News and Stories
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PIH Mexico Expands to Two New Sites in Chiapas
CES partners with Mexico’s Ministry of Health to recruit and train young doctors, who manage public clinics throughout Chiapas during their social service year. The first-year doctors, or pasantes...
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PIH Clinician Infected with Ebola Upgraded to Fair Condition
The National Institutes of Health upgraded the clinical status of the PIH clinician infected with Ebola virus disease from serious to fair condition today.
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NIH Upgrades Status of PIH Clinician Infected with Ebola
The National Institutes of Health changed the clinical status of the PIH clinician infected with Ebola virus disease from critical to serious condition today.
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Haiti: Mosaics to Bring Inspiration, Hope to Rehab Patients
Mosaic artist Laurel True, members of the Mirebalais Mosaic Collective, and University Hospital staff and patients collaborated to design, create, and install mosaics throughout the new Center of...
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Peru: Study Aims to Reveal How TB Spreads
Scientists have long debated the dynamics of how tuberculosis spreads in people, including whether MDR-TB is as likely to spread as drug-sensitive TB. Epidemiologists behind the Peru study, which...
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Dying of Tuberculosis in the 21st Century
Ebola is the tip of a global health crisis: a crisis in our collective ability to deliver the essentials of modern medicine to those who need help the most. Few diseases illustrate the ongoing nature...
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Malawi Floods: Update from Joe Lusaka
I decided to move to Chikwawa in order to alleviate the disease burden unleashed by the floods, and to bring us closer to making real the human right to health care.
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We stay
We make long-term commitments to the communities we serve. “I came up from under the building,” says Shelove Julmiste, remembering her escape from the rubble of a collapsed six-story building,...
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We build health systems
We work closely with national governments and other partners to improve and expand health services. Muhamed Kallon, 19, is an Ebola survivor. Last September, he was admitted to an Ebola treatment...
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We make house calls
We visit patients in their homes to deliver medication and guide them through treatment. "I’m just doing my job. This is what it takes.” Rebecca Tsosie drives down the dusty roads of Crystal, New...