A Mother, Her Twins, and an 8-Hour Ambulance Ride in Mexico

Posted on May 11, 2018

Alejandra Catalina Ramirez was elated to learn she was pregnant with twins. When she went into labor two months early, PIH clinicians and colleagues in the Ministry of Health swung into action in a race to save the three patients' lives.

New Maternal Waiting Home in Haiti Offers "Priceless" Care

Posted on May 4, 2018

Since opening last year, the maternal waiting home at University Hospital in Mirebalais, Haiti, has welcomed hundreds of women with complicated pregnancies and mothers of NICU infants who need to be close to specialized care.

Melquiades Huauya Ore: From MDR-TB Patient, to Survivor, to Movie Star and Advocate

Posted on Mar 23, 2018

Melquiades Huauya Ore was 18 when he was diagnosed with MDR-TB, one of the deadliest strains of the disease. After years of treatment, he became cured. Along the way, he met the future World Bank president, and his story was retold in Bending the Arc, a documentary about PIH's 30-year evolution.

Parents Managing HIV, Four Healthy Kids in Lesotho

Posted on Mar 9, 2018

On a sunny morning in February, near the end of a hot, dry summer in the southern Africa nation of Lesotho, Mafelleng September held her month-old infant on her lap while two young children played on the floor in front of her.

A Haitian Mother's Lifelong Battle with Leukemia

Posted on Feb 15, 2018

Martha Cassemond was diagnosed with a rare form of leukemia when she was 12 and has been on lifesaving medication for the past 13 years, thanks to the care and support of Partners In Health in Haiti.

Malawi Program Making GAINs in Maternal Health

Posted on Jan 8, 2018

Clinicians at Partners In Health-supported facilities around the world provided more than 30,000 safe, facility-based childbirths in 2017, according to year-end estimates—and thanks to a growing collaboration, more and more of those safe childbirths are happening in a rural district in Malawi. 

Lovenyou's Transformation in Haiti

Posted on Nov 8, 2017

Lovenyou Pierre arrived at University Hospital in Mirebalais, Haiti, barely conscious and starving. PIH staff enrolled him in its malnutrition program. Four months later, he was a different little boy.
Subscribe to Child Health

Footer Donation Address

Partners In Health, PO Box 996, Frederick, MD 21705-0996