What if products and strategies for improving health in the developing world were designed expressly for the people who need them? The free-market concept of user-driven design is rarely applied to nonprofit causes, but it's been the foundation of PATH's approach to global health for the last 30 years.

Instead of tossing wealthy-world answers at problems unique to poor countries, PATH creates real solutions for permanent change, such as health "technologies" for remote villages, immunization programs built side by side with the governments administering them, and cultural projects sparking dialogue and social change in communities at risk of HIV.

Learn more at www.path.org.

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PATH's mission is to improve the health of people around the world by advancing technologies, strengthening systems and encouraging healthy behaviors.