUBNATIONAL LEVELS ON COVID-19 VACCINATION. THROUGH USAID'S MOMENTUM ROUTINE IMMUNIZATION TRANSFORMATION AND EQUITY (M-RITE) PROJECT, PATH SUPPORTED THE COUNTRY IN REDUCING THE NUMBER OF ZERO-DOSE AND UNDER-IMMUNIZED CHILDREN. |
| FORM 990, PART III, LINE 4C, DESCRIPTION OF PROGRAM SERVICE: | WITH FINANCIAL SUPPORT FROM THE GATES FOUNDATION, PATH'S LIVING LABS PROJECT PARTNERED WITH HEALTH CARE WORKERS USING A HUMAN-CENTERED DESIGN APPROACH TO CO-CREATE SOLUTIONS FOR IMPROVING HEALTH WORKER MOTIVATION AND INCREASING VACCINE COVERAGE. PATH LIVING LABS ALSO COLLABORATED WITH ADOLESCENT GIRLS AND YOUNG WOMEN AND PREP SERVICE PROVIDERS IN HOMA BAY COUNTY TO JOINTLY DEVELOP FIVE SOLUTIONS AIMED AT ENHANCING AGYW ADHERENCE TO PREP. PATH LIVING LABS HAS, THROUGH USER ENGAGEMENT, ESTABLISHED THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE MOTHER-CHILD HEALTH BOOKLET IN PROMOTING NURTURING CARE FOR EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT (NCFECD). IN 2022, WE CONTINUED TO FOCUS ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF TRAINING GUIDES AND OPERATING PROCEDURES AIMED AT EMPOWERING HEALTH CARE WORKERS AND COMMUNITY HEALTH VOLUNTEERS TO EFFECTIVELY INTEGRATE NCFECD AT FACILITY AND COMMUNITY LEVELS AND ENSURE HIGH-QUALITY IMPLEMENTATION. OUR LIVING LABS AND M-RITE TEAMS COLLABORATED TO REVIEW AND EVALUATE THE M-RITE CRISTA FRAMEWORK, WHICH FOCUSES ON ASSESSING THE TRANSFERABILITY OF COVID-19 DIGITAL SYSTEMS TO ROUTINE IMMUNIZATION. THIS FRAMEWORK PROVIDES A SYSTEMATIC PROCESS FOR COLLECTING EVIDENCE AND GENERATING RECOMMENDATIONS TO SUPPORT THE TRANSFER OF DIGITAL SYSTEMS FROM COVID-19 TO ROUTINE IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS. TO ASSESS THE TOOL, THE LIVING LABS TEAM CONDUCTED EXPERT INTERVIEWS AND DESK REVIEWS AND PROVIDED VALUABLE FEEDBACK ON THE USABILITY AND EFFECTIVENESS OF THE TOOL, AIMING TO ENHANCE ITS OVERALL FUNCTIONALITY. IN COLLABORATION WITH THE NATIONAL VACCINES AND IMMUNIZATION PROGRAM (NVIP) TEAM, WE UNDERTOOK THE TASK OF REDESIGNING HPV MATERIALS WITH CONSIDERATION OF THE FEEDBACK RECEIVED FROM 16 COUNTIES WITH LOW PERFORMANCE IN HPV VACCINATION. THE GOAL WAS TO IMPROVE THE EFFECTIVENESS AND RELEVANCE OF THE MATERIALS, ENSURING THEY ADDRESS THE SPECIFIC CHALLENGES FACED BY THESE COUNTIES. BY INCORPORATING THE VALUABLE INSIGHTS GATHERED FROM A WORKSHOP WITH REPRESENTATIVES FROM LOW-PERFORMING COUNTIES, WE AIMED TO CREATE REDESIGNED HPV MATERIALS THAT ARE BETTER SUITED TO MEET THE NEEDS AND OVERCOME THE BARRIERS ENCOUNTERED IN PROMOTING HPV VACCINATION. PATH LIVING LABS, IN COLLABORATION WITH THE DIGITAL SQUARE TEAM, WAS INVOLVED IN ENHANCING THE MOH'S CHANJO KE PORTAL FOR COVID-19 VACCINATION SERVICES. AS PART OF THIS INITIATIVE, WE CONDUCTED AN ASSESSMENT OF CHANJO KE UTILIZATION IN KAJIADO AND NAKURU COUNTIES. THE ASSESSMENT YIELDED VALUABLE INSIGHTS THAT WILL GUIDE THE ENHANCEMENT PROCESS. ADDITIONALLY, WE FACILITATED A WORKSHOP INVOLVING KEY STAKEHOLDERS SUCH AS THE NVIP, MOH DIGITAL HEALTH TEAMS, COUNTY HEALTH MANAGEMENT TEAMS (CHMT), AND HEALTH CARE WORKERS. THIS COLLABORATIVE WORKSHOP WAS HOSTED TO REVIEW THE UTILIZATION FINDINGS, DEFINE WHAT NEEDS TO BE ENHANCED, AND CO-CREATE AND REFINE SYSTEM FEATURES FOR ENHANCEMENT. LIVING LABS ALSO PARTNERED WITH OTHER PATH TEAMS TO DESIGN A NEWBORN NUTRITION DIGITAL ADAPTION KIT (NNDAK) THAT PROVIDES DATA-INFORMED GUIDANCE TO OPTIMIZE CRITICAL FEEDING ACCORDING TO CLINICAL CARE GUIDELINES. THE NNDAK HAS THE POTENTIAL TO REDUCE HOSPITAL STAYS, IMPROVE NEWBORN NUTRITION, AND REDUCE MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY ASSOCIATED WITH LACK OF OPTIMAL NUTRITION EARLY IN LIFE. MALAWI IN 2022, PATH WORKED CLOSELY WITH THE HEALTH EDUCATION SERVICES (HES) IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH TO DEVELOP THE COMMUNICATION STRATEGY; MESSAGES; AND INFORMATION, EDUCATION, AND COMMUNICATION MATERIALS FOR THE INTRODUCTION OF THE RTS,S MALARIA VACCINE IN MALAWI. AS PART OF THE ADVOCACY, COMMUNICATION AND SOCIAL MOBILIZATION SUBCOMMITTEE, PATH ALSO WORKED WITH HES AND OTHER PARTNERS IN GETTING THE MESSAGES TO COMMUNITIES THROUGH POSTERS, LEAFLETS, FLYERS, COMMUNITY MEETINGS, AND VOLUNTEERS. WITH FUNDING FROM OPEN PHILANTHROPY, PATH SUPPORTED THE EXPANSION OF RTS,S FROM THE INITIAL 147 PILOT FACILITIES TO 281 HEALTH FACILITIES. WE ALSO WORKED WITH PARTNERS IN DEVELOPING AND DISTRIBUTING MESSAGES AND MATERIALS FOR THE INTRODUCTION OF THE TYPHOID CONJUGATE VACCINE. THROUGH THE STRENGTHENING OXYGEN UTILIZATION AND RESPIRATORY CARE ECOSYSTEM (SOURCE) GLOBAL PROJECT, PATH SUPPORTED THE MOH IN IMPROVING ACCESS TO MEDICAL OXYGEN THROUGH THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE MEDICAL OXYGEN ECOSYSTEM ROADMAP. WORKING WITH THE MOH, WE PROVIDED TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF OXYGEN INDICATORS AND OXYGEN USAGE GUIDELINES AND CONTINUED TO SUPPORT A PILOT TESTING THEIR EFFECTIVENESS PRIOR TO NATIONAL SCALE-UP. PATH CONDUCTED MALAWI'S FIRST NATIONAL-SCALE MEDICAL EQUIPMENT INVENTORY ASSESSMENT, WHICH INCLUDED EVALUATING THE STATE OF AVAILABLE MEDICAL EQUIPMENT, QUANTIFYING THE GAPS IN AVAILABILITY AND FUNCTIONALITY OF MEDICAL EQUIPMENT, AND SUPPORTING THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN ESSENTIAL SPARE PARTS LIST FOR RESPIRATORY CARE EQUIPMENT (RCE) IN MALAWI TO SUPPORT THE MOH IN PLANNING BULK PROCUREMENT FOR RCE SPARE PARTS. OUR MARKET DYNAMICS TEAM ALSO LAUNCHED A MARKET LANDSCAPE SURVEY TO UNDERSTAND THE AVAILABILITY OF RCE SPARE PARTS ON THE LOCAL MARKET AND HOW TO BEST SUPPORT