Farewell to the Grave: Bobby’s Battle with Multidrug-Resistant TB

Posted on Mar 22, 2019

Bobby Togar, 42, thought his arrival at the TB annex in Monrovia, Liberia, meant his imminent death. He'd been there before, and had little hope for survival. But this time, he found hope--and a path forward--through the clinicians he met.

Most-Read Stories of 2018

Posted on Dec 21, 2018

In case you missed them the first time around, we've compiled our top 10 stories from 2018. These are the people, places, and programs that caught your eye, from Lesotho, Sierra Leone, and Malawi to Haiti and the Navajo Nation.

Breast Cancer Survivors in Haiti Share Their Stories

Posted on Oct 19, 2018

in 2018 alone, PIH clinicians and staff in Haiti have been caring for 450 women diagnosed with breast cancer. Here, five survivors share their stories in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

Mental Health Team Expanding Innovative, Pioneering Care

Posted on Oct 10, 2018

Dr. Giuseppe “Bepi” Raviola, PIH’s Director of Mental Health, oversees a growing program that is caring for thousands of people in Haiti and Rwanda; developing safe houses for women with chronic mental illness in Peru; working to treat common mental disorders in communities across eight countries; and much more. We caught up with him for an eye-opening chat.

Treating Mind and Body: Mental Health Care Expanding in Lesotho

Posted on Jul 24, 2018

It was a story no doctor wants to tell. 

But at Botšabelo Hospital in Maseru, Lesotho, during a recent training on mental health care, a doctor related the story of a man who had successfully completed two grueling years of treatment for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis, or MDR-TB—only to succumb to a different, devastating illness, that far too often goes unseen.   

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