Access to clean water and sanitation can play a major role in ensuring children remain healthy enough to remain in school and lead productive lives, escaping the grip of extreme poverty.

19 snapshots of how PIH brings justice to health care around the world

The shared mission that unites PIH teams around the world is evident in the stories that most caught readers' attention this year. From an Ebola survivor who’s thriving in Sierra Leone to quadruplets born at University Hospital in Mirebalais, Haiti, 2019 was a remarkable year across PIH.  

Following UN debates and divisions earlier this year, PIH leaders ask: Do we want an interdependent, caring world, or one based on nationalism, extreme shortsightedness, and greed?

In time for the holidays, PIHers around the world recommend the books, podcasts, and films that motivate and enlighten them most.

True health care for all will require global solidarity and should not involve different sets of services for different countries, Dr. Jean Claude Mugunga writes in an op-ed this week, during the UN General Assembly.

In a conversation that ranged from Congo and Rwanda to Palo Alto, Harvard and Haiti, PIH's co-founder and chief strategist found a common thread.  

Dr. Sheila Davis, who became CEO on July 1, shares how she moved from being a rural Mainer interested in nursing, to a PIH-er working at the highest levels of global health.

An Ebola response that ignores other causes of premature death…has usually engendered mistrust and loud complaint, as is now the case in Congo, wrote PIH CEO Dr. Sheila Davis and Co-founder Dr. Paul Farmer.