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Global Health

By Tom Murphy5 April 2017

Meningitis vaccine campaign initiated to stop deadly outbreak in Nigeria

Nigeria launched a vaccination campaign to stop the meningitis outbreak responsible for killing more than 300 people. Health workers will administer some 500,000 vaccinations in the northwest part of the country to protect people against the deadly disease. Another 800,000 vaccine doses are expected to arrive from the U.K. to be distributed throughout the country.

Global Health

By Tom Paulson9 January 2015

Vaccine on track to eliminate one of Africa’s most feared and deadly diseases – meningitis

Imagine how the world would react if with a massive vaccination campaign we could, in one fell swoop, completely eliminate…

Global Health

By Guest25 February 2014

Visualizing a vaccine breaking new ground, and chains, in Africa

One of the biggest obstacles to expanding immunization to the remotest regions on the planet has been that vaccines must be kept refrigerated at low temperatures. A new vaccine created by Seattle-based PATH, with help from the World Health Organization and other partners, now indicates it may be possible to break free from these chains.

Global Health

By Tom Paulson30 May 2011

PATH’s meningitis vaccine project on Good Morning America

PATH’s meningitis vaccine project was featured on ABC’s Good Morning America show on Memorial Day: Here’s my post from early…

Global Health

By Tom Paulson24 May 2011

PATH celebrates 34 years of life-saving gizmos

Seattle-based PATH today celebrated 34 years of finding creative ways to use science and technology to save millions of lives,…

Global Health

By Tom Paulson17 May 2011

Bill Gates pushes world health assembly to boost vaccinations

It’s a simple thing, a vaccine. But the simple lack of a vaccine in a poor community can bring death,…

Global Health

By Tom Paulson7 April 2011

Vote PATH’s Marc LaForce to the top of TIME’s Top 100!

Every year, TIME magazine publishes its list of top 100 most influential leaders, thinkers, artists and innovators for the year.…

Human Rights

By Tom Paulson10 December 2010

Wikileaks describes drug maker “dirty tricks” during Nigerian meningitis outbreak

One of the events that prompted PATH and WHO to launch the Meningitis Vaccine Project 10 years ago, and which…

Global Health

By Tom Paulson6 December 2010

PATH, WHO and others launch a “revolution” to end Africa’s meningitis epidemics

Today could be the beginning of the end of a deadly and disabling epidemic of bacterial disease that, for reasons…