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Sexual & Reproductive Health

We work to improve the sexual and reproductive health and well-being of women and girls by harnessing the power of innovation. PATH designs and evaluates products and programs that empower women to take charge of their health and provides evidenced-based approaches to meet the reproductive health needs of current and future generations.

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March 7, 2018
Women’s self-care: a new take on an old practice
September 12, 2018
The power to prevent pregnancy in women’s hands: DMPA-SC injectable contraception
November 11, 2019
Thermal ablation offers new hope for cervical cancer prevention
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  1. Three smiling women from Sierra Leone
    June 18, 2018

    DMPA-SC advocacy and communications tools: speaking up for greater contraceptive choice

    Family planning advocates can ensure that a country’s policies and funding promote access to all contraceptive options, so women can make an informed and voluntary choice. The Advocacy Pack for Subcutaneous DMPA was designed for advocates around the globe to help increase access to this new injectable contraceptive option.
  2. A woman self-injects the contraceptive, subcutaneous DMPA (DMPA-SC). PATH/Gabe Bienczycki
    June 18, 2018

    Self-injection best practices: Designing family planning programs that work

    Research in Uganda and elsewhere shows that women can self-administer DMPA-SC safely and effectively, that they like doing so, and that self-injection helps support continued use of injectable contraception.
  3. Family planning provider training in Uganda
    June 18, 2018

    Training for DMPA-SC, the all-in-one injectable contraceptive

    Several thousands of health workers around the world have been trained to safely provide DMPA-SC injections in clinics, community locations, and villages, and even to support women to self-inject.
  4. Women have the ability and right to care for their own sexual and reproductive health. Photo: PATH/Will Boase.
    March 7, 2018

    Women’s self-care: a new take on an old practice

    Innovations in products and practices are making it easier for women to take greater control of their sexual and reproductive health.
  5. Silvia de Sanjosé and four colleagues standing together.
    March 2, 2018

    It IS possible to change a woman’s fate

    We're increasing the use of new technologies for cervical cancer screening and treatment in Central America.
  6. Angela and family
    January 15, 2018

    Are mammograms the only way to detect breast cancer?

    Our partnerships with the Peruvian government and local cancer organization bring early breast cancer detection to women in their communities.
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