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PATH partners with governments, civil society organizations, and advocates to advance health equity by informing evidence-based policymaking and funding decisions. We leverage technical expertise and deep relationships from country to global levels to design and shape impactful policies, ensure effective implementation, and strengthen capacity along the way.

This project overview describes the Strengthening Health through Integrated Environmental and Climate Data (SHIELD) initiative, a Wellcome–funded research project focused on improving climate and health decision‑making in Malawi and Pakistan. It outlines the project’s rationale, design principles, partnerships, and core work packages, highlighting how integrated, ministry‑hosted data services can support timely, actionable public health responses to climate risks.

An executive roundtable convened senior representatives from over 30 organizations, including development partners, regional organizations, and financing institutions, to examine financing across the diagnostics value chain. Discussions highlighted that diagnostics for LMICs remain underfunded and constrained by fragmented financing and gaps in critical evidence, particularly on development costs, market size, demand, and health and economic impact, and identified priority actions to strengthen the investment case, improve cost data, and better coordinate financing to accelerate impact.

This first publication in the PATH-Impact Global Health Co-authored R&D Blindspots Policy Series examines a pressing question for the continent: is research and development truly delivering Africa’s vision for health security and sovereignty?Drawing on global R&D funding data, disease burden estimates, and clinical trial activity, the report examines how R&D investment patterns, clinical trial activity and leadership in Africa, and progress toward local manufacturing and regulatory readiness align with Africa CDC priority diseases.Taken together, the findings reveal a mixed picture. While downstream manufacturing capacity is expanding rapidly, upstream R&D pipelines, African‑led clinical research, and coordinated regional innovation strategies continue to lag. This imbalance points to a growing risk that health sovereignty remains a political commitment rather than an operational reality, without the research foundations required to sustain it.The snapshot concludes with targeted policy recommendations focused on strengthening domestic investment, improving regional coordination, enhancing regulatory effectiveness, and reinforcing African leadership across the R&D ecosystem.

Medical oxygen saves lives — but only if it is available when patients need it.Fixing the global oxygen crisis requires more than equipment. It takes policy, advocacy, financing, and systems innovation working together.Around the world, PATH has partnered with countries to shape context‑specific policies, strengthen national plans, and mobilize resources for long‑term oxygen access.Kenya is one powerful example of how advocacy and partnership can transform systems.Watch our latest video to see advocacy in action.