News and Stories
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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.
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In Mexico, COVID-19 Patient Recovers After Seeking Care At Hospital
Armando Torres, a 67-year-old coffee farmer in Chiapas, Mexico, spent 18 days in a PIH-supported hospital and shares his story of surviving COVID-19, thanks to the compassionate care he received.
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Ekip Solid: A Conversation with Dr. Melino Ndayizigiye
Seventeen years old and at a boarding school far from home, Melino Ndayizigiye became so sick he feared he would die before his family learned of his illness. But he recovered, and the doctor who...
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Partners In Health Joins Global Movement For Free, Accessible COVID-19 Vaccine
Partners In Health stands in solidarity with global organizations and leaders calling for a “People’s Vaccine”—a vaccine that is made free and accessible to all people around the world. PIH leaders...
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Community Health Workers Connect Patients to Care in U.S. COVID Response
With PIH's support, states and municipalities battling COVID-19 are hiring and training residents as community health workers to connect patients and their families with care and support.
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On Human Rights Day, PIH Calls for Support of People's Vaccine
PIH and partners urge the U.S. government to support a People's Vaccine, which would be free and available to all.
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In Rural Mexico, PIH Community Health Workers Accompany COVID-19 Patients
Compañeros En Salud, as Partners In Health is known in Mexico, works with nine rural communities in the coffee-growing Sierra Madre region of Chiapas. As part of that work, CES hires and trains local...
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On The Line: Contact Tracers Accompany COVID-19 Patients In Massachusetts
Since Partners In Health launched its contact tracing partnership with the state of Massachusetts in April, contact tracers have made roughly 750,000 calls across the state—connecting COVID-19...