News and Stories
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COVID-19 Contact Tracing Explained
Contact tracing is a vital way to stop the spread of deadly infectious diseases, from Ebola to COVID-19, and is explained in this animated video.
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Register Now: Free Online Course on Pandemic Preparedness in Time of COVID-19
Partners In Health and the University of Global Health Equity (UGHE) in Rwanda are jointly offering a free online course on an equity-based approach to pandemic preparedness and response.
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PIH CEO: Pride Month a Time to Celebrate, Commit to Equality for All
Dr. Sheila Davis writes that this year more than ever, the spirit of Pride is “fundamentally intersectional” with the fight for racial justice.
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PIH’s Statement in Honor of Juneteenth
While PIH remembers and celebrates the freeing of the last slaves in the United States, we reflect on the continuing struggle for equal civil rights and learn from Black activists and organizations at...
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Q&A: Michelle Baum, Care Resource Coordinator for PIH in Massachusetts
The recent social work grad talks about her role fighting COVID-19 and what the pandemic is revealing about gaps in social support.
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Contact Tracing: Fact vs. Fiction
PIH's experts divide fact from fiction in this contact tracing mythbuster.
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Fighting a Growing COVID-19 Pandemic in Mexico
Partners In Health has worked in Chiapas, Mexico since 2011, strengthening local health systems and accompanying patients. As COVID-19 has spread, that mission hasn’t changed. But it’s taken on a new...
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Now Answering Calls: A COVID Case Investigator’s Story
As a case investigator with the Massachusetts Community Tracing Collaborative, Alex Cross knows firsthand that contact tracing is about much more than picking up the phone and tracking cases; it’s...
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The Rise of a Lifesaving Blood Bank in Sierra Leone
In Kono, Sierra Leone, a low-stocked, unreliably cold refrigerator used to serve as the Koidu Government Hospital blood bank. Thanks to investments from PIH, the blood bank is now a thriving...
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Need to Know: OpenBoxes and Supply Chain
In this Need to Know, learn about OpenBoxes, an open source software system PIH's Medical Informatics team developed to manage and track the movement, consumption, and storage of supplies.