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Nurse Cheedy Jaja: Why I Serve in Sierra Leone

"I know that I would not forgive myself if I don't go," says Nurse Cheedy Jaja, an associate professor of nursing at the University of Cincinnati College of Nursing, in this audio reflection.

PIH Expands Emergency Response as Malawi Flooding Intensifies

PIH/APZU is providing services beyond Neno District for the first time, aiding flood victims in nearby Chikwawa. Clinicians are seeing about 250 patients a day at the new clinic.

Delivering Interventions, Aid to Family’s Door

Zamanta Huarcaya Tamani was not a typical toddler. Unlike other children her age born without a developmental disability, she didn't babble or wander haphazardly around the house. Thanks to a new...

Ebola by the Numbers

Cholera Vaccine Succeeds in Haiti

This month Dr. Louise C. Ivers and colleagues publish a paper that shows exactly how much the vaccine Shanchol slowed the spread of cholera in villages north of St. Marc, Haiti, in 2012. Writing...

Pediatric Development Clinic Helps High-Risk Babies in Rwanda

Rwanda's Ministry of Health and PIH/IMB have started a clinic for infants at high risk of death and developmental delays. The clinic also helps caregivers support and improve development for these...

Malawi Maternity Ward Welcomes First Babies

Partners In Health/Abwenzi Pa Za Umoyo is now seeing patients at its new maternity and gynecology wards in Neno District. The PIH/APZU team and the Ministry of Health hope the improved care encourages...

In Their Own Words: Ebola Clinicians Share Stories

“What was a high point? What was a low point?” Those are the questions we recently asked a half-dozen doctors and nurses working in Ebola Treatment Units (ETUs) in Sierra Leone. Their answers were...

Haiti: Radiology Improves Hospital Care

At University Hospital, coordination among staff members on the ground in Haiti, Partners In Health in Boston, and U.S.-based doctors keeps the radiology department running smoothly.

Ophelia Dahl on the Vaccination Debate

Ophelia Dahl, co-founder and executive director of Partners In Health, discussed with broadcaster Katie Couric this week a letter Dahl’s father wrote 27 years ago about the importance of vaccinations.