Children Health

Make a gift. Save children's lives.

Every day, 20,000 children die worldwide from conditions that could be prevented or treated. Partners In Health is on a mission to change that.

PIH’S WORK SO FAR

Maternal childbirth

Over 58,000 safe, facility-based deliveries globally each year

 

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More than 18,350  children treated for malnutrition each year

Pandemic germs

More than 114,800  children fully immunized in 2021

YOUR GIFT’S IMPACT

Maternal delivery

A $25 donation can cover the cost of one newborn baby kit with diapers and essentials for the first six weeks of life

 

Community teamwork

A $50 gift supports one school mental health group for children and adolescents

 

 

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A $75 contribution funds five treatment kits for cholera which include IV fluid and lifesaving medicine

 

Fanta's Story

Fanta sits outside her home in Sierra Leone, where she lives with her son, John.
Fanta sits outside her home in Sierra Leone, where she lives with her son, John.

Fanta's Story

Maternal Health

Fanta lives in Sierra Leone, one of the world’s most dangerous places to be pregnant. Like many women, she thought she had no safe options. But with PIH’s help, Fanta gave birth safely to her son, John, via C-section.

Read more about Fanta

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In 2018, PIH provided 8,400 lifesaving C-sections around the world.

Lovenyou’s Story

Lovenyou, a malnutrition patient, peeks out from his mother’s legs outside their home in Haiti.
Lovenyou, a malnutrition patient, peeks out from his mother’s legs outside their home in Haiti.

Lovenyou’s Story

Malnutrition

Like 1 in 5 children in Haiti, Lovenyou was starving. His mother brought him to a PIH-supported malnutrition clinic, where he was measured and began treatment. Now, thanks to PIH’s help, he’s growing strong and healthy.

Read more about Lovenyou

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PIH produced 165,000 pounds of peanut-based nutritional supplement to feed malnourished children last year.

Agnes's Story

Agnes sits with her son, Ulemu, outside her home in Malawi.
Agnes sits with her son, Ulemu, outside her home in Malawi.

Agnes's Story

HIV

Agnes lives with HIV and wanted to prevent passing the virus to her son, Ulemu. With PIH’s support, she continued taking antiretroviral therapy to control the disease throughout her pregnancy, dramatically reducing the chance that Ulemu will contract the virus.

Read more about Agnes

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In Neno, Malawi, 90% of people living with HIV are on treatment thanks to PIH’s support.

Melquiades’s Story

Melquiades, a tuberculosis survivor from Peru, is now a global advocate for patients.
Melquiades, a tuberculosis survivor from Peru, is now a global advocate for patients.

Melquiades’s Story

Tuberculosis

Melquiades was one of millions suffering from tuberculosis, the world’s deadliest infectious disease. After receiving lifesaving treatment from PIH, he is now a global advocate, challenging the idea that TB is too difficult and expensive to treat in poor places.

Read more about Melquiades

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4,200 community health workers providing TB care around the world
 

PATIENT STORIES

 

MEET MIGUEL

Miguel Gómez is one of thousands of Mexican children who are hard of hearing. Thanks to Compañeros En Salud, he was able to secured hearing aids and found a new sense of freedom.

 

 

MEET SARAH, CALEB, AND ISAIAH

Sarah, Caleb, and Isaiah’s mother received consistent, high-quality care at Wellbody clinic before giving birth, and this care continues as the triplets receive regular checkups and malnutrition care.

 

 

MEET EMMA

Emma’s life changed when she was diagnosed with tuberculosisTB. She was able to receive, but she received care at Koidu Government Hospital and her family received meals and social support while she was in treatmentalong the way.

 

 

MEET ARIADNA

When Ariadna learned about her was diagnosed with cancer diagnosis, her parents were worried they wouldn’t be able to afford treatment. But Compañeros En Salud’s Right to Health program h helped make care possible.

 

BECOME A PAUL’S PARTNER TO SUPPORT CHILDREN’S HEALTH

By starting a monthly gift, you will join PIH’s monthly donor community, Paul’s Partners. Named in honor of our beloved co-founder Dr. Paul Farmer, this community embodies Paul's commitment to long-term partnership in pursuit of health equity, which remained unwavering throughout his life—even in the face of doubt, scarcity, or catastrophe. Thank you for your sustaining support.

 

Join now by starting a monthly gift.

 

Please send donations to: Partners In Health, PO Box 996, Frederick, MD 21705-9942