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This set of two user personas was developed to inform service delivery strategy and development of new preeclampsia diagnostic tools, including digital tools, and explore perceptions related to taskshifting to self-monitoring. These personas focus on community health nurses (CHNs) and midwives, who have complementary roles and challenges in providing antenatal care (ANC) to their communities in Ghana, such as lack of supplies and limited infrastructure. Specifically, CHNs and midwives are currently responsible for diagnosis of preeclampsia and other pregnancy complications. Preeclampsia can be life-threatening to both the mother and child if care is delayed or complications advance to eclampsia; however, the condition can be managed and prevented with adequate diagnosis and care.This human-centered design approach focuses user needs to inform product design and delivery strategies and was developed by PATH using a two-phased process. First, draft personas were created based on a usability study conducted by PATH and the Kintampo Health Research Centre in 2016. Observational and interview data were collected from midwives (n=8) and CHNs (n=10) from 11 different health facilities in the Kintampo North and South districts of the Brong-Ahafo Region. Results were validated and refined through secondary research and a follow-on study in 2020 that engaged additional midwives (n=15) and CHNs (n=5) from 19 facilities in the same two districts in focus group discussions and interviews.

PATH conducted a rapid landscape and qualitative analysis of menstrual cup products and cleaning instructions with a focus on determining their feasibility for women and adolescent girls in low-resource settings. The principal objective of the review was to identify existing evidence-based cleaning processes and products and key research gaps to inform evidence-based, practical menstrual cup cleaning recommendations and future research.We conducted a search of the literature related to menstrual cup products, cleaning products, and practices; organizations promoting or distributing menstrual cups; and the websites of manufacturers, consumer sales outlets, and menstrual health advocates.

This brief outlines key takeaways from the advocacy for health promotion meeting that took place 31 March-April 3, 2021 in Kwilu province, DRC, to explore strategies for improving local health financing. Participants from the provincial assembly, government, Provincial Health Division, and civil society came together to improve the health and wellbeing of Kwilu’s population through perpetuating the gains of health advocacy.The text is available in both English and French.Ce dossier concerne la réunion de plaidoyer pour la promotion de la santé a eu lieu du 31 mars au 3 Avril 2021 afin d’explorer les stratégies pour améliorer le financement dans le secteur de la santé dans la province Kwilu, République Démocratique du Congo. Les participants venus de l’assemblée provinciale, du gouvernement provincial, de la Division Provinciale de la Santé et de la société civile se sont réunis pour améliorer la santé et le bien-être de la population du Kwilu en perpétuant les acquis du plaidoyer pour la santé.Le texte est disponible en français et en anglais.

With the objective to provide quick, high-quality, and accessible COVID-19 testing, PATH implemented a decentralized rapid diagnostic system using Abbott ID NOW and Panbio RDT in Sangamner in Ahmednagar district, Maharashtra. This document outlines the course of the intervention from implementation to impact.

For more than 15 years, the M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust has partnered with PATH to improve public health capacity. This brief highlights a few examples of how the Murdock Trust has supported PATH’s in-house product development shop, helped strengthen digital health capabilities and even furthered the Primary Health Care (PHC) agenda. PATH is grateful for this long-standing partnership and the important public health work that it enables.