News and Stories
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Young Boy Overcomes Hodgkin Lymphoma in Mexico
Meynor Perez is a 12-year-old boy who loves mathematics and spending his free time on the basketball court. But his world got flipped upside down when he was diagnosed with an aggressive form of...
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Working in Global Health: Shin Daimyo
Interested in forging a career in global health? We asked Shin Daimyo, PIH's clinical program officer and program manager for mental health, to share his journey.
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Haiti Continues to Battle Cholera Outbreak
Haiti is still grappling with a pernicious cholera epidemic nearly five years after the disease's first appearance in the country. Beyond Port-au-Prince and its suburbs, the Artibonite and Centre...
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Wall Street Journal: West Africa, PIH Resolve to Build Health Systems
The Wall Street Journal takes a look at the challenges facing Liberia and Sierra Leone’s Ebola-wracked health care systems, and Partners In Health’s efforts to help in each country: HARPER...
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Adama Nylenkeh: Recent Graduate, Rising Star
Adama Nylenkeh began her professional life as a volunteer ambulance nurse in Sierra Leone in late 2014. The 24-year-old Sierra Leonean quickly developed a reputation for grit, humility, and...
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Navajo Nation Hosts Pioneering Cancer Talks
Of the dozens of cancer symposia held around the world in April, none resembled The Navajo Cancer Survivorship Conference, a gathering of some 70 doctors, patients, traditional healers, nurses...
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Training in Rwanda Focuses on Newborn Care
Doctors and nurses from across Rwanda gathered at Rwinkwavu District Hospital this spring, aiming to walk away with an understanding of the country’s new neonatal care package.
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Celebrating a Safe Birth in Lesotho
Finding Tebello Malapane wasn’t easy. To begin, Village Health Worker Manepile Mothae had to walk three hours over the winding, mountainous terrain of Lesotho. She scrambled across loose rock...
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Conjoined Twin Sisters Successfully Separated in Haiti
On Friday, May 22, history was made at University Hospital (HUM) in Mirebalais, Haiti. Just two days before they turned six months, Marian and Michelle Bernard were successfully separated following a...
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New Maternity Ward Ensures Safe Delivery
When 35-year-old Thoko* was pregnant with her fourth child, she and her sister walked to Malawi’s Neno District Hospital to make sure she could deliver her baby safely. The trip took three-and-a-half...