News and Stories
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On Navajo Nation, Community Health Representatives Provide Essential Support Amid COVID-19
Marlene Nez won't let anything get in the way of helping her community, including COVID-19—despite challenges including exposure and needing to quarantine. As a Community Health Representative (CHR)...
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Local Health Systems Key to Responding to Global COVID-19 Pandemic and Beyond
Partners In Health leaders provide insights and expertise on the importance of local health systems in the global COVID-19 response, informed by PIH's work in Mexico, Lesotho and the U.S.
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Coming Close: Confronting Stigma Through Two Caregivers’ Diseases
PIH Program Officer Sherry Bangura knows better than most what the convergence of Ebola and the current pandemic looks and feels like—not only is he helping lead the COVID-19 response, but he is also...
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PIH Kazakhstan Doctors Recover From COVID-19, Treat Family Members
PIH Kazakhstan Country Director Dr. Yerkebulan Algozhin is among staff who have recovered from COVID-19 this year, and said facing a pandemic while continuing tuberculosis care has brought his team...
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Q&A: Reimagining What’s Possible For Maternal Health Care in Sierra Leone
PIH has focused on improving maternal health care in Sierra Leone since 2014, where it originally began working in response to the Ebola outbreak in West Africa. Bestselling author John Green recently...
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PIHers' Picks: What We Read, Watched, and Listened to in 2020
For the sixth year, PIH staff from around the world shared their favorite works they watched, read, or listened to in the past 12 months. In light of the many challenges 2020 has presented, we asked...
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PIH's New Podcast, Unchain, Now Available To Stream
Partners In Health's new podcast, Unchain, explores the history of mental health in Sierra Leone through the story of its only psychiatric hospital—once an impoverished facility that, due to lack of...
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Ekip Solid: A Conversation with Dr. Patrick Ulysse
Patrick Ulysse reflects on his 14-year career with PIH, including his emergency response work in Haiti and Liberia, calls for global health equity, COVID-19, and much more in PIH's ongoing series with...
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Need To Know: Decision To Incision
When a woman in labor arrives in a maternity ward with signs of obstetric distress, health care workers face a crucial choice: whether to pursue an emergency c-section. Because as soon as they decide...
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Tour the Future Maternal Center of Excellence in Sierra Leone
In April 2021, Partners In Health, the Sierra Leone Ministry of Health and architectural partner Build Health International plan to break ground on a new, world-class center dedicated to maternal and...