MARKET STIMULATION. MOZAMBIQUE 2022 MARKED PATH'S TENTH ANNIVERSARY IN MOZAMBIQUE. OVER THE LAST DECADE, THE CONRAD N. HILTON FOUNDATION HAS FUNDED PATH'S TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO INTEGRATE EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT (ECD) INTO THE HEALTH SYSTEM IN MOZAMBIQUE. AS PART OF THE HILTON PHASE IV ECD GRANT, PATH CONTINUED ITS LONG-TERM ADVOCACY AND SOCIAL MOBILIZATION EFFORTS TO ELEVATE NURTURING CARE FOR ECD IN THE GOVERNMENT'S AGENDA AT NATIONAL AND SUBNATIONAL LEVELS, WHICH RESULTED IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF GOVERNMENT-OWNED ECD ACTION PLANS IN NAMPULA AND MAPUTO PROVINCES; ENGAGEMENT OF SPOUSES OF GOVERNORS AND SECRETARIES OF STATE AS ECD CHAMPIONS IN THOSE TWO PROVINCES; AND INTEGRATION OF ECD INTO SEVERAL MNCHN POLICIES, GUIDELINES, AND TOOLS FOR INCREASED REACH OF NURTURING CARE INTERVENTIONS THROUGH INTEGRATED PHC SERVICE DELIVERY FOR THE YOUNGEST CHILDREN IN MOZAMBIQUE. PATH COLLABORATED WITH THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME (WFP) IN MOZAMBIQUE TO STRENGTHEN THE INTEGRATION OF NURTURING CARE, INCLUDING NUTRITION, EARLY LEARNING, AND RESPONSIVE CAREGIVING INTERVENTIONS INTO WFP'S EMERGENCY RECOVERY NUTRITION-SENSITIVE PROGRAMMING IN BUZI DISTRICT, SOFALA PROVINCE. THE NINE-MONTH PROJECT, IMPLEMENTED FROM OCTOBER 2021 TO JUNE 2022, RESULTED IN INCREASED CAPACITY OF 64 COMMUNITY HEALTH ACTORS TO IMPLEMENT THE MOH'S PACKAGE OF NUTRITION INTERVENTIONS (PIN); INCREASED QUALITY OF PIN SERVICE DELIVERY; AND INCREASED KNOWLEDGE OF OPTIMAL EARLY LEARNING AND RESPONSIVE CAREGIVING BEHAVIORS AMONG APPROXIMATELY 4,125 CAREGIVERS OF CHILDREN 0-24 MONTHS OF AGE, REACHED WITH NURTURING CARE FOR ECD BEHAVIOR CHANGE INTERVENTIONS. IN 2022, THE PATH TEAM IN MOZAMBIQUE LAUNCHED THE DIABETES CAREPAK PROJECT, A MULTICOUNTRY PROJECT FUNDED BY THE HELMSLEY CHARITABLE TRUST AND PHASE III OF THE PMI-FUNDED DIGITAL COMMUNITY HEALTH INITIATIVE (DCHI), IMPLEMENTED THROUGH DIGITAL SQUARE IN SEVERAL COUNTRIES. AS PART OF PHASE III OF THE DCHI, THE MOZAMBIQUE MOH SELECTED ONE PRIORITY AREA FOR STRENGTHENING THE COMMUNITY DIGITAL HEALTH ECOSYSTEM AMONG THE VARIOUS NEEDS IDENTIFIED THROUGH AN ASSESSMENT CONDUCTED IN PREVIOUS PHASES OF THE PROJECT. TO STRENGTHEN GOVERNANCE OF COMMUNITY DIGITAL HEALTH PLATFORMS, PATH SECONDED A COMMUNITY DIGITAL HEALTH ADVISOR TO THE PHC DEPARTMENT OF THE MOH TO DEVELOP A STRATEGIC PLAN FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF A COMMUNITY HEALTH INFORMATION SUBSYSTEM AND TO STRENGTHEN COORDINATION AMONG VARIOUS COMMUNITY DIGITAL HEALTH STAKEHOLDERS. SENEGAL IN 2022, PATH WAS SELECTED TO LEAD USAID'S INVESTMENT IN URBAN HEALTH PROJECT TO STRENGTHEN LOCAL URBAN HEALTH SYSTEMS AND IMPROVE HEALTH EQUITY IN DAKAR IN THREE HEALTH DISTRICTS: GUDIAWAYE, YEUMBEUL, AND KEUR MASSAR. PATH LEADS A CONSORTIUM OF PARTNERS IN THIS PROJECT, INCLUDING OPEN DEVELOPMENT, ACTION ET DEVELOPPEMENT (ACDEV), ALLIANCE DU SECTEUR PRIVE DE LA SANTE DU SENEGAL (ASPS), AND ENDA SANTE. PATH SUPPORTED USAID'S ENGAGEMENT WITH SEVERAL NATIONAL, REGIONAL, AND DISTRICT LEVEL STAKEHOLDERS, INCLUDING THE DAKAR REGIONAL MEDICAL OFFICER (RMO), THE DISTRICT HEALTH OFFICES (DHOS), THE DIRECTION GENERALE DE LA SANTE PUBLIQUE (DGSP), THE DIRECTION OF MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH (DSME), THE COORDINATOR OF THE TUBERCULOSIS PROGRAM, THE DIRECTION OF PLANIFICATION AND RESEARCH (DPRS), AND THE DIRECTION OF PRIVATE-SECTOR HEALTH FACILITIES. PATH ISSUED PRE-AWARD CONTRACTS TO PARTNERS IN OCTOBER 2022 TO KICK OFF THE INCEPTION PHASE ACTIVITIES. TO FACILITATE COORDINATION AND PLANNING, A TECHNICAL WORKING GROUP WAS ESTABLISHED, AND EACH PARTNER DEVELOPED A YEAR-ONE ACTION PLAN TO PROVIDE TECHNICAL SUPPORT TO THE DISTRICTS AND RMOS. UNDER THIS PLAN, PATH AND OPEN DEVELOPMENT CONDUCTED A FINANCIAL AND MANAGERIAL RISK ASSESSMENT TO EVALUATE THE CAPACITY OF DHOS AND RMOS TO RECEIVE AND ADEQUATELY MANAGE EXTERNAL FUNDING. |
| FORM 990, PART III, LINE 4C, DESCRIPTION OF PROGRAM SERVICE: | PATH CONTINUED SUPPORTING THE SENEGALESE GOVERNMENT IN CONDUCTING TWO BIOMEDICAL EQUIPMENT INVENTORIES IN HEALTH FACILITIES AND COVID-19 TREATMENT CENTERS TO COLLECT DATA ON EXISTING MEDICAL EQUIPMENT, INCLUDING OXYGEN DEVICES, AND IDENTIFY GAPS IN OXYGEN ACCESS AND UTILIZATION. PATH DONATED THROUGH THE ACCESS TO COVID-19 TOOLS ACCELERATOR INITIATIVE OXYGEN DEVICES WORTH $1 MILLION TO SUPPORT THE MOH IN COVID-19 RESPONSE. WE ALSO SUPPORTED THE ASSESSMENT OF THE ONLINE MAINTENANCE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM TO IDENTIFY CHALLENGES THAT MAY DETER FUTURE SCALE-UP OF ACCESS AND UTILIZATION OF OXYGEN DEVICES AND DEVELOPED A VALUE-BASED PROCUREMENT GUIDE TO SUPPORT THE PROCUREMENT OF MEDICAL EQUIPMENT. PATH ALSO CONTRIBUTED TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF A MANUAL OF STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES TO SUPPORT PROCUREMENT AND MANAGEMENT OF NTD DRUGS TO RATIONALIZE RESOURCES DURING MASS DRUG ADMINISTRATION IN SENEGAL. PATH, THROUGH ITS MACEPA PROGRAM, CONTINUED SUPPORTING SENEGAL'S NATIONAL MALARIA CONTROL PROGRAM (NMCP) DURING 2022 IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF MALARIA SURVEILLANCE AND ELIMINATION ACTIVITIES IN ELIGIBLE AREAS. THE MACEPA TEAM SUPPORTED SENEGAL'S HEALTH CARE SYSTEM IN THE TIMELY DETECTION, DOCUMENTATION, AND TREATMENT OF MALARIA CASES. PATH ALSO SUPPORTED DATA QUALITY AUDITS AND SUPERVISIONS OF THE DHIS2 TRACKER TO IMPROVE DATA QUALITY AND STRENGTHEN THE CAPACITY OF