News and Stories

Update on Ebola Response: Clinicians Returning from Sierra Leone

Out of an abundance of caution, and in collaboration with the CDC, ten clinicians working with PIH in Sierra Leone are being transported to the United States via non-commercial aircraft and will...

Partners In Health Clinician Admitted for Ebola Treatment

A Partners In Health clinician working in Sierra Leone has tested positive for the Ebola virus and is receiving treatment in the U.S.

The Tiniest Ebola Patients

Children younger than 5 are at high risk of death when they become sick with Ebola. Malnutrition and other diseases play a role, as does the difficulty of treatment. PIH clinicians are building...

Nurse Cheedy Jaja: Why I Serve in Sierra Leone

"I know that I would not forgive myself if I don't go," says Nurse Cheedy Jaja, an associate professor of nursing at the University of Cincinnati College of Nursing, in this audio reflection.

PIH Expands Emergency Response as Malawi Flooding Intensifies

PIH/APZU is providing services beyond Neno District for the first time, aiding flood victims in nearby Chikwawa. Clinicians are seeing about 250 patients a day at the new clinic.

Delivering Interventions, Aid to Family’s Door

Zamanta Huarcaya Tamani was not a typical toddler. Unlike other children her age born without a developmental disability, she didn't babble or wander haphazardly around the house. Thanks to a new...

Ebola by the Numbers

Cholera Vaccine Succeeds in Haiti

This month Dr. Louise C. Ivers and colleagues publish a paper that shows exactly how much the vaccine Shanchol slowed the spread of cholera in villages north of St. Marc, Haiti, in 2012. Writing...

Pediatric Development Clinic Helps High-Risk Babies in Rwanda

Rwanda's Ministry of Health and PIH/IMB have started a clinic for infants at high risk of death and developmental delays. The clinic also helps caregivers support and improve development for these...

Malawi Maternity Ward Welcomes First Babies

Partners In Health/Abwenzi Pa Za Umoyo is now seeing patients at its new maternity and gynecology wards in Neno District. The PIH/APZU team and the Ministry of Health hope the improved care encourages...