News and Stories
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CEO Dr. Sheila Davis Reflects on 5-Year Anniversary of the Ebola Outbreak in West Africa
Dr. Sheila Davis, who ran PIH's Ebola response in West Africa five years ago, reflects on the progress made helping to rebuild health systems in Liberia and Sierra Leone.
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How Three Girls Defied the Odds to Join First Medical Class
The first medical class at University of Global Health Equity in Rwanda is two-thirds female. These three students defied the odds to be among those breaking down barriers in their home country.
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"The Right Medicine": Young Woman Triumphs Over MDR-TB
Thanks to investments from the Sierra Leonean government and PIH in multidrug-resistant tuberculosis treatment, 13-year-old Cylian Kargbo survived the disease. She's become an advocate for TB patients...
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Battling Mental Illness, One Home Visit at a Time
Five newly trained community health workers comment on why they feel fulfilled by connecting their neighbors, friends, and family to mental health care through clinics in rural Chiapas, Mexico.
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Dr. Kilongo Papy Mulailwa Thanks PIHers for Supporting New Surgical Theater
Thanks to this support, we exceeded our funding goal for this project and work can begin on a new surgical theater to help Dr. Papy, the heroic general surgeon serving the 500,000 people in Kono...
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Mental Health Care for Homeless Begins with Clean T-Shirt, Warm Meal, and a Bath
An innovative homeless outreach program in Liberia helps people connect with mental health care by building trust through the provision of basic needs.
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The Social Worker Extraordinaire Helping Breast Cancer Patients
Oldine Deshommes, a social worker at University Hospital in Mirebalais, Haiti, talks about the barriers breast cancer patients face in accessing care, their concerns, and what she has learned from...
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Heart Patient, Advocate, and Soon-to-be-MD
Erneste Simpunga retells his story of being diagnosed with rheumatic heart disease at 16 and how he was able to travel to Boston for lifesaving surgery, with the support of PIH and Team Heart in...
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PIH Leader in Devex: UN Health Declaration Undermines Equity
True health care for all will require global solidarity and should not involve different sets of services for different countries, Dr. Jean Claude Mugunga writes in an op-ed this week, during the UN...
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Opinion: Universal Health Coverage Must Meet the Needs of the Missing Billion
PIH leaders discuss the importance of including the "missing billion," or people with disabilities, in conversations about universal health coverage at the U.N. General Assembly this week.