PROIVIDERS TO USE OF THE TOOL TO CAPTURE MALARIA CASE INVESTIGATION DATA. IN 2022 UNDER THE MACEPA IV PROJECT, PATH'S SENEGAL STAFF ALSO PROVIDED TECHNICAL AND FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO NMCP FOR THE INTRODUCTION OF CASE-BASED MALARIA SURVEILLANCE IN THE NORTH BANK REGIONS OF THE GAMBIA. KEY ACCOMPLISHMENTS INCLUDE THE DEVELOPMENT AND VALIDATION OF CASE-BASED MALARIA SURVEILLANCE GUIDELINES, STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES, AND DATA COLLECTION TOOLS. EIGHTY-TWO HEALTH CARE WORKERS WERE TRAINED ON CASE-BASED MALARIA SURVEILLANCE AND 31 HEALTH CARE WORKERS ON THE DHIS2 TRACKER. FIELD TESTING OF THE DHIS2 TRACKER WAS CONDUCTED TO ASCERTAIN THE EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF THE APP. AS PART OF CROSS-BORDER COLLABORATION BETWEEN SENEGAL AND THE GAMBIA, PATH SUPPORTED A JOINT WORKSHOP WHERE A COMMON DATA VISUALIZATION PLATFORM WAS SET UP FOR THE SYNCHRONIZED MASS LONG-LASTING INSECTICIDAL NETS (LLIN) CAMPAIGN CONDUCTED IN 2022 FOR THE TWO COUNTRIES. IN PARTNERSHIP WITH RESOLVE TO SAVE LIVES, PATH SUPPORTED ESTABLISHMENT OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY OPERATION CENTRE (PHEOC) THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE LEGAL FRAMEWORK; SUPPORTED PROVISION OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY EQUIPMENT TO SUPPORT WATCH, ALERT, AND RESPONSE FUNCTIONS; AND SUBSEQUENTLY SUPPORTED THE RESPONSE TO ACUTE KIDNEY INJURY OUTBREAK (JULOCT 2022). WE FACILITATED MONTHLY COLLABORATION CALLS BETWEEN SENEGAL AND THE GAMBIA PHEOC FOR CROSS-BORDER LEARNING AND PUBLISHED MONTHLY EXPANDED PROGRAMME ON IMMUNIZATION (EPI) BULLETINS USING THE DHIS2 DASHBOARD. FOLLOWING SUCCESSFUL INTRODUCTION OF THE HPV VACCINE IN THE GAMBIA, PATH SIGNED A SERVICE AGREEMENT WITH GAVI FOR THE VACCINE VISIBILITY SYSTEM AND ONGOING HPV VACCINE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND IMPLEMENTATION (TO BEGIN IN 2023). THE DIGITAL SQUARE TEAM CARRIED OUT VARIOUS ACTIVITIES AS PART OF THE GLOBAL VAX INITIATIVE IN SENEGAL. THESE INCLUDED THE DEVELOPMENT AND VALIDATION OF THE WORK PLAN AND BUDGET, AS WELL AS PARTICIPATION IN COORDINATION BODIES FOR COVID-19 CONTROL AND ROUTINE IMMUNIZATION. THE MAIN OBJECTIVE WAS TO SUPPORT THE AVAILABILITY OF QUALITY DATA FOR BETTER IMMUNIZATION MANAGEMENT. DIGITAL SQUARE PARTICIPATED IN COORDINATION MEETINGS WITH USAID PARTNERS AND THE KAFFRINE MEDICAL REGION TO DISCUSS THE RESULTS-BASED FINANCING INITIATIVE. IN ADDITION, A VIRTUAL MEETING WAS HELD WITH USAID IMPLEMENTING PARTNERS, THE PERMANENT SECRETARIAT OF ONE HEALTH SENEGAL, AND GOVERNORS TO OFFICIALLY LAUNCH COVID-19 IMMUNIZATION SCALE-UP ACTIVITIES AT THE REGIONAL LEVEL. A KEY FOCUS OF THIS WORK WAS THE RETROSPECTIVE ENTRY OF COVID-19 VACCINATION DATA INTO THE NATIONAL DHIS2 PLATFORM. DIGITAL SQUARE ORGANIZED WORKSHOPS TO ELIMINATE DATA ENTRY DELAYS IN 20 HEALTH DISTRICTS SPREAD ACROSS 10 MEDICAL REGIONS. ADDITIONALLY, DIGITAL SQUARE PROVIDED SUPPORT TO THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH THROUGH ITS EPI WITH THE ACQUISITION OF 624 SMARTPHONES FOR HEALTH FACILITY WORKERS IN SIX MEDICAL REGIONS. THESE SMARTPHONES WERE USED TO FACILITATE THE MANAGEMENT OF COVID-19 DATA AND STOCKS IN THE DHIS2 AND LOGISTIMO SYSTEMS. IN ADDITION, WE CONDUCTED INTERVIEWS TO ANALYZE THE ROOT CAUSES OF DATA ENTRY DELAYS IN SIX HEALTH FACILITIES IN THE KDOUGOU MEDICAL REGION. PATH CONTINUED WORKING WITH THE TOOLS FOR INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT OF CHILDHOOD ILLNESS (TIMCI) PROJECT IN SENEGAL. THE TRAINING, SUPERVISION, AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PHASE BEGAN IN 2022 WITH IMPLEMENTATION OF PULSE OXIMETRY AND CLINICAL DECISION SUPPORT ALGORITHMS (CDSA) AT 60 INTERVENTION SITES. SERVING AS THE LEAD PARTNER ON THE TIMCI PROJECT, PATH SUPPORTED THE MOH REVISION OF THE COUNTRY'S INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT OF CHILDHOOD ILLNESS GUIDELINES WITH THE SPECIFIC OBJECTIVE OF INCLUDING PULSE OXIMETRY AND OXYGEN THERAPY INDICATIONS. THROUGH THE INFECTIOUS DISEASE DETECTION AND SURVEILLANCE (IDDS) PROJECT, PATH PROVIDED TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND LOGISTICAL SUPPORT TO THE MOH IN ROLLING OUT THE THIRD EDITION OF THE INTEGRATED DISEASE SURVEILLANCE AND RESPONSE TECHNICAL GUIDELINES, A KEY TOOL DEVELOPED BY THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION REGIONAL OFFICE FOR AFRICA (WHO AFRO) FOR THE IDENTIFICATION, MANAGEMENT, AND MITIGATI0N OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE OUTBREAKS. PATH PROVIDED TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO THE DIRECTORATE OF LABORATORIES AND THE MOH IN DEVELOPING AND VALIDATING NATIONAL STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES FOR DETECTION AND SURVEILLANCE OF ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCE. PATH ALSO WORKED WITH THE DIRECTORATE OF LABORATORIES IN DECENTRALIZING BACTERIOLOGY TESTING CAPACITIES BY INCLUDING SEVEN TIER 1 DIAGNOSTIC FACILITIES INTO THE NETWORK. PATH PROVIDED TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO THE DIRECTORATE OF PRIVATE HEALTH FACILITIES IN INCORPORATING 12 PRIVATE CLINICS INTO THE INTEGRATED DISEASE SURVEILLANCE AND RESPONSE SYSTEM. THE ORGANIZATION COMPLETED THE EXPANSION OF THE COMMUNITY-BASED SURVEILLANCE OF PRIORITY HUMAN AND ZOONOTIC DISEASES IN THE TAMBACOUNDA REGION. WE ALSO PROVIDED TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO THE DIRECTORATE OF PREVENTION IN UPGRADING THE EARLY WARNING SYSTEM BY INTEGRATING ALL