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Recently, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Africa CDC, and a number of country governments have advised people to wear non-medical masks in public when community transmission of COVID-19 may be widespread. Faced with shortages of personal protective equipment (PPE)—and in order to reserve the use of medical-grade masks for health care workers—homemade cloth masks can help reduce the spread of large droplets if used correctly. PATH has reviewed and consolidated guidance on the use of homemade cloth masks for use in communities.

The Program for the Advancement of Malaria Outcomes (PAMO) is a flagship malaria program for the President’s Malaria Initiative (PMI), a US government initiative, in Zambia. PAMO helps the GRZ accelerate progress toward eliminating local malaria infection and disease. Implemented by PATH in partnership with Jhpiego and the Broadreach Institute for Training and Education (widely known as BRITE), PAMO supports the GRZ at the national level through the National Malaria Elimination Programme (NMEP) and in four high burden provinces: Luapula, Muchinga, Eastern, and Northern.Integrated community case management (iCCM) is a key mechanism for expanding access to quality malaria care at the community level.

The MAP Center of Excellence has developed draft target product profiles (TPPs) that outline key characteristics for rabies and HPV vaccine MAPs. The TPPs describe minimally acceptable and optimal targets for features such as thermostability, dosage, and vaccination regimens.The TPPs were informed by background research and internal and external consultations to refine key attributes and gather input from experts—including MAP developers, manufacturers, vaccinologists, and global health stakeholders. These versions of the TPPs serve as drafts broadly distributed for public consultation. Please send any feedback or comments on the documents to maps@path.org. The TPPs will serve as living documents that will evolve over time as new data are generated.

This is a guidance note prepared for management of pregnant and lactating mothers during COVID-19 pandemic. The brochure includes relevant information for pregnant and lactating mothers and their family members during COVID-19 outbreak. It also provides guidance for COVID-19 suspected or positive pregnant and lactating mothers.

The Prospective Country Evaluation (PCE) is an embedded mixed-methods evaluation platform designed to examine the Global Fund business model, investments and contribution to disease program outcomes and impact in eight countries. The PCE generates timely evidence to support program improvements and accelerate progress towards the objectives of the Global Fund 2017-2022 Strategy.This report presents findings from Guatemala in 2019-2020.