News and Stories
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Family Medicine Residency Provides High-Quality, In-Demand Training in Haiti
When a pregnant woman was rushed to Saint-Nicolas Hospital in Saint-Marc for severe bleeding, Dr. Charnee Magalie Villemenay—now a second-year medical resident—had to act quickly, as the baby’s heart...
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Our Most-Read Stories of 2020
Though the COVID-19 pandemic flooded our work, website, and lives in 2020, a third of our most-read blog posts this year focused on other topics. Here are the 12 most-read stories of 2020, listed by...
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PIH in the News: Our Favorite Moments of 2020
With nearly 400 mentions in the press in 2020, it was difficult to narrow the list down to our favorites. But here's a selection of our top 13, listed by date of publication.
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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...