News and Stories
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Botšabelo Hospital Leading Lesotho’s Care and Support for TB and COVID-19
On World TB Day, PIH Lesotho held community TB screenings in rugged Buta-Buthe District and launched intensive TB screening programs in factories and prisons in Maseru, Lesotho’s capital.
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Patients Cured Through New TB Drugs, Social Support in Kazakhstan
While pregnant with her second child, Maral Shorayeva began experiencing symptoms that felt like a cold or flu, but when she went to give birth to her daughter, doctors recognized that something was...
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Healed Again, Whole Again: Curing TB in Sierra Leone
PIH and the National TB Program have built up Lakka as a tuberculosis hospital that cures 75 percent of its MDR-TB patients—a rate significantly higher than the global average of 57 percent, and one...
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‘I Didn’t Want To Die’: Patient Recalls Diagnosis, Recovery From Tuberculosis
Tuberculosis is the world’s most deadly infectious disease, killing 1.4 million people in 2019 alone. In Mexico, Compañeros En Salud, as Partners In Health is known locally, provides medical care and...
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Climate Change Advocacy is Global Health Advocacy
Earth Day is a moment to reflect on how climate change and global health are intertwined, in that those most affected by natural disasters and disease are often marginalized communities.
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Mapping COVID-19: Inside the Epidemic Intelligence Unit
In Massachusetts, outbreak specialists with the Community Tracing Collaborative are looking to pinpoint the sources of multiple infections, or “clusters”—and use those insights to stop the spread of...
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Letter from the CEO: PIH's Dr. Sheila Davis Reflects on a Pandemic Year
The past 12 months have brought inspiring levels of bravery and selflessness, and more of both will be needed in the months ahead, PIH's leader writes.
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‘Dream a Bit Bigger’: Influential Leaders Share Advice with PIH Community on International Women’s Day
Despite hosting Top Chef for 15 years, co-founding a nonprofit, and publishing a handful of cookbooks, among other accomplishments, Padma Lakshmi has experienced impostor syndrome, along with many...
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Ekip Solid: A Conversation With Dr. Valeria Macías
For International Women’s Day, we sat down for a conversation with Valeria Macías, executive director of Compañeros En Salud, as PIH is known in Mexico. She reflected on a range of topics, from her...
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Vicky Reed: Sierra Leone’s Nurse Champion
As the director of nursing for Partners In Health in Sierra Leone, Vicky Reed mentors nurses, strengthens the health care system, and continues her grandmother's legacy.