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.

Staff in Mexico reported no damage or injuries at 10 rural clinics and a maternal waiting home, following the country’s second quake in two weeks.

PIH staff assessed damage from the 8.1-magnitude earthquake that rocked Mexico last week and shared stories of crumbling houses, mudslides, and an emergency birth.

Late Thursday night, an 8.1 earthquake struck off the coast of Chiapas, Mexico, where PIH supports 10 rural clinics.

The first group of trained community health workers in Compañeros En Salud, PIH’s new project in Chiapas, Mexico, is providing medical and social support -- and bridging the gap between the clinic and the community.

In Mexico, PIH staff hold daylong event, see at least 120 people from region's rural mountain villages.

In Chiapas, PIH is training and employing the region's next generation of doctors.

Bringing access to health care to mountain communities in one of Mexico's poorest states.