VIRAL HEMORRHAGIC FEVERS. PATH'S DIGITAL SQUARE PROGRAM CONTINUED SUPPORTING SENEGAL'S MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL ACTION (MSAS) THROUGH USAID'S DIGITAL HEALTH COMMUNITY INITIATIVE (DCHI). IN 2022, DIGITAL SQUARE SUPPORTED THE MSAS IN DEVELOPING A COMMON VISION FOR COMMUNITY HEALTH DIGITIZATION USING THE COUNTRY PROFILE FINDINGS, THE DIGITAL HEALTH STRATEGIC PLAN, NMCP NATIONAL STRATEGIC PLAN, AND THE NATIONAL STRATEGIC COMMUNITY HEALTH PLAN. DIGITAL SQUARE ALSO SUPPORTED A HUMAN-CENTERED APPROACH TO DESIGNING THE DIGITAL COMMUNITY HEALTH TOOL BY CONDUCTING A USER NEEDS ASSESSMENT, A COLLABORATIVE REQUIREMENTS DEVELOPMENT METHODOLOGY (CRDM) WORKSHOP WITH KEY MSAS STAKEHOLDERS TO IDENTIFY 13 BUSINESS PROCESSES AND WORKFLOWS FOR COMMUNITY HEALTH AND 213 SYSTEM FUNCTIONAL REQUIREMENTS TO DEVELOP OR ADAPT THE DIGITAL TOOL. DIGITAL SQUARE SUPPORTED THE MSAS TO SELECT AN APPROPRIATE DIGITAL TOOL TO BE ADAPTED FOR COMMUNITY HEALTH DIGITIZATION IN A COLLABORATIVE WAY, INCLUDING THE HEALTH MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS (HMIS) EXPERTS FROM THE MSAS. THE DIGITAL SQUARE TEAM ALSO CONDUCTED A TWO-DAY WORKSHOP WITH A HEALTH ENTERPRISE ARCHITECTURE (HEA) EXPERT TO INTRODUCE THE CONCEPT OF HEA TO THE MSAS. NINE DIGITAL HEALTH EXPERTS FROM THE MSAS WERE SELECTED FOR THE OPEN GROUP ARCHITECTURE FRAMEWORK (TOGAF) TRAINING TO SUPPORT THE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT OF HEA IN SENEGAL. DIGITAL SQUARE'S SENEGAL TEAM ALSO WORKED TO STRENGTHEN THE USE OF COVAX DHIS2 AND IMPROVE THE MANAGEMENT OF COVID-19 VACCINATION DATA IN MALI. WE HOSTED ESSENTIAL TRAINING COURSES ON USE OF THE DHIS2 COVAX PACKAGE IN VARIOUS MEDICAL REGIONS, INCLUDING KAYES, SIKASSO, MOPTI, AND SGOU, AS WELL AS IN THE BAMAKO HEALTH DISTRICT. A TOTAL OF 104 HEALTH WORKERS, INCLUDING DATA MANAGERS AND COVID-19, VACCINATION, AND SURVEILLANCE FOCAL POINTS, WERE TRAINED IN THE COLLECTION AND MANAGEMENT OF DATA RELATING TO COVID-19 VACCINATION. PATH ALSO ORGANIZED DATA REVIEW MEETINGS IN THE MEDICAL REGIONS OF KAYES, SIKASSO, MOPTI, AND SGOU. THESE MEETINGS, WHICH USED DHIS2 AS A DATA VISUALIZATION AND ANALYSIS TOOL, WERE ATTENDED BY 188 REGIONAL AND DISTRICT STAFF. THEY PROVIDED AN OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW IMMUNIZATION DATA IN DETAIL AND MONITOR PROGRESS IN EACH REGION. SUPERVISING VISITS WERE MADE TO THE KAYES AND KOULIKORO REGIONS TO PROVIDE PERSONALIZED SUPPORT TO 14 PEOPLE WHO HAD ALREADY BEEN TRAINED IN USE OF THE DHIS2 COVID-19 MODULE AND TO GUARANTEE THE QUALITY OF THE DATA COLLECTED AND ENTERED. |
| FORM 990, PART III, LINE 4C, DESCRIPTION OF PROGRAM SERVICE: | TO FACILITATE RAPID AND SECURE DATA TRANSMISSION, DIGITAL SQUARE PROVIDED 180 INTERNET CONNECTIVITY KITS (KNOWN AS FLYBOXES) WITH 6-MONTH INTERNET PACKAGES TO THE MOH TO SUPPORT THE NATIONAL IMMUNIZATION CENTER AND HEALTH DISTRICTS IN SIX MEDICAL REGIONS (BAMAKO, KAYES, SIKASSO, KOULIKORO, SGOU, AND MOPTI) RESPONSIBLE FOR COVID-19 VACCINATION DATA COLLECTION. DIGITAL SQUARE ALSO HELPED UPDATE DHIS2 FORMS, ENSURING THEIR RELEVANCE AND ALIGNMENT WITH THE SPECIFIC NEEDS OF COVID-19 IMMUNIZATION DATA COLLECTION. THE TEAM DEVELOPED A USER GUIDE FOR THE COVAX DHIS2 PACKAGE, AS WELL AS A SPECIFIC GUIDE FOR DATA ANALYSIS. THESE GUIDES PROVIDE DETAILED INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW TO USE THE COVAX DHIS2 AND INTERPRET VACCINATION DATA. SOUTH AFRICA IN 2022 PATH ESTABLISHED A TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PARTNERSHIP WITH THE PRIVATE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT (POP) IN SOUTH AFRICA, WHICH GREW FROM OUR SUPPORT TO THE PRESIDENT IN HIS LEADERSHIP ROLE WITH THE AFRICAN UNION (AU) COVID-19 COMMISSION. WE ADVISED THE PRESIDENT ON GLOBAL AND REGIONAL POLICY PROCESSES AIMED AT INCREASING ACCESS TO HEALTH TECHNOLOGIES, ESPECIALLY SUSTAINABLE MANUFACTURING. FOR EXAMPLE, WE DRAFTED A CONCEPT NOTE FOR POSITIONING SOUTH AFRICA AS HOST FOR A REGIONAL CENTRE OF REGULATORY EXCELLENCE (RCORE), A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE POP AND THE SOUTH AFRICAN HEALTH PRODUCTS REGULATORY AUTHORITY (SAHPRA). WE ALSO ADVOCATED THROUGH THE AU COVID-19 COMMISSION, TARGETING MULTILATERAL PROCUREMENT AGENCIES SUCH AS GAVI AND UNICEF TO PURCHASE AT LEAST 30 PERCENT OF VACCINES FROM AFRICAN MANUFACTURERS. ADDITIONALLY, ALONG THE SIDELINES OF THE WORLD HEALTH SUMMIT, PATH CO-CONVENED A SESSION IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE POP THAT BROUGHT TOGETHER HIGH-PROFILE DELEGATES, INCLUDING THE SOUTH AFRICA DEPUTY MINISTER OF HEALTH, REPRESENTATIVES FROM GAVI, AND THE PRESIDENT OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL (SAMRC) TO DELIBERATE ON MATTERS AFFECTING SUSTAINABLE MANUFACTURING SUCH AS POOLED PROCUREMENT OF AFRICAN-MANUFACTURED MEDICAL PRODUCTS, OFFSET GUARANTEES, AND MECHANISMS FOR EFFECTIVE TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER. STEMMING FROM PATH'S RELATIONSHIP WITH THE POP IN SOUTH AFRICA AS WELL AS PATH'S MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING WITH THE AFRICA CDC, PATH DRAFTED A PROPOSAL FOR THE HARMONISED ENTITY OF AFRICAN LEADERS IN TECHNOLOGIES FOR HEALTH (HEALTH), WHICH WILL BE HOUSED BY THE AFRICA CDC AND THE AU COVID-19 COMMISSION WITH A MANDATE TO ENSURE COORDINATED EFFORTS ON SUSTAINABLE PHARMACEUTICAL MANUFACTURING IN AFRICA AND REDUCE IMPORTATION OF BIOTECHNOLOGY AND HEALTH TECHNOLOGY. AS PART OF OUR PRIORITY TO ADVANCE MANUFACTURING POLICIES AND INCREASE DEMAND FOR LOCAL PRODUCTS, PATH SECURED A SEAT ON