News and Stories
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This Friday: PBS zooms in on rural health care in Rwanda
PBS zooms in on rural health care in Rwanda followed by a PIH co-founder's take on global health care reform.
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Behind the mountains: An intern reflection
IHSJ intern Reem Abu-Libdeh reflects on her experience as an intern with the PIH communications department.
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PIH Co-founder Paul Farmer named as the UN's Deputy Special Envoy for Haiti
Former President Bill Clinton recently appointed PIH co-founder Paul Farmer as Deputy Special Envoy for Haiti.
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Fixing Haiti's environmental woes
From solar panels to composting latrines, PIH's partner organization in Haiti is working to combat hundreds of years of environmental degradation with several new projects.
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Love walks in
With the bones of her shin protruding at a 90 degree angle, many thought the young Haitian girl would never walk again, let alone attend school. The Zanmi Lasante team thought otherwise.
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From "waitress" to waitress
APZU provides Malawi sex workers with alternative employment opportunities, education, and health care
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Fighting global AIDS: Samson's story
Many people in rural Malawi don't believe that they could be HIV positive, or are too scared to get tested. Samson Njolomole is trying to change this.
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Water as a source of life and of loss
A reflection on the power of water over the lives of the poor on a trip with the nonprofit organization charity: water.
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Tiny twins get double the care in the Central Plateau
Babies born prematurely and underweight rarely survive in rural central Haiti. Could the Jolie twins beat the odds?
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"Give us just two weeks"
After suffering a paralyzing injury, all Patrick wanted was "to be taken home to die." PIH's partner organization in Malawi had two weeks convince him otherwise.