News and Stories
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PIH in Images: 2020
Through incredibly challenging times, this glimpse at PIH's work around the world reflects an unshakeable solidarity in a year that separated us—and brought us closer together.
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Youth-Friendly Centers Provide Safe Space for Reproductive Health Care Services in Liberia
Over the past two years, 20-year-old Comfort Cheebo has never missed an appointment for her birth control shots, which are injected every three months. That’s because she doesn’t want an unplanned...
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Research: Integrated Care Improving Outcomes for Patients in Rural Malawi
Integrating care for HIV and non-communicable diseases such as hypertension, diabetes, and mental illness, all under one roof, is making treatment more accessible and effective in Neno District
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PIH Drivers Fueling the Fight Against COVID-19
If the sun is rising at a Partners In Health location and you want to know what’s planned for the day, a good place to visit is the transportation office. That’s where drivers and vehicle managers...
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Turning Adversity into Advocacy Following At-Risk Pregnancy
Armah Quist, an MDR-TB program officer with PIH in Sierra Leone, founded a feminist organization advocating for young girls' and women's rights following her own experience with teen pregnancy.
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New Clinical Trial in MDR-TB Care to Support Hardest to Treat Patients Globally
Dr. Carole Mitnick, co-principal investigator for the endTB project and a senior tuberculosis researcher with PIH, discusses her team's newest clinical trial--launched amidst the COVID-19 pandemic-...
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No Small Thing: Improved Care for Newborns in Sierra Leone
In Sierra Leone, PIH opened the Special Care Baby Unit at Koidu Government Hospital in partnership with the Ministry of Health and UNICEF. Since opening its doors, the unit has raised the quality of...
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A Look Inside Our Future Maternal Health Center In Sierra Leone
With innovative design and clinical elements, our future Maternal Center of Excellence, built in partnership with Sierra Leone's Ministry of Health, aims to strengthen maternal care for patients in...
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New Oxygen Plant at PIH Hospital Will Fill Void, Save Lives in Lesotho
Lesotho health leaders said the country's first medical oxygen plant is a landmark for building a stronger health system during COVID-19 and beyond
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Reaching Every Last Home to Prevent COVID-19’s Spread in Sierra Leone
Partners In Health trained 126 community health workers and a new group of 135 "social mobilizers" to screen patients for COVID-19 and promote hand-washing, social distancing, and seeking care early.