THE SOUTH AFRICA HEALTH PRODUCTS MASTER PLAN WORKING GROUP. THIS GROUP ENABLES PATH TO DIRECTLY INFLUENCE AND PROVIDE SUPPORT TO SOUTH AFRICA'S PLANS, THEREFORE SUPPORTING SKILLS TRANSFER AND STRENGTHENING THE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT (R&D) POLICY ENVIRONMENT. WE ALSO PARTICIPATED IN THE SAMRC SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA FUNDERS FORUM WHERE WE DISSEMINATED RESEARCH AND REFLECTIONS FROM PATH'S DIAGNOSTICS AND CENTER FOR VACCINES INNOVATION AND ACCESS TEAMS TO INFORM THIS GROUP'S PRIORITIES. WE CONTINUED TO ADVOCATE ON THE AFRICAN MEDICINES AGENCY (AMA) RATIFICATION. IN SOUTH AFRICA, WE SAW THE CABINET APPROVE THE AMA TREATY AND INITIATE THE PROCESS OF SUBMITTING DOCUMENTS TO PARLIAMENT FOR RATIFICATION. TO ACHIEVE THIS MILESTONE, PATH PROVIDED TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO THE SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH'S DIRECTORATE OF INTERNATIONAL HEALTH, INCLUDING PREPARING TECHNICAL BRIEFS AND TALKING POINTS. PATH HAS WORKED OVER THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS WITH SAHPRA TO IMPROVE ITS REGULATORY CAPACITY AND TO IMPROVE TRANSPARENCY AND COMMUNICATIONS. TO SUSTAIN VIBRANT R&D ADVOCACY AT COUNTRY AND REGIONAL LEVEL, PATH CONTINUED TO PROVIDE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND CAPACITY STRENGTHENING TO A LOCAL COALITION, THE SOUTH AFRICA HEALTH TECHNOLOGIES ADVOCACY COALITION. TANZANIA IN 2022, THE DATA USE PARTNERSHIP PROJECT AN INITIATIVE LED BY THE GOVERNMENT OF TANZANIA WITH SUPPORT FROM THE GATES FOUNDATION THROUGH PATH FINALIZED THE RENOVATION OF THE CENTER OF DIGITAL HEALTH PREMISES, PAVING THE WAY FOR GOVERNMENT AND PARTNERS TO COLLABORATE AND COORDINATE DIGITAL HEALTH IMPLEMENTATION IN THE COUNTRY. PATH ALSO SUPPORTED THE DEVELOPMENT AND REVIEW OF THE DATA USE TOOL KIT AND DIGITIZATION OF THE TANZANIA HEALTH ENTERPRISE ARCHITECTURE (TZHEA) COMPLIANCE ASSESSMENT TOOL. THROUGH THE PEPFAR-CDC FUNDED HEALTH INFORMATION SYSTEM STRENGTHENING INITIATIVE FOR HIV AND TB PROJECT, PATH SUPPORTED INTEGRATION OF THE ELECTRONIC SAMPLE REFERRAL SYSTEM WITH THE SAMPLE TRANSPORTATION ON THE COURIER LOGISTIC SYSTEM (POSTA KIGANJANI) TO IMPROVE THE SAMPLE TRACKING MECHANISM FROM THE POINT OF COLLECTION TO TESTING. FURTHERMORE, WE ALSO SUPPORTED DEVELOPMENT OF THE ZANZIBAR LABORATORY INFORMATION SYSTEM AND UPGRADED THE TANZANIA HIV/AIDS CARE AND TREATMENT PATIENT RECORD SYSTEM TO INCLUDE BIOMETRIC FINGERPRINT. THE PATH-LED DIGITAL SQUARE PROJECT IN TANZANIA FACILITATED HEALTH INFORMATION MEDIATORS, DEVELOPED THE ZANZIBAR HEALTH INTEROPERABILITY LAYER FOR DATA EXCHANGE, AND SUPPORTED MOH HEALTH PROMOTION SERVICES IN IDENTIFYING, RELOCATING, AND MANAGING COMMUNITY-BASED WORKFORCES. PATH'S IDDS PROJECT TEAM SUPPORTED THE MOH IN REVIEWING THE AMR NATIONAL ACTION PLAN 2017-2022, ENHANCING TB DIAGNOSTIC CONNECTIVITY THROUGH SERVER INTEGRATION, DATA MIGRATION, AND GX-ALERT UPGRADES. PATH WITH SUPPORT FROM ASTRAZENECA SUCCESSFULLY LAUNCHED THE HEALTHY HEART AFRICA PROJECT IN DODOMA WITH STRONG INVOLVEMENT AND ATTENDANCE OF HIGH-LEVEL GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS. THROUGH THE STRENGTHENING OXYGEN UTILIZATION AND RESPIRATORY CARE ECOSYSTEM (SOURCE) PROJECT, PATH SUPPORTED THE NATIONAL MEDICAL OXYGEN SCALE-UP PLAN, CORRECTIVE MAINTENANCE OF BIOMEDICAL EQUIPMENT, AND ROLLOUT OF MEDICAL EQUIPMENT AND INFRASTRUCTURE MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM (MEIMIS)IN SEVEN REGIONS. UGANDA THROUGH THE USAID-FUNDED AND ICF-LED IDDS PROJECT, PATH SUPPORTED THE MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE, ANIMAL INDUSTRIES, AND FISHERIES (MAAIF) TO IMPROVE DIAGNOSTIC CAPACITY IN THE ANIMAL HEALTH SECTOR BY IMPLEMENTING LABORATORY QUALITY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS BASED ON THE INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR STANDARDIZATION (ISO) 17025:2017 STANDARD AT FOUR ANIMAL HEALTH REGIONAL LABORATORIES. THIS WAS UNDERTAKEN AS PART OF THE PROCESS TO SUPPORT THE FIRST LABORATORY IN THE ANIMAL HEALTH SECTOR TO ACHIEVE ISO 17025 ACCREDITATION. PATH SUPPORTED THE NATIONAL ANIMAL DISEASES DIAGNOSTICS AND EPIDEMIOLOGY CENTER AND THE ANIMAL HEALTH NATIONAL REFERENCE LABORATORY WITHIN MAAIF TO DEVELOP AND ROLL OUT A MACRO-ENABLED EXCEL-BASED DATA ENTRY AND ANALYSIS TOOL TO ALL DISTRICTS AS A MEANS TO IMPROVE DATA ENTRY, QUALITY, ANALYSIS, AND REPORTING FOR ANIMAL HEALTH SURVEILLANCE SITES, WHICH HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN USING A PAPER-BASED SYSTEM. THE IDDS PROJECT ALSO STRENGTHENED TB DIAGNOSIS CAPACITY OF THE LABORATORY NETWORK THROUGH THE PROCUREMENT AND INSTALLATION OF 38 TRUENAT TRUELAB MOLECULAR MACHINES WITH PORTABLE, BATTERY-OPERATED DEVICES THAT CAN RUN TESTS FOR RAPID TB DIAGNOSIS. THESE WERE INSTALLED AT 38 HIGH-VOLUME HEALTH FACILITIES TO IMPROVE PATIENT ACCESS TO TB AND RIFAMPICIN-RESISTANT DETECTION. PATH ALSO SUPPORTED THE DEVELOPMENT OF STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES AND WASTE MANAGEMENT GUIDELINES FOR COVID-19 VACCINATION ROLLOUT AND PROVIDED REGULATORY SUPPORT TO THE MOH TO EXPEDITE COVID-19 VACCINE AUTHORIZATION AND SHIPMENT INTO THE COUNTRY. THROUGH THE UNITAID-FUNDED HIV STAR III INITIATIVE, UGANDA HAS ACHIEVED SIGNIFICANT SCALE-UP IN HIV SELF-TESTING (HIVST) SERVICES. THE COUNTRY IS SET TO DISTRIBUTE 3.5 MILLION HIVST KITS ANNUALLY, MAKING IT THE LARGEST HIVST MARKET GLOBALLY. IN 2022, PATH DEVELOPED THE POST-MARKET SURVEILLANCE NATIONAL PLAN AND STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES FOR HIVST AND INTRODUCED THREE WHO-PREQUALIFIED BLOOD-BASED KITS INTO THE COUNTRY TO EXPAND CHOICE AND ACCESS. THESE CHANGES HAVE BEEN INTEGRATED INTO THE SUPPLY CHAIN AND OTHER SYSTEMS, LEADING TO THE GOVERNMENT'S REVIEW AND ADOPTION OF HIVST TRAINING MATERIALS FOR HEALTH CARE WORKERS AND DEVELOPMENT OF TRAINING MATERIALS FOR PEER HIVST DISTRIBUTORS. IN 2022 PATH ALSO PILOTED FOUR HIVST SERVICE DELIVERY MODELS IDENTIFIED THROUGH A USER-CENTERED APPROACH, TWO OF WHICH HAVE BEEN ADOPTED BY UGANDA'S MOH WITH SUPPORT FROM THE GLOBAL FUND. IN ADDITION, PATH HAS SUPPORTED THE BUNDLING OF SELF-CARE PRODUCTS BY PARTNERING WITH SOCIAL MARKETING ORGANIZATIONS, WHICH RESULTED IN INCREASED DEMAND FOR HIVST IN PRIVATE AND PUBLIC SECTOR. |
