Emergency Medicine Residency Earns International Accreditation in Haiti
Posted on Jun 20, 2024
The achievement marks a significant milestone for healthcare training in the region.
Injustice has a cure
Empowering Women, Girls to Choose Their Reproductive Futures
Posted on May 9, 2024
All women and girls should have the freedom, education, and resources to make their own decisions about their lives and bodies. For more than 30 years, PIH has worked to equip them with what they need to make choices about their reproductive health.
Confronting Injustice by Providing Care in Chiapas
Posted on May 9, 2024
Cecilia Gálvez is committed to making life better for her patients as their nurse and neighbor
Q&A: How Nurses Are Uniquely Equipped to Lead in Global Health
Posted on May 6, 2024
Vicky Reed uses skills she learned as a nurse to shape her approach as interim executive director of PIH Sierra Leone
Preventing Maternal and Child Death in Rural Sierra Leone
Posted on Dec 26, 2023
In 2020, the lifetime risk of women dying in pregnancy or childbirth in Sierra Leone improved from 1 in 20 to 1 in 52.
Surgery in Primary Care Saves Lives in Rural Liberia
Posted on Dec 13, 2022
The surgical team in Maryland County, Liberia plays a key role in responding to accidental injuries, such as broken bones, maternal health conditions, and more.
Research: Investment in Nurses and Midwives Improves Health Care Outcomes in Rural Liberia
Posted on Jun 8, 2022
Nurses and midwives are vital to health care systems. This is especially true in regions with health workforce shortages, such as southeast Liberia. On a daily basis, nurses and midwives help meet patients’ everyday needs and fill in during emergency situations. Simultaneously, they train nursing students.
PIH Fellowship Welcomes Third Cohort of Nurses From Seven Countries
Posted on May 2, 2022
The latest group of nurses was welcomed to the yearlong program, which originally launched in 2017.
Q&A: Addressing Nursing Shortage Through Education, Research in Liberia
Posted on Oct 21, 2021
Like many countries around the globe, Liberia has a shortage of nurses and midwives. In an effort to address this, Partners In Health (PIH) Liberia created the Nursing Center of Excellence in 2019 to recruit more health care professionals, while also providing high-quality training and research opportunities.
Answering the Call: Nurse Offers Compassionate Counseling at Clinic for Teens
Posted on May 11, 2021
Led by nurse Phebian Sondufu-Sowa, Koidu Government Hospital’s adolescent and youth-friendly services clinic provides care far beyond medical.