News and Stories
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Staying Power: Women Keeping Health Care on Track
Images and comments by PIH photographers about the women they meet who keep the world healthy.
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Starting Small: Treating Kids with HIV
Two clinicians' mission to treat and care for children living with HIV.
November 14, 2016
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We're Guided by a Mission
Every presidential election, not least this most recent, reminds us what a great diversity of ideas makes up this world.
November 10, 2016
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An X-Ray Machine that Inspires Devotion
The digital x-ray machine, the first at J.J. Dossen Hospital in 35 years, is just part of our massive revival of the 1950s-era hospital.
November 3, 2016
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Breast Cancer-Free, 3 Years and Counting
In May 2013, Isemelie Bazard was the first patient to undergo surgery at University Hospital in Mirebalais—and is among a growing number of breast cancer survivors in Haiti.
October 31, 2016
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PIH Experts on Game-Changing TB Drugs
For the first time, PIH staff present their findings on using new and revolutionary drugs in the fight against tuberculosis at the Union World Conference on Lung Health.
October 27, 2016
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A Typical, and Inspiring, Day with Eudeli Velasquez
Community health worker Eudeli Velasquez's weekly visits to her patients living with chronic diseases keep them healthy—and comforted.
October 26, 2016
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'Loss Beyond Measure' in Southern Haiti
This week, PIH's Dr. Joia Mukherjee visited the region hit hardest by Hurricane Matthew. The devastation, she says, "is one of the worse things I have ever seen."
October 19, 2016
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WHO to Send 1 Million Cholera Vaccines to Haiti
The World Health Organization is sending a major portion of its cholera vaccine stockpile to Haiti to help prevent a spike in cases of the deadly diarrheal disease, especially in the hardest-hit South.
October 13, 2016
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Cholera Cases Expected to Rise in Haiti
Hurricane Matthew’s heavy rains will likely worsen Haiti’s six-year-long cholera epidemic, which has already been categorized as among the world’s worst.
October 4, 2016