| FORM 990, PART III, LINE 4C, DESCRIPTION OF PROGRAM SERVICE: | THE UGANDA SELF-INJECTION (SI) SCALE-UP PROJECT MADE SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS IN COLLABORATION WITH THE MOH AND PARTNERS TO SCALE UP SELF-INJECTION NATIONWIDE, WITH SELF-INJECTION AVAILABLE IN 85 PERCENT OF PUBLIC-SECTOR FACILITIES. PATH ADDRESSED GAPS IN SI SCALE-UP TRAINING, SUPERVISION, AND MONITORING, AND DISTRIBUTED TOOLS AND GUIDELINES IN 20 DISTRICTS THAT LACKED PARTNER SUPPORT. PATH ALSO SUPPORTED INTEGRATION OF DMPA-SC AND SI INTO THE NATIONAL PRE-SERVICE TRAINING CURRICULUM IN UGANDA AND ORIENTED 197 INSTRUCTORS ON THE CONTENT, WHO THEN TRAINED OVER 3,000 HEALTH WORKERS. IN PARTNERSHIP WITH INSUPPLY KENYA, PATH CONDUCTED A DMPA-SC SUPPLY CHAIN ANALYSIS AS PART OF THE REGIONAL TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE MECHANISM. THIS LED TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN ACTION PLAN TO ADDRESS KEY GAPS AND RECOMMENDATIONS WITH THE MOH AND PARTNERS, WHICH ARE PART OF THE UPDATED 20222024 NATIONAL DMPA-SC SELF-INJECTION SCALE-UP PLAN. PATH ACTIVELY PARTICIPATED IN THE DEVELOPMENT AND PILOTING OF THE SELF-CARE GUIDELINES USING SELF-INJECTION AS A SPRINGBOARD TO OTHER SELF-CARE INTERVENTIONS. THROUGH THE ADVOCACY AND PUBLIC POLICY PROGRAM, PATH SUPPORTED THE MOH, ALONGSIDE WHO AND UNICEF, TO DRAFT AND COST THE NATIONAL IMMUNIZATION STRATEGY (NIS) 2022-2026. IN 2022, PATH FACILITATED REESTABLISHMENT OF THE UGANDA PARLIAMENTARY FORUM ON IMMUNIZATION (UPFI) AND SUPPORTED DEVELOPMENT OF A FIVE-YEAR STRATEGIC PLAN INCLUDING A SET OF KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS TO GUIDE THEIR WORK. PATH ALSO TRAINED AND MENTORED 25 LOCAL IMMUNIZATION PARTNERS AND FACILITATED OPPORTUNITIES FOR THEM TO INPUT INTO KEY POLICY PROCESSES, SUCH AS THE NIS. ADDITIONALLY, WE SUCCESSFULLY LED THE ADVOCACY EFFORTS FOR THE GOVERNMENT TO FULFILL ITS CO-FINANCING OBLIGATIONS TO GAVI. PATH SUPPORTED THE COUNTRYWIDE ROLLOUT OF COLD CHAIN INFORMATION SYSTEM (CCIS), AN ODK-X BASED TOOL, TO DIGITIZE THE COLD CHAIN EQUIPMENT (CCE) INVENTORY AND GENERATE ACTIONABLE DATA FOR THE MAINTENANCE, MANAGEMENT, AND REPAIR OF CCE ASSETS. PATH ALSO SUCCESSFULLY TRAINED OVER 150 DISTRICT COLD CHAIN TECHNICIANS FROM 136 DISTRICTS AND 25 NATIONAL-LEVEL TECHNICIANS/SUPER USERS, EQUIPPED THEM WITH MOBILE DEVICES WITH THE APP INSTALLED, AND FACILITATED THEM TO CONDUCT CCE INVENTORY UPDATES. THROUGH THE COVID-19 DELIVERY SUPPORT PROJECT, PATH SECONDED TWO TECHNICAL OFFICERS TO THE MOH IMMUNIZATION PROGRAM TO FILL THE HUMAN RESOURCES CAPACITY GAP DUE TO THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC. AS PART OF THE HILTON-FUNDED AQUA STREAM PROJECT, PATH CONDUCTED JOINT MONITORING VISITS WITH THE MOH TO OBSERVE THE FUNCTIONALITY OF THE AQUA STREAM ONSITE CHLORINE DEVICES AND THE BENEFITS THAT THE DEVICES OFFERED TO THE TEN PILOT HEALTH FACILITIES. NUMEROUS STRONG USER TESTIMONIES ON HOW THE AQUA STREAM HAS CONTRIBUTED TO INFECTION PREVENTION AND CONTROL AT THE TEN PILOT HEALTH FACILITIES WERE OBTAINED. WITH RECOMMENDATION FROM THE HEALTH POLICY ADVISORY COMMITTEE AFTER A PRESENTATION OF AQUA STREAM PILOT PROJECT RESULTS, PATH CONDUCTED A JOINT EVALUATION VISIT WITH THE NATIONAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON MEDICAL EQUIPMENT TO HEALTH FACILITIES WHERE THE AQUA STREAM WAS DEPLOYED AND DETERMINED THAT THE AQUA STREAM CHLORINE WAS FOUND TO BE NON-CORROSIVE TO MEDICAL INSTRUMENTS AND FURNITURE. IN NOVEMBER 2022, PATH WORKED WITH THE MOH'S CLINICAL SERVICE DEPARTMENT ON THE DEPLOYMENT OF TWO AQUA STREAM DISINFECTANT GENERATORS TO SUPPORT THE NATIONAL EBOLA VIRUS DISEASE RESPONSE EFFORTS. ZAMBIA IN 2022, PATH CONTINUED TO COLLABORATE WITH ZAMBIA'S MOH. TO ACCELERATE ZAMBIA'S JOURNEY TO ELIMINATION, PATH'S MALARIA CONTROL AND ELIMINATION PARTNERSHIP IN AFRICA SUPPORTED THE MOH, THROUGH THE NATIONAL MALARIA ELIMINATION PROGRAMME, TO LAUNCH MALARIA CASE INVESTIGATION (MCI) AS PART OF ITS ONGOING EFFORTS TO END LOCAL TRANSMISSION OF MALARIA. MCI BUILDS ON A CENTRAL PLANK OF THE COUNTRY'S NATIONAL STRATEGY: TRAINING COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS (CHWS) TO TEST, TREAT, AND TRACK MALARIA IN THEIR HOME COMMUNITIES. PATH AND THE MOH CONTINUED TRAINING HEALTH FACILITY STAFF AND CHWS ON THE INTERVENTION AND HOW TO STRENGTHEN THEIR SKILLS IN THE FIELD AS PART OF THE MCI INTRODUCTION IN THE CHIKANKATA AND MAZABUKA DISTRICTS THAT BEGAN IN SEPTEMBER 2021. NEARLY 900 CASES OF MALARIA HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED SINCE MCI BEGAN IN LATE 2021, WITH A MAJORITY OF THOSE INFECTIONS IN PEOPLE WHO HAD TRAVELED FROM OUTSIDE OF THE PROVINCE. PATH CO-FACILITATED A RELIGIOUS LEADER ORIENTATION FOR MUCHINGA, CENTRAL, AND COPPERBELT PROVINCES WITH FAITH LEADER ADVOCACY