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Medical devices and health technologies

PATH's medical devices and health technologies program leads the vanguard in translating innovative ideas into breakthrough health solutions. We accelerate access to affordable, appropriate health solutions to protect and treat the communities that need them most.

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Advancing critical health technologies

All too often, existing medical devices and health technologies are inaccessible because they are too expensive or impractical for use in under-resourced health settings. We respond to these challenges by developing and scaling devices and tools with the potential to address the diseases and health issues that disproportionately affect women and children in low-resource settings.

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Our global health impact

Together with our public- and private-sector partners, the Medical Devices and Health Technologies program has investigated hundreds of medical devices, health technologies, and tools and advanced the most promising and appropriate technologies into affordable commercial products for use in country health programs and global health campaigns, reaching billions of people.

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Health technologies for women and children

We advance medical devices and health technologies that address the primary causes of maternal, newborn, and child mortality and morbidity, and maximize public health impact by increasing availability and access to these innovations as part of integrated health systems.

Formulation technologies

We optimize, adapt, test, and validate emerging concepts, technologies, and product formats that optimize vaccine and pharmaceutical efficacy, stability, safety, and ease of use. We develop and qualify analytical assays to support development of stable vaccine and pharmaceutical products. Some examples include oral liquid formulations and sublingual and fast-dissolving tablets.

Packaging and delivery technologies

We identify and advance primary packaging and delivery innovations for vaccines and pharmaceuticals that have the potential to maximize efficacy, increase access, and reduce costs. This improves the safety, acceptability, and effectiveness of immunization and drug delivery.

Supply systems and equipment

We advance supply systems and equipment, policies, and programs to help to store, monitor, and transport vaccines at appropriate temperatures across the supply chain. This work builds stronger immunization supply and logistics systems to reach every child.

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Meet the team

  1. Pat Lennon

    Acting Program Leader & Portfolio Leader: Supply Systems & Equipment

  2. Emily Jeffers

    Director of Finance and Administration

  3. Dr. Patricia Coffey

    Portfolio Leader: Health Technologies for Women and Children

  4. Courtney Jarrahian

    Portfolio Leader: Packaging & Delivery Technologies

  5. Dr. Manjari Lal

    Portfolio Leader: Formulation Technologies

  6. Steven Diesburg

    Product Development Engineering Lead

  7. Rachel Hammack

    Communications Manager

  8. Dr. Mercy Mvundura

    Technical Advisor Health Economics

  9. Joanie Robertson

    Portfolio Leader: Supply Systems and Equipment

  10. Brian Taliesin

    Global Director, Living Labs, Center of Digital and Data Excellence

  11. Dr. Jessica White

    Evaluation and Research Laboratory (EARLY) Lead

  12. Betsy Wilskie

    Procurement and Supply Technical Assistance Lead

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    December 12, 2019

    Five years later: The Global Health Innovation Accelerator

    The Global Health Innovation Accelerator (GHIA) transforms good ideas into new health products and services that address the health needs of resource-limited settings.
  2. Vaccine delivery technologies, including Soloshot syringes, vaccine vial monitors (VVMs), and a refrigerator monitoring device, among others. Photo: PATH/Patrick McKern
    September 9, 2019

    How government investments catalyze innovation: A case study from maternal and child health

    PATH’s HealthTech program, a 25-year partnership with USAID, exemplifies how government investment in research and development can accelerate innovation and produce scalable health solutions in low- and middle-income countries.
  3. Lab worker Patrick Kakembo looks into a microscope in the lab.
    August 28, 2019

    Why embracing constraints leads to better health solutions

    How do we overcome the hurdles that keep life-saving products from those who need them most?
  4. A nurse at a clinic in Nairobi, Kenya uses a wall chart to record their immunization statistics. Photo: PATH/Breese McIlvaine
    August 22, 2019

    Meet the health workers who will co-create solutions for vaccine delivery

    Frontline immunization workers play a critical role in improving vaccine access and equity. A new initiative aims to leverage their firsthand experience to co-create innovative delivery solutions.
  5. Phiona Nakabuye (left), a village health worker trained by PATH's Sayana® Press pilot program, with Carol Nabisere (right), age 18, who chose to receive Sayana® Press after being counseled in the various forms of contraception. Uganda. PATH/Will Boase.
    May 29, 2019

    Three shocking inequities in women’s health—and what we’re doing to change them

    Advances in medicine are improving women’s health worldwide, but the inequities between different countries, communities, and peoples remains outrageous and immoral. Learn how PATH is closing the gaps.
  6. The Ellavi Uterine Balloon Tamponade. This device could save hundreds of thousands of lives. Photo: Sinapi Biomedical.
    May 24, 2019

    The UBT: A simple device to save mothers' lives

    It’s taken nine years of tenacity. Now a new device brings us one step closer to ending childbirth’s biggest killer.
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