.8% on fundraising. in 2010, path received the most us foundation grants in the state of washington and ranked thirteenth among international recipients of us foundation grants. controversies in 2012, the ngo was warned by the indian government after one of its studies involving an hpv vaccine resulted in the alleged death of seven girls belonging to an indigenous community (tribe) in india. all 7 deaths were later attributed to other causes, including a snake bite, drowning, suicide by pesticide ingestion, and complications from malaria. in what the hindu called "a shockingly unethical trial", nearly 2,800 consent forms were signed by a hostel warden or headmaster, as the 'guardian'. recognition in 2003, path received the tech museum's dr. alejandro zaffaroni health award for its work on the uniject device, a sterile pre-filled, single-use syringe. since 2005, path has remained on forbes' top 200 list of the 200 largest charities in america. for five years running, fast company magazine in 2008 named path as one of the top social entrepreneurs who are changing the world. in 2009, path received the conrad n. hilton humanitarian prize. in 2012, path was ranked as the sixth best ngo in the world on the "top 100" list published by the global journal. as of march 2019, path has been vetted and is in good standing as part of globalgiving's gg rewards program.