FOR MALARIA ELIMINATION (FLAME). FLAME CONDUCTED SUBNATIONAL ORIENTATIONS TO ESTABLISH FLAME CHAPTERS IN EACH OF THE COUNTRY'S TEN PROVINCES. PATH'S MACEPA TEAM PARTNERED WITH FLAME TO HOST ORIENTATIONS IN CENTRAL, COPPERBELT, AND MUCHINGA PROVINCES, SUCCESSFULLY ORIENTING ABOUT 250 RELIGIOUS LEADERS TO THE LOCAL MALARIA SITUATION, THE NATIONAL STRATEGY, KEY MALARIA MESSAGES, AND THEIR ROLE IN ZAMBIA'S PUSH TO END MALARIA. FAITH LEADERS ARE WELL POSITIONED TO DISSEMINATE MALARIA MESSAGES AND SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF COORDINATED NETWORKS AND STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS TO PRIORITIZE MALARIA AND STRENGTHEN HEALTH SYSTEMS AMONG INTERFAITH COMMUNITIES WITHIN THEIR PROVINCES. THE PAMO PLUS PROJECT IN ZAMBIA SUPPORTED THE NATIONAL MALARIA ELIMINATION PROGRAM (NMEP) TO TRAIN 1,723 CHWS AND 139 CHW SUPERVISORS IN MALARIA CASE MANAGEMENT AT THE COMMUNITY LEVEL IN THE FOUR SUPPORTED PROVINCES OF EASTERN, LUAPULA, MUCHINGA, AND NORTHERN. THE AIM IS TO TAKE MALARIA SERVICES CLOSER TO THE PEOPLE BY REDUCING TRAVEL TIME TO THE POINT OF CARE THEREBY ENCOURAGE EARLY CARE SEEKING. ADDITIONALLY, 2,423 COMMUNITY CHANGE AGENTS AND 400 FAITH LEADERS WERE TRAINED TO INFLUENCE BEHAVIOR CHANGE IN THEIR COMMUNITIES FOR INCREASED UPTAKE AND USE OF PROVEN MALARIA INTERVENTIONS. TO INCREASE UPTAKE OF SULFADOXINE-PYRIMETHAMINE (SP) AND INSECTICIDE-TREATED NETS, PAMO PLUS ORIENTED 1,405 SAFE MOTHERHOOD ACTION GROUPS THAT ENCOURAGE WOMEN TO GO FOR EARLY ANTENATAL CARE (ANC) BOOKING AND ADHERE TO RECOMMENDED SUBSEQUENT ANC VISITS. PAMO PLUS CONTINUED CONDUCTING A QUALITATIVE ASSESSMENT FOR THE PROACTIVE COMMUNITY CASE MANAGEMENT FOR MALARIA IN ZAMBIA (PROACT) STUDY TO DESCRIBE THE FEASIBILITY, CHALLENGES, AND BENEFITS OF PROACTIVE COMMUNITY CASE MANAGEMENT FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF HEALTH FACILITY STAFF, CHWS, AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS. THE STUDY ALSO AIMS TO DESCRIBE COMMUNITY PERCEPTIONS OF THE DESIRABILITY, BENEFITS, AND EXPERIENCES OF THE CARE OFFERED THROUGH PROACTIVE CASE DETECTION. THE PROACT STUDY IS A THREE-YEAR RANDOMIZED CONTROL TRIAL (2021-2023) WITH THE GOAL OF COMPARING PASSIVE MALARIA CASE MANAGEMENT TO PROACTIVE MALARIA CASE MANAGEMENT TO DETERMINE WHICH OF THE TWO APPROACHES CAN REDUCE MALARIA INCIDENCE AND DEATHS QUICKER. THE PROACT STUDY ALSO CONDUCTED A BARRIER ANALYSIS TO EXPLORE BEHAVIORAL BARRIERS AND FACILITATING FACTORS AMONG SEGMENTED POPULATION GROUPS FOR THE ADOPTION, USE, AND MAINTENANCE OF PRIORITY BEHAVIORS. THE RESEARCH COMPRISED A QUALITATIVE COMPONENT THAT INCLUDED 160 INTERVIEWS (KEY INFORMANT INTERVIEWS AND FOCUS GROUP DISCUSSIONS WITH RELEVANT TARGET GROUPS). THE STRENGTHENING OXYGEN UTILIZATION AND RESPIRATORY CARE ECOSYSTEM (SOURCE) PROJECT SUPPORTED DEVELOPMENT OF THE NATIONAL MEDICAL OXYGEN STRATEGIC PLAN 20222026. THE MOH COMPLETED DEVELOPMENT IN NOVEMBER 2022 AND IS EXPECTED TO LAUNCH THE PLAN IN MAY 2023. DMPA-SC ACCESS COLLABORATIVE (AC) CONTINUED SUPPORTING THE FAMILY PLANNING TECHNICAL WORKING GROUP (FPTWG), INCLUDING HOSTING MEETINGS AND LEADING ON ADVOCACY FOR REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH POLICY. THE AC SUCCESSFULLY SUPPORTED THE SCALE-UP AND INTRODUCTION OF DMPA-SC AND SELF-INJECTION IN PRIVATE PHARMACIES IN ZAMBIA. THE PROJECT BUILT QUALITY ASSURANCE AND EVALUATION ACTIVITIES INTO THE INITIAL PRIVATE PHARMACY INTRODUCTION TO INFORM ADVOCACY FOR FUTURE SCALE-UP. THE AC ALSO WORKED WITH THE PHARMACEUTICAL SOCIETY OF ZAMBIA AND OTHER PARTNERS TO TRAIN 136 PHARMACIES AND 156 PHARMACISTS TO PROVIDE DMPA-SC AND TO TRAIN WOMEN TO SELF-INJECT. THROUGH THE CATALYTIC OPPORTUNITY FUND, PATH SUPPORTED TWO SUPERVISION AND MENTORING VISITS TO 136 PHARMACIES IN FOUR PROVINCES OF ZAMBIA. WITH FUNDING FROM THE HEWLETT FOUNDATION, PATH COMPLETED THE FP/IMMUNIZATION INTEGRATION PROJECT IN FOUR DISTRICTS OF SOUTHERN PROVINCE USING A HUMAN-CENTERED DESIGN (HCD) APPROACH. THE ZAMBIA DIGITAL COMMUNITY HEALTH PROJECT COMPLETED REQUIREMENTS GATHERING FOR THE COMMUNITY HEALTH INFORMATION PLATFORM AND CONTRACTED TWO TECHNICAL PARTNERS TO DEVELOP IT. THE PROJECT SUPPORTED THE MOH TO REVISE REPORTING INDICATORS FOR THE NATIONAL COMMUNITY HEALTH MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM WHICH IS CURRENTLY PAPER BASED. |
| FORM 990, PART III, LINE 4C, DESCRIPTION OF PROGRAM SERVICE: | FUNDED BY THE BAYER FOUNDATION, THE SUPPORT FOR COVID-19 VACCINE PREPAREDNESS, ROLLOUT, AND SURVEILLANCE PROJECT IN ZAMBIA INITIATED THE ENGAGEMENT OF TRADITIONAL LEADERSHIP WITH SUPPORT FROM THE SPECIAL ADVISOR TO THE PRESIDENT. PATH ORIENTED 57 HEADMEN (INDUNAS) AND 5 CHIEFS TO THE PROJECT. PATH ALSO HELPED DEVELOP A WASTEWATER SURVEILLANCE PROTOCOL (APPROVED BY RELEVANT RESEARCH AUTHORITIES), PROCURED A NOVEL TESTING METHOD, AND TRAINED KEY PERSONNEL ON ENVIRONMENTAL SURVEILLANCE FOR SARS-COV-2 AND OTHER PATHOGENS SAMPLING. IN 2022, QUALITATIVE INSIGHTS FROM LIVING LABS WERE AMPLIFIED WITH QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS AND DATA VISUALIZATION TO DESCRIBE 26 ROOT CAUSES OF DEMOTIVATION AMONG FRONTLINE IMMUNIZATION PROVIDERS AND ANALYZE COMMONALITIES IN HCD-DERIVED THEORIES OF CHANGE. PATH CREATED THE INSIGHTS EXPLORER TOOL, AN INTERACTIVE DASHBOARD TO FACILITATE THE EXPLORATION OF THESE ROOT CAUSES, AND PUBLISHED IT ONLINE WITH PUBLIC ACCESS. THIS WEB-BASED INTERACTIVE COMMUNICATION PLATFORM DOCUMENTS LIVING LABS' HCD PROCESSES AND OUTPUTS IN KENYA AND ZAMBIA IN A FORMAT THAT FACILITATES EXPLORATION AND