News and Stories
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'Loss Beyond Measure' in Southern Haiti
This week, PIH's Dr. Joia Mukherjee visited the region hit hardest by Hurricane Matthew. The devastation, she says, "is one of the worse things I have ever seen."
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WHO to Send 1 Million Cholera Vaccines to Haiti
The World Health Organization is sending a major portion of its cholera vaccine stockpile to Haiti to help prevent a spike in cases of the deadly diarrheal disease, especially in the hardest-hit South...
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Cholera Cases Expected to Rise in Haiti
Hurricane Matthew’s heavy rains will likely worsen Haiti’s six-year-long cholera epidemic, which has already been categorized as among the world’s worst.
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Lesotho's One-of-a-Kind Hospital
Meet patients receiving care at Botšabelo Hospital, which PIH and the Ministry of Health founded to tackle multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in Lesotho.
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The Many Lives of Georgina Díaz
Georgina Díaz is among the first community health workers Partners In Health recruited and trained in Reforma, Chiapas. The local doctor called her a luchadora, or fighter, for her singular resolve to...
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New Center to Reinforce Battle against TB in Peru
Partners In Health in Peru started construction of the Center for Global Health Delivery, which will serve as a treatment facility for patients living with drug-resistant tuberculosis, as well as a...
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Celebrate Roald Dahl's Birthday with PIH
Author Roald Dahl would have celebrated his 100th birthday on September 13. He was among the first supporters of PIH, which was co-founded by his daughter, Ophelia Dahl.
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'It's Not about Me. It's about My Patients'
Caring for her father made Lauria Cadet, a nurse educator at University Hospital in Haiti, appreciate the value of her profession.
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Zika May Be Underreported in Haiti
In a report from NPR, PIH senior health and policy advisor Dr. Louise Ivers voices her concern that Zika may be spreading across Haiti—undetected.
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Ambassador Power: The U.N. Must Act in Haiti
In a letter to Ambassador Samantha Power, CEO Dr. Gary Gottlieb urges the U.N. to fund a plan to eliminate cholera from Haiti.