News and Stories
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In Mexico, COVID-19 Patient Recovers After Seeking Care At Hospital
Armando Torres, a 67-year-old coffee farmer in Chiapas, Mexico, spent 18 days in a PIH-supported hospital and shares his story of surviving COVID-19, thanks to the compassionate care he received.
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Ekip Solid: A Conversation with Dr. Melino Ndayizigiye
Seventeen years old and at a boarding school far from home, Melino Ndayizigiye became so sick he feared he would die before his family learned of his illness. But he recovered, and the doctor who...
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Partners In Health Joins Global Movement For Free, Accessible COVID-19 Vaccine
Partners In Health stands in solidarity with global organizations and leaders calling for a “People’s Vaccine”—a vaccine that is made free and accessible to all people around the world. PIH leaders...
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Community Health Workers Connect Patients to Care in U.S. COVID Response
With PIH's support, states and municipalities battling COVID-19 are hiring and training residents as community health workers to connect patients and their families with care and support.
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On Human Rights Day, PIH Calls for Support of People's Vaccine
PIH and partners urge the U.S. government to support a People's Vaccine, which would be free and available to all.
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In Rural Mexico, PIH Community Health Workers Accompany COVID-19 Patients
Compañeros En Salud, as Partners In Health is known in Mexico, works with nine rural communities in the coffee-growing Sierra Madre region of Chiapas. As part of that work, CES hires and trains local...
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On The Line: Contact Tracers Accompany COVID-19 Patients In Massachusetts
Since Partners In Health launched its contact tracing partnership with the state of Massachusetts in April, contact tracers have made roughly 750,000 calls across the state—connecting COVID-19...
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On Navajo Nation, Community Health Representatives Provide Essential Support Amid COVID-19
Marlene Nez won't let anything get in the way of helping her community, including COVID-19—despite challenges including exposure and needing to quarantine. As a Community Health Representative (CHR)...
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Local Health Systems Key to Responding to Global COVID-19 Pandemic and Beyond
Partners In Health leaders provide insights and expertise on the importance of local health systems in the global COVID-19 response, informed by PIH's work in Mexico, Lesotho and the U.S.
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Coming Close: Confronting Stigma Through Two Caregivers’ Diseases
PIH Program Officer Sherry Bangura knows better than most what the convergence of Ebola and the current pandemic looks and feels like—not only is he helping lead the COVID-19 response, but he is also...