UNDERSTANDING OF KEY PROJECT QUALITATIVE INSIGHTS. THE GOAL IS TO ADVANCE PREVIOUS EFFORTS IN HCD GLOBAL HEALTH PROJECTS BY INCREASING TRANSPARENCY OF THE CONTINUUM OF CONTEXTUAL CHALLENGE THROUGH TO THE PROCESS OF GENERATING PROTOTYPES WITH END USERS. PATH'S LIVING LABS SUPPORTED THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE RELI DELIVERY SYSTEM, A LOW-COST, HYBRID PNEUMATIC-ELECTRIC INFUSION PUMP DESIGNED TO ADDRESS CHALLENGES FOUND IN RESOURCE-CONSTRAINED HEALTH SYSTEMS. IT IS A LOW-COST, RELIABLE, STURDY, AND EASY-TO-USE ALTERNATIVE TO CONVENTIONAL ELECTRIC INFUSION PUMPS. THE LIVING LABS TEAM SUPPORTED THE DESIGN OF THE RELI'S ELECTRONIC SUBSYSTEMS AND CONDUCTED A USER ASSESSMENT IN ZAMBIA TO UNDERSTAND THE CONTEXT OF USE AND USER PERCEPTIONS OF THE RELI, WHICH IS ESSENTIAL TO ACHIEVE OPTIMAL DESIGN OF THE SYSTEM. THE ASSESSMENT AIMED TO: (1) PROVIDE PROSPECTIVE USERS WITH AN OPPORTUNITY TO CONDUCT A SIMULATION OF AN INFUSION USING A PROTOTYPE OF THE RELI DELIVERY SYSTEM AND TO ASSESS USER EXPERIENCES OF THE USABILITY OF THE VARIOUS COMPONENTS OF THE DEVICE. (2) GATHER USER INPUT ON THE ACCEPTABILITY AND EASE OF USE OF THE RELI DELIVERY SYSTEM INCLUDING SETTING UP THE SYSTEM, ACTIVATING THE SYSTEM, AND COMPLETING A SIMULATION USING THE RELI DELIVERY SYSTEM. PATH AND FIND PARTNERED TO IMPROVE DATA COLLECTION AND MITIGATE CURRENT PAIN POINTS ASSOCIATED WITH COVID-19 DIAGNOSTIC TESTING IN LOW- AND MIDDLE-INCOME SETTINGS. THE TEAMS WORKED TO DEVELOP STANDARDS AND ENHANCE THE INTEROPERABILITY OF PATIENT AND DIAGNOSTIC DATA COLLECTION PLATFORMS WHILE INCORPORATING THEM INTO MOBILE HEALTH TOOLS. LIVING LABS IN ZAMBIA AND SENEGAL ENGAGED END USERS TO IDENTIFY AND VALIDATE NEEDS AND PRIORITIES AND WORKED WITH APPLICATION DEVELOPERS TO ITERATIVELY TEST AND REFINE THE DIGITAL HEALTH SOLUTION, USING OPERATIONAL RESEARCH AT COMMUNITY HEALTH FACILITIES. |
| FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11B | THE FORM 990 WAS PREPARED BY AN OUTSIDE ACCOUNTING FIRM USING INFORMATION PROVIDED BY PATH ACCOUNTING SERVICES STAFF. PATH SENIOR MANAGEMENT REVIEWED THE DRAFT FORM. A COPY OF THE DRAFT WAS SENT TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR COMMENT. AFTER THE COMMENT PERIOD, THE PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL OFFICER SIGNED THE FORM. |
| FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12C | PATH HAS POLICIES AND PROCEDURES TO ADDRESS CONFLICTS OF INTEREST. PATH MANAGEMENT AND ALL STAFF AT A DESIGNATED LEVEL OR HIGHER WITHIN THE ORGANIZATION MUST COMPLETE A CONFLICT OF INTEREST DISCLOSURE FORM EACH YEAR. ALL FORMS ARE REVIEWED AND KEPT ON FILE. A CONFLICT MANAGEMENT PLAN IS DEVELOPED FOR ANY EMPLOYEE WITH A SIGNIFICANT ACTUAL OR PERCEIVED CONFLICT OF INTEREST. PATH ALSO HAS A WELL-DEFINED PROCEDURE FOR IDENTIFYING AND REPORTING ACTUAL AND POTENTIAL CONFLICTS OF INTEREST AMONG BOARD MEMBERS. NEW BOARD MEMBERS ARE ASKED TO COMPLETE A CONFLICT OF INTEREST DISCLOSURE FORM WITHIN 30 DAYS OF JOINING THE BOARD AND TO COMPLETE A NEW FORM ANNUALLY THEREAFTER. IN ADDITION, MEMBERS ARE REMINDED TO REPORT ANY NEW ISSUES THAT ARISE OUTSIDE OF THE ANNUAL DISCLOSURE PERIOD. THE DISCLOSURE FORMS ARE REVIEWED BY PATH'S GENERAL COUNSEL, AND IF ANY ACTUAL OR POTENTIAL CONFLICTS ARE IDENTIFIED, GENERAL COUNSEL MAKES A RECOMMENDATION TO THE CHAIR OF THE GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE AND THE CHAIR OF THE BOARD FOR A MANAGEMENT PLAN TO PROPERLY MANAGE ANY CONFLICTS. A FORMAL MANAGEMENT PLAN IS THEN AGREED UPON WITH THE BOARD MEMBER, AND THE ENTIRE BOARD OF DIRECTORS IS INFORMED AT THE NEXT REGULARLY SCHEDULED BOARD MEETING. |
| FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 15 | THE BOARD ANNUALLY REVIEWS SALARIES AND BENEFITS FOR EXECUTIVE EMPLOYEE POSITIONS AND PROVIDES GUIDANCE TO THE PRESIDENT/CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER (CEO) ON COMPENSATION DECISIONS FOR EXECUTIVE POSITIONS. THE COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS FOR PATH'S PRESIDENT/CEO ARE REVIEWED AND APPROVED BY THE ENTIRE BOARD OF DIRECTORS EACH YEAR. PATH ROUTINELY USES THE SERVICES OF EXTERNAL FIRMS TO ASSESS AND BENCHMARK EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION (PRESIDENT/CEO AND DIVISION CHIEFS). THE MOST RECENT MAJOR REVIEW WAS COMPLETED BY THE BOARD IN 2022. AT THE REQUEST OF THE BOARD, PATH ENGAGED FUTURE SENSE (A COMPENSATION, BENEFITS, AND HUMAN RESOURCES CONSULTING FIRM) TO REVIEW CURRENT AND PROPOSED BASE SALARIES OF PATH'S PRESIDENT/CEO AND DIVISION CHIEFS. FUTURE SENSE USED DATA FROM MULTIPLE SOURCES TO EVALUATE CURRENT AND PROPOSED BASE SALARIES FOR THESE POSITIONS. THE BOARD REVIEWED THE FUTURE SENSE REPORT AND APPROVED THE USE OF THE REPORT TO ESTABLISH A FRAMEWORK WITHIN WHICH THE PRESIDENT/CEO IS DELEGATED AUTHORITY TO ESTABLISH THE TOTAL COMPENSATION PACKAGES OF THE DIVISION CHIEFS. ADDITIONALLY, FUTURE SENSE REVIEWED THE PROPOSED TOTAL COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS PACKAGE FOR THE PRESIDENT/CEO POSITION AND OBTAINED A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF DATA POINTS TO ASCERTAIN ITS REASONABLENESS AND APPROPRIATENESS. THE BOARD APPROVED THE RECOMMENDATION FOR THE PRESIDENT/CEO'S TOTAL COMPENSATION PACKAGE. |
| FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19 | PATH GOVERNING DOCUMENTS, CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY, AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC UPON REQUEST; MOST DOCUMENTS ARE ALSO AVAILABLE ONLINE. |
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