News and Stories
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PIH Celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month
A month for celebration and reflection on the contributions of Hispanic, Latino, and Afrolatino communities
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Never Too Late To Learn: Providing Adult Education In Sierra Leone
PIH's adult education program in Sierra Leone, where only 43% of the population is literate, has helped hundreds of people go to school and access an education once out of reach.
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Delivering Lifesaving Mental Health Care In Peru During COVID-19
Socios En Salud, as Partners In Health is known in Peru, has helped more than 111,500 patients access mental health care amid COVID-19.
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In Mexico, PIH Team Fights Misinformation Around COVID-19 Vaccines
Even as COVID-19 surged in Chiapas in July, many vaccination centers were empty, due to misinformation about the vaccines—a reality that Compañeros En Salud is determined to change.
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Delivering Care, Support As COVID-19 Surges In Mexico
As the third wave of COVID-19 sweeps across Mexico, cases are on the rise—and the patients filling Chiapas' hospitals are younger.
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Emergency Medicine Graduate Among First Responders to Haiti Earthquake
Immediately after the 7.2-magnitude earthquake struck Haiti, Dr. Dyemy Dumerjuste and his colleagues quickly assessed the situation from Port-au-Prince. And shortly after, he was on a helicopter, as...
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In Sierra Leone, Shining a Light on Pediatric Mental Health
In May, clinicians at the PIH-supported Sierra Leone Psychiatric Teaching Hospital opened the facility’s, and the country’s, first child and adolescent mental health unit and are already improving...
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Chicagoland Vaccine Partnership Brings Vital Health Services, and Trust, to Neighborhoods
The Chicagoland Vaccine Partnership brings together community-based organizations, public health experts, government officials, and philanthropists to focus on closing stark health equity gaps that...
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How a ‘Little’ Modeling Tool Made a Big Difference Building a COVID-19 Response Workforce
Dr. John Welch faced a hiring challenge. It was April 2020, and the director of Partners In Health’s COVID-19 response in Massachusetts was on a tight deadline to determine how many people would be...
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'Women Need To Be Represented': UGHE Graduate Reflects On Her Passion For Health Access, Gender Equity
UGHE graduate Gloria Rukomeza reflects on her academic journey and her commitment to advocating for women in global health leadership.