News — Rwanda
The New York Times covers an innovative new program for clinicians
In Rwanda, Partners In Health, Harvard Medical School, and the Rwandan health ministry offer a unique class for the country's physicians.
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Mental health services transform life for orphaned teenager
Mental health and social support services connect orphaned Rwandan teenager with food, school, and hope
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New Study: “Obstructed Labor and Caesarean Delivery: The Cost and Benefit of Surgical Intervention”
Of the 273,000 women who die in childbirth each year, nearly all could be saved with access to C-sections.
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TOMS Gives Shoes with Partners In Health
In Haiti, Lesotho, Malawi, and Rwanda, tens of thousands of children receive shoes through an exciting partnership.
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Dana Farber’s Lawrence Shulman announces a partnership to fight cancer in Rwanda
"By joining forces, we can offer cancer patients of all ages a chance at life," says Dr. Shulman.
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Study examines how mental health disorders are related to HIV status
In Rwanda, a new study aims to help improve mental health and counseling services for children and families.
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Remembering Congressman Donald Payne
PIH's team in Rwanda bids adieu to a social justice leader.
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Troubleshooting training challenges in Haiti and Rwanda
A training specialist travels from Rwanda to Haiti to foster a cross-site collaboration.
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An electric year in northern Rwanda
Thousands of patients served during Butaro Hospital's first year. Facility shows health care can be provided at a world-class level, even in poor, remote communities.
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Launching a new scholarship program for girls in Rwanda
The Women and Girls Initiative Scholarship Program sends 41 young women and girls back to school in rural Rwanda.
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Bringing family planning to villages in Rwanda
Recent trainings give health workers new tools to bring family planning services to their communities.
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New shoes for a new year
In 2011, thousands of children received new TOMS shoes. Plans for 2012 shoe distributions in the works.
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Rwanda Study: Community-Based HIV Program Yields High Success Rates
A new study finds that community health workers raised HIV drug adherence rates to some of the highest in the world.
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“Chasing mice” with Private
In Rwanda, PIH helps a young genocide survivor overcome poverty and his past.
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Growing program “twins” Rwandan physicians with Boston-based oncologists
Program initiated by PIH’s Sara Stulac is credited for improving outcomes for children with lymphoma.
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PIH agriculture program aims to curb malnutrition In Rwanda
While 45% of children in Rwanda are chronically malnourished, PIH’s program is making small strides.
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PIH gives new TOMS Shoes to school children in Rwanda
In November, PIH staff distributed new TOMS Shoes to thousands of school children in Rwanda’s southern Kayonza and Kirehe Districts.
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Preventing “stupid deaths” in poor countries around the world
In a Washington Post op-ed, PIH co-founder Paul Farmer describes "how we can save millions of lives."
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Q & A with PIH’s new mental health fellows
In Haiti and Rwanda, our Pagenel Fellows care for those in need, train future health workers.
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Sunday school science
New initiative provides tutoring to primary school students in rural Rwanda.
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