Research: Innovative Program Saves At-Risk Newborns In Rwanda
Posted on Oct 13, 2021
In Rwanda, All Babies Count reduced neonatal deaths by 35% in rural districts.
Injustice has a cure
In Sierra Leone, 13-Year-Old Girl Recovers from TB Meningitis
Posted on Oct 8, 2021
It took a team of PIH clinicians, nurses, and lab technicians and a cross-country search for a CT scan to ensure one 13-year-old girl received an accurate diagnosis and lifesaving care for TB meningitis in Sierra Leone.
Remembering Father Fritz Lafontant, a Founding Member of PIH
Posted on Jun 28, 2021
PIH mourns the loss of Father Fritz Lafontant, founding member of PIH and founding director of Zanmi Lasante, PIH's sister organization in Haiti.
Answering the Call: Nurse Offers Compassionate Counseling at Clinic for Teens
Posted on May 11, 2021
Led by nurse Phebian Sondufu-Sowa, Koidu Government Hospital’s adolescent and youth-friendly services clinic provides care far beyond medical.
Turning Adversity into Advocacy Following At-Risk Pregnancy
Posted on Dec 22, 2020
Armah Quist, an MDR-TB program officer with PIH in Sierra Leone, founded a feminist organization advocating for young girls' and women's rights following her own experience with teen pregnancy.
World Diabetes Day Highlights Impacts of PIH Nurses
Posted on Nov 13, 2020
Gedeon Ngoga said several global factors—the COVID-19 pandemic, a new report on health inequities, and World Diabetes Day, which is Saturday—all have a common thread: the importance of nurses.
In Peru, PIH Offers Virtual Sessions on Child Development Amid COVID-19
Posted on Sep 2, 2020
Partners In Health offers free sessions for caregivers and young children in Peru, teaching foundational skills through play.
For A Boy in Rural Mexico, Hearing Aids Offer New Sense of Freedom
Posted on Aug 26, 2020
Miguel Gómez is one of thousands of Mexican children who are hard of hearing. Through support from PIH and years of advocacy by his parents, he has secured hearing aids and found a new sense of freedom.
Seven-Country Study Examining COVID-19 Impacts on Health Services
Posted on Aug 13, 2020
Researchers from Canada, Harvard and PIH are examining how the pandemic is affecting people's use of health services amid the global crisis, to provide vital data for national responses around the world.
Research: Rwanda Referral Program Saving Cancer Patients’ Lives
Posted on May 29, 2020
Clinicians at PIH-supported Butaro District Hospital provided access to vital radiotherapy at a time when none was available in the country.