Contact: Barbara Casey, Hilton Foundation, 310.990-0750, bcasey@cswpr.

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PATH, 206.788.2021, amaciver@path.org

PATH to receive $1.5 million Hilton Humanitarian Prize

Hilton Foundation awards world’s largest humanitarian prize to Seattle-based global
health organization for its commitment to lifesaving technologies for the developing world

Seattle, WA, August 18, 2009—PATH, a nonprofit organization that uses innovative
technologies and solutions to solve global health problems, has been selected to receive the 2009
Conrad N. Hilton Humanitarian Prize of $1.5 million. The Conrad N. Hilton Foundation presents
the annual award, the world’s largest humanitarian prize, to an organization that is significantly
alleviating human suffering. The prize will be presented on September 21 in Washington, DC,
with keynote speaker Muhammad Yunus, who is a Nobel Peace Prize laureate, founder of the
Grameen Bank, and former Hilton Prize juror.

Since its inception in 1977, PATH has worked to improve the health of people around the world
by advancing technologies, strengthening systems, and encouraging healthy behaviors. PATH
currently works in more than 70 countries in the areas of health technologies, maternal and child
health, reproductive health, vaccines and immunization, and emerging and epidemic diseases.
The organization leverages public- and private-sector resources to create solutions that are
appropriate, affordable, and accessible for the people who need them the most, especially those
in developing countries.

“Bringing new ideas and technologies to the toughest global health challenges and scaling them
up at low prices, often hand-in-hand with the private sector, PATH is having a profound impact
on the health and quality of life of millions of men, women, and children around the world,”
said Steven M. Hilton, president and CEO of the Hilton Foundation.

According to Dr. Christopher J. Elias, PATH’s president and CEO, “PATH is honored to be
selected for the prestigious Hilton Humanitarian Prize. We will use the Prize funds as innovation
capital to support new initiatives in areas we've identified as critical to PATH’s mission:
accelerating innovation in product development and introduction; bringing to scale essential
health solutions and programs; and expanding our field presence, especially in Africa.”

Finding health solutions for the developing world

PATH employs more than 800 staff in 32 offices in 20 countries. Its team of scientists,
engineers, and technical specialists create and test promising new technologies in a state-of-the-
art laboratory and product development facility at its Seattle headquarters. PATH has adapted,
developed, or co-developed more than 85 technologies designed to improve the health and lives
of people in low-resource countries, even in the most remote areas of the globe. Chief among
these technologies are: vaccine vial monitors that detect when temperature-sensitive vaccines
have been exposed to heat; SoloShot™ single-use, disposable syringes that prevent needle reuse;
Ultra Rice® technology that uses manufactured, rice-like grains fortified with micronutrients to
alleviate malnutrition; and the Uniject® prefilled injection device that ensures correct amounts of
vaccines or drugs are administered. Several billion of these products are in use around the globe.

One of PATH’s current initiatives is stopping diarrheal disease, which kills an estimated 5,000
young children every day. PATH is taking a multipronged approach that includes developing
vaccines against the most common cause of severe diarrhea, increasing communities’ access to
safe water, and working with partners to develop a disposable “lab on a card” diagnostic device
as an easy-to-use and low-cost tool for detecting diarrhea-causing pathogens. Typical of its
private-sector approach, PATH is evaluating more than 150 commercial water-purifying
technologies such as filters and chemical treatments that could be sold for household use to
provide safe water in villages and towns.

PATH was one of more than 200 nominees for the 2009 Hilton Prize, said Judy Miller, vice
president of the Hilton Foundation and director of the Hilton Prize. She added that the Hilton
Prize international jurors were impressed by PATH’s record of innovation, its keen grasp of
potential transformative solutions, and its ability to get affordable products into developing
markets.

About the Hilton Prize

The 2009 Hilton Prize will be presented at a luncheon at the annual Conrad N. Hilton
Humanitarian Symposium, which gathers policymakers and leaders in the humanitarian field to
address the most challenging issues facing the billions of people who make up the world’s most
vulnerable populations.

This year’s Hilton Prize jury includes: Princess Salimah Aga Khan, international ambassador for
SOS-Kinderdorf International; Catherine Bertini, former executive director of the United Nations
World Food Programme and professor of public administration, Syracuse University; Gro
Harlem Brundtland, MPH, former director-general of the World Health Organization and former
prime minister of Norway; Eric M. Hilton, director, Conrad N. Hilton Foundation, and son of
Conrad Hilton; Olara A. Otunnu, president of LBL Foundation for Children, former UN under-
secretary-general and special representative for children and armed conflict and former Ugandan
minister for foreign affairs; and Professor Amartya Sen, Nobel Prize Laureate in economics and
Lamont University professor at Harvard University.

Former Hilton Prize recipients are recognized leaders in the humanitarian world and include:
BRAC (Bangladesh), 2008; Tostan (Senegal), 2007; Women for Women International
(Washington, DC), 2006; Partners in Health (Massachusetts), 2005; Heifer International
(Arkansas), 2004; International Rehabilitation Center for Torture Victims (Denmark), 2003; SOS
Children’s Villages (Austria), 2002; St. Christopher’s Hospice (England), 2001; Casa Alianza
(Costa Rica), 2000; African Medical and Research Foundation (Kenya), 1999; Doctors Without
Borders (France), 1998; International Rescue Committee (New York), 1997; and Operation
Smile (Virginia), 1996.

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About the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation
Based in Los Angeles, the Hilton Foundation was created in 1944 by the late hotel entrepreneur
and business leader Conrad N. Hilton, who left his fortune to the foundation when he died in
1979 with instructions to help the most disadvantaged and vulnerable throughout the world
without regard to religion, ethnicity, or geography. Barron Hilton, who also led Hilton Hotels
Corporation and is current chairman of the foundation, has joined his father in committing to
leave the bulk of his wealth to the foundation. The foundation along with its related entities has
assets exceeding $3.4 billion and, since its inception, has awarded more than $800 million in
grants. More than 50 percent supports international charitable projects.

For more information, please visit www.hiltonfoundation.org.

About PATH
PATH is an international nonprofit organization that creates sustainable, culturally relevant
solutions, enabling communities worldwide to break longstanding cycles of poor health. By
collaborating with diverse public- and private-sector partners, PATH helps provide appropriate
health technologies and vital strategies that change the way people think and act. PATH’s work
improves global health and well-being.

For more information, please visit www